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underarching

underarching is the present participle and gerund of underarch.

Meaning of underarch

Verb

underarch (third-person singular simple present underarches, present participle underarching, simple past and past participle underarched)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To form an arch beneath.
    • And the trees that underarch the sky / And shadow the dreaming river.1886, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Dulce Cor: Being the Poems, page 45

Questions about underarching

What is underarching the present participle and gerund of?
Underarching is the present participle and gerund of underarch.

Words near underarching in the dictionary

  1. underapproximation
  2. underapproximations
  3. underarch
  4. underarched
  5. underarches
  6. underarching
  7. underargue
  8. underargued
  9. underargues
  10. underarguing
  11. underarm

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