arching's Usage Examples:

arching theme of the two studies is how much arc magmatism contributes to continental growth.

The ground is secured by timbering, or more usually by arching in masonry or brick-work.

The images he placed in her mind were of her arching beneath him, crying out his name, while he drank from her.

The near side horse, arching his head and breaking into a short canter, tugged at his traces.

He walked about in front of the line and at every step pulled himself up, slightly arching his back.

From the arching of the upper lip this corolla is called ringent.

They are chiefly manifested in the form and number of the horns, which may be increased from the normal two to four or even eight, or may be altogether absent in the female alone or in both sexes; in the shape and length of the ears, which often hang pendent by the side of the head; in the peculiar elevation or arching of the nasal bones in some eastern races; in the length of the tail, and the development of great masses of fat at each side of its root or in the tail itself; and in the colour and quality of the fleece.

Elegant liliaceous plants, with rhizomatous stems. P. multiflorum (Solomon's Seal), 2 to 3 ft., with arching stems, and drooping white flowers from the leaf axils, is a handsome border plant, doing especially well in partial shade amongst shrubs, and also well adapted for pot culture for early forcing.

He surveyed her bare legs with twinkling eyes, arching a brow as he spoke.

It has a short stem bearing a tuft of long, narrow, arching leaves, 2 to 2 ft.

Synonyms:

curving, arced, arched, arcuate, curved, bowed, arciform,

Antonyms:

shape, plucked, domineering, fit, straight,