to arc
3
4.4
- verb
- /ɑrk/
:
trazar un arco
- The bird began to arc gracefully through the sky, tracing a beautiful path against the clouds.
- Arc your skis
- Arc your hand
- Begins to arc
So how do you arc these into a story?
- So how do you arc these into a story?
- So you want to shoot a high arcing shot that drops, that drops.
- Is this character going to arc from where they started to where they end?
- We want to connect with them, root for someone, engage with them, watch them arc and grow.
- And it arcs around the sun, traveling from behind it toward the viewer.
Examples
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It arcs down between the truck and John, hitting on its wheels.
Fiction book (1991) -
The missile will arc along the burning belt.
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So how do you arc these into a story?
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Is this character going to arc from where they started to where they end?
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So you want to shoot a high arcing shot that drops, that drops.
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You can see it arcing between the two tips of long swords.
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Above the pitcher, it arcs sharply upward.
Academic text (1994) -
As Samuel stepped forward, sparks began to arc out from the glow with tiny crackling sounds.
Fiction book (1999) -
Quickly, carelessly, he arcs out over the water and enters it in a smooth, perfect dive.
Fiction book (2000) -
He arcs away from the street level, up toward the remains of the downtown skyscrapers.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
268
1.0
To make something curved instead of straight
22
2.8
To bend into a smooth, rounded shape
17
3.7
To bend into a curved shape
Compounds
3
4.3
A young French woman who leads soldiers against the English and later becomes a saint
- Archaic
1
5.3
A lamp that makes very bright light by a steady electric spark between two metal rods
- Archaic
1
8.1
A lamp that makes very bright light when electricity jumps between two metal rods
- Archaic
1
7.7
Electricity between two carbon rods makes very bright light and strong heat
- Specialized
1
5.4
A bright, very hot flow of electricity across a gap that makes light and heat
- Specialized
1
7.0
A path of nerve cells that sends quick signals for body reactions, like the knee-jerk
- Archaic
An electric lamp that makes very bright light by an arc of electricity between two carbon rods
- Specialized
A machine that uses an electric arc to melt metal to make steel
- Specialized
A support outside a building that holds up tall walls, like in old churches
How Curved
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb arc comes from the Latin arcus, meaning 'bow', and it means to move in a curve, like a ball or lightning that follows a smooth, bow-like path. That's why we say something 'arcs' across the sky or toward a goal.