art

1
[ ahrt ]
/ ɑrt /

noun

Verb Phrases

art up, to improve the aesthetic quality of (something) through some form of art: This dress is so plain, it could use some arting up. I had an interior designer art up my apartment.

Origin of art

1
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, accusative of ars < Latin ars (nominative), artem (accusative) ‘skill, craft, craftsmanship’

Definition for arts (2 of 2)

Art
[ ahrt ]
/ ɑrt /

noun

a male given name, form of Arthur.

Example sentences from the Web for arts

British Dictionary definitions for arts (1 of 4)

arts
/ (ɑːts) /

pl n

  1. the arts imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp as studied academically
  2. (as modifier)an arts degree
See fine art
cunning or crafty actions or plots; schemes

British Dictionary definitions for arts (2 of 4)

art 1
/ (ɑːt) /

noun

See also arts

Word Origin for art

C13: from Old French, from Latin ars craftsmanship

British Dictionary definitions for arts (3 of 4)

art 2
/ (ɑːt) /

verb

archaic (used with the pronoun thou) a singular form of the present tense (indicative mood) of be 1

Word Origin for art

Old English eart, part of bēon to be

British Dictionary definitions for arts (4 of 4)

ART

abbreviation for

assisted reproductive technology

Idioms and Phrases with arts

art

see fine art; state of the art.