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noun (inches )
1 an imperial unit of length equal to 2.54cm or one twelfth of a foot.
2 meteorol , esp formerly the amount of rain or snow that will cover a surface to the depth of one inch, now usually measured in millimetres.
3 meteorol , esp formerly a unit of pressure equal to the amount of atmospheric pressure required to balance the weight of a column of mercury one inch high, now usually measured in millibars.
4 (also inches) a small amount or distance It wouldn't budge an inch The ball only missed me by inches .
5 (inches) stature.
6 in compounds inch-tape .
verb (inches , inched , inching )
1 tr & intr (esp inch along, forward, etc ) to move or be moved slowly, carefully and by small degrees inched forward to see if any cars were coming .
2 (inch someone out) to outdo or defeat them by a very small amount.
3 (inch something out) to measure out or dispense it very cautiously or in tiny amounts.
[Anglo-Saxon ynce , from Latin uncia a twelfth part; see also ounce1]
every inch completely; in every way He's every inch a gentleman .
inch by inch or by inches gradually; by small degrees.
within an inch of something very close to or almost as far as it.
within an inch of one's life almost to the point of death; very thoroughly beat him within an inch of his life .
noun (inches )
1 an imperial unit of length equal to 2.54cm or one twelfth of a foot.
2 meteorol , esp formerly the amount of rain or snow that will cover a surface to the depth of one inch, now usually measured in millimetres.
3 meteorol , esp formerly a unit of pressure equal to the amount of atmospheric pressure required to balance the weight of a column of mercury one inch high, now usually measured in millibars.
4 (also inches) a small amount or distance It wouldn't budge an inch The ball only missed me by inches .
5 (inches) stature.
6 in compounds inch-tape .
verb (inches , inched , inching )
1 tr & intr (esp inch along, forward, etc ) to move or be moved slowly, carefully and by small degrees inched forward to see if any cars were coming .
2 (inch someone out) to outdo or defeat them by a very small amount.
3 (inch something out) to measure out or dispense it very cautiously or in tiny amounts.
[Anglo-Saxon ynce , from Latin uncia a twelfth part; see also ounce1]
every inch completely; in every way He's every inch a gentleman .
inch by inch or by inches gradually; by small degrees.
within an inch of something very close to or almost as far as it.
within an inch of one's life almost to the point of death; very thoroughly beat him within an inch of his life .
inch2
noun , esp Scot often in place names: a small island.
[15c: from Gaelic innis an island or land next to a river]
noun , esp Scot often in place names: a small island.
[15c: from Gaelic innis an island or land next to a river]
inchoate , formal or technical
adjective
1 at the earliest stage of development; just beginning.
2 not fully developed; unfinished; rudimentary.
[16c: from Latin inchoare or incohare to begin, from cohum thong of a yoke]
inchoately adverb .
inchoateness noun .
adjective
1 at the earliest stage of development; just beginning.
2 not fully developed; unfinished; rudimentary.
[16c: from Latin inchoare or incohare to begin, from cohum thong of a yoke]
inchoately adverb .
inchoateness noun .
inchoative
adjective , grammar said of a verb: denoting the beginning of an action.
noun an inchoative verb.
adjective , grammar said of a verb: denoting the beginning of an action.
noun an inchoative verb.
inchworm
noun a type of caterpillar, the looper. Also called measuring worm.
noun a type of caterpillar, the looper. Also called measuring worm.
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