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inch
1[ inch ]
noun
- a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. : in.
- a very small amount of anything; narrow margin:
to win by an inch;
to avert disaster by an inch.
verb (used with or without object)
- to move by inches or small degrees:
We inched our way along the road.
inch
2[ inch ]
noun
- a small island near the seacoast.
inch
1/ ɪntʃ /
noun
- a small island
inch
2/ ɪntʃ /
noun
- a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot or 0.0254 metre
- meteorol
- an amount of precipitation that would cover a surface with water one inch deep
five inches of rain fell in January
- a unit of pressure equal to a mercury column one inch high in a barometer
- a very small distance, degree, or amount
- every inchevery inch in every way; completely
he was every inch an aristocrat
- inch by inchinch by inch gradually; little by little
- within an inch ofwithin an inch of very close to
verb
- to move or be moved very slowly or in very small steps
the car inched forward
- trfoll byout to defeat (someone) by a very small margin
inch
/ ĭnch /
- A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 1 12 of a foot (2.54 centimeters).
- See Table at measurement
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- by inches,
- narrowly; by a narrow margin:
escaped by inches.
- Also inch by inch. by small degrees or stages; gradually:
The miners worked their way through the narrow shaft inch by inch.
- every inch, in every respect; completely:
That horse is every inch a thoroughbred.
- within an inch of, nearly; close to:
He came within an inch of getting killed in the crash.
More idioms and phrases containing inch
- by inches
- every inch
- give an inch
- within an ace (inch) of
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Example Sentences
Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig and the Angry Inch Neil Patrick Harris in fishnets, high heels, and glitter could be a great gag.
With a 1¾-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans.
Cut the phyllo in half crosswise to make two (7 × 8½-inch) rectangles.
Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a popular blogger at An Inch of Gray.
In the coming month, Maynard may play a crucial role in helping the GOP inch forward on this controversial issue.
Clodd tells us that one cubic inch of rotten stone contains 41 thousand million vegetable skeletons of diatoms.
I believe you will find this an exceeding good duty for a 5½-inch cylinder engine.
The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half.
He was absorbed in the agitated present, and dared not look an inch away from it.
Search with a one-twelfth-inch objective, using very subdued light.
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