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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024inch1 /ɪntʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Weights and Measuresa unit of length, 1&sfracdenom12&sfracend of a foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- a very small amount, degree, or distance:avoiding disaster by inches.
v. - to move by small degrees: [no object]We inched slowly through the traffic.[~ + object]The driver inched her truck carefully into the spot.
Idioms- Idioms every inch, in every respect;
completely:She's every inch a lady. - Idioms within an inch of, nearly;
close to:We came within an inch of being drowned.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024inch1 (inch),USA pronunciation n. - Weights and Measuresa unit of length, 1⁄12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- a very small amount of anything;
narrow margin:to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch. - Idioms 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.
- Idioms every inch, in every respect;
completely:That horse is every inch a thoroughbred. - Idioms within an inch of, nearly;
close to:He came within an inch of getting killed in the crash.
v.t., v.i. - to move by inches or small degrees:We inched our way along the road.
- Latin uncia twelfth part, inch, ounce. See ounce1
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English ynce
- Scottish Termsa small island near the seacoast.
- Scots Gaelic innse, genitive of innis island, Old Irish inis, cognate with Welsh ynys
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inch /ɪntʃ/ n - a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot or 0.0254 metre
- an amount of precipitation that would cover a surface with water one inch deep
- a unit of pressure equal to a mercury column one inch high in a barometer
- a very small distance, degree, or amount
- every inch ⇒ in every way; completely: he was every inch an aristocrat
- inch by inch ⇒ gradually; little by little
- within an inch of ⇒ very close to
vb - to move or be moved very slowly or in very small steps: the car inched forward
- (transitive) followed by out: to defeat (someone) by a very small margin
Etymology: Old English ynce, from Latin uncia twelfth part; see ounce1 inch /ɪntʃ/ n - Scot Irish a small island
Etymology: 15th Century: from Gaelic innis island; compare Welsh ynys |