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Meaning inch meaning

What does inch mean?
Definitions in simple English

inch Noun

— A unit of length that is equal to 2.54 centimetres; there are 12 inches in a foot. My pencil is six inches long.

inch Verb

— To move very slowly in a direction. Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

inch

— noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot — noun (= column inch) a unit of measurement for advertising space — verb (= edge) advance slowly, as if by inches He edged towards the car

Synonyms inch synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as inch?

inch English » English

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Topics inch topics

What do people use inch to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk
States Big

Long
States Quantity All

Almost
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Move quickly

Move slowly
States Quantity

All

Conjugation inch conjugation

How do you conjugate inch?

inch · verb

Examples inch examples

How do I use inch in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Give him an inch and he will take a yard.
If you give him an inch, he'll take a mile.
There was a car accident and the traffic didn't move an inch.
I know every inch of the town.
He was every inch a king.
He is every inch a gentleman.
She knew to an inch where everything should be.
The mist was so dense that I could not see even an inch ahead.
The candles burned down to within an inch of their holders.
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
An inch is now precisely 2.54 centimeters.
Cut the bell peppers into two-inch strips.
Tom was every inch a gentleman.
I know every inch of New York.
They knew to an inch where the rocket would land.
They were so frightened that they couldn't move an inch.
We waded into the cold water inch by inch.
I need you to take in the hem by about an inch.
The police went over every inch of this place.
I'm not giving an inch.

Movie subtitles

All I have to do now is count the number of blades of grass in that little two-inch square and then multiply by the number of squares that would cover this whole field.
One inch per hour.
Now this is the eight-inch pipe.
I know. When a man's collar is an inch too big for him, I know he's ill.
It wouldn't move an inch.
And get me that 2-inch lens.
Don't lose an inch.
But I'm warnin' ya, you give 'em an inch, and they'll walk all over ya!
He won't give way one inch.
I own every inch of the 12 blocks that surround the Ramsey factories.
Those 12 blocks are useless unless I get every inch of them.
I know every inch, every pebble.
It's on us about an inch thick for each state in the country.
Not that we are giving in one inch, but tell us what is in your mind?
Cover every inch of ground, north, south, east, west.
When a man's collar is an inch too big for him, I know he's ill.
The train setting is a miniature on a three-quarter-inch scale, created for this film by Charlie Baker and his miniature unit at Universal.
We've beaten every inch of the riverbank for miles.
Now I'll take this rod to you. until there's not an inch of hide left on your dirty carcass.
If they are caught on my estate, have them flogged within an inch of their lives.
Come on, Bill, make it snappy. And get me that 2-inch lens.
And now, I've got to get on my knees to Jim Allenbury. a man I fought for 20 years, never giving an inch.
That thin line of blood indicating an almost vertical cut. It matches completely the cut on your hand, Lewis. Why, the wound on Dearden's hand is an inch shorter and horizontal.
She's so particular, if an article is half an inch out of place or if there's a speck of dust on anything, she notices it.
SEARCH EVERY INCH OF THE GROUNDS.
Every inch of it. And you don't want any streaks in it, do you, Aunt Polly?
I know every inch, every pebble. There isn't a twig, bird or a tree that.
I can't budge her an inch.
That's Stephen Decatur. He came within an inch of getting his head cut off.
I hear they got a new five-inch gun on her.
Six inch to the mile.
No, I won't. I'm never going to get a single inch away from you again because you love me.
My chin was about an inch from the ground.

News and current affairs

This time France stood firm, with Prime Minister Manuel Valls saying that to retreat one inch would be to hand victory to the militants.
The mapping movement's growing momentum promises to result in the accurate and comprehensive representation of almost every inch of the world, including road data, photos, and business listings.
On the other hand, the platform repeats Hamas's refusal to relinquish even an inch of historic Palestine.
Only a few years ago, Iran's government seemed sufficiently in awe of the US to inch toward an agreement on its nuclear program that would have interrupted, and perhaps even halted, its enrichment activities.
Mostly, I remember the hundreds of black and white mug shots of prisoners and victims that covered every inch of the walls - a ghastly montage of human suffering that haunts me to this day.
Young women in five-inch heels and revealing clothing prowled for wealthy men - or were imported by them to decorate boats and premiere parties.

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