inch
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English ynce, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”).
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[edit] Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
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unit of length
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unspecified but very short distance
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[edit] Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move very slowly (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
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to move very slowly
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