inch

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
inch

Plural
inches

inch (plural inches)

  1. A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. (figuratively) A very short distance.
    "Don't move an inch!"

[edit] Translations

a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres
an unspecified but very short distance
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to inch

Third person singular
inches

Simple past
inched

Past participle
inched

Present participle
inching

to inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)

  1. (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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[edit] Translations

to move very slowly

[edit] See also

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