inch

About 19.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm.

   One rule of thumb is that the width of an adult thumb can approximate a length of one inch.

2. noun Any very short distance.

   Don't move an inch!

3. noun Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.

   At the time of Augustus, the Roman inch was standardized at a length about 3% shorter than the modern English one.

4. noun A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.

   Expect around 2 inches of rain on Saturday afternoon.

5. noun A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.

   My partner only drinks about a 1 inch pour with dinner, leaving the rest of the bottle for me.

6. verb To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).

   Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

7. verb To drive by inches, or small degrees.
8. verb To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Similar words

column inch edge in millimetre centimetre millimeter centimeter apex deck layer

Often followed by

of in thick and or long to from by

Word family

every inch of every inch of the way inched inches inching