noun

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A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.

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The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.

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The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.

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A very short distance.

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"Don't move an inch!"

verb

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

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Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

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To drive by inches, or small degrees.

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To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Examples of inch in a Sentence

The ax blade went about an inch into the wood.

Lillie was tall – maybe an inch taller than Alex.

I am so angry at you, and if you were half an inch smaller, I'd whip your hide, dhjan or not!

You see, I'm only one inch ahead!

Not that it mattered, but she'd need five inch heels to catch the gaze of someone as sexy as Gabriel.

Shadows danced in tune with a slight breeze from the inch of open window and a sentinel pine tree beyond.

The operator actuates a typewriter form of perforator which punches varying groups of holes, representing the different characters, in a paper strip about one inch wide.

Before the door could open more than an inch, a large honey-hued hand planted on it and pushed it closed.

Every inch of her was firm from working outside, and the tan simply put a finishing touch to all of it.

As she moved around the cabin opening windows, she examined every inch of the floor for possible entry routes a snake might utilize.

Dean boiled every inch of the remaining trip to Montrose.

If she stepped just an inch closer, she.d feel his body heat.

Six inch high strappy heels adorned her feet.

It might save them both, since every inch of her being wanted to scream at him to stop.

Every inch of space was filled with something.

Our Emperor joined the army to encourage it to defend every inch of Russian soil and not to retreat.

He's an inch away from wringing my neck, Sofia said, following.

Lydia was not as tall as Jennifer Radisson, but only by an inch or two.

The man who tore people in two had been beyond gentle with her, savoring every inch of her body, as if he was trying to memorize everything about her.

About a quarter of a mile behind these eighteen pounder guns there were 4.5 inch howitzers.

In World War I, in the Battle of the Somme, were over a million casualties, and the action advanced the Allied line just seven miles, or about two deaths for every inch of ground.

In one heavy thunder-shower the lightning struck a large pitch pine across the pond, making a very conspicuous and perfectly regular spiral groove from top to bottom, an inch or more deep, and four or five inches wide, as you would groove a walking-stick.

Kiera stared at him, struggling to focus on his face when all she wanted to do was study every inch of his perfect body.

How had he not severed an artery or killed her with those four inch incisors?

The single gear is about 46.5 inches - a 42 tooth chainwheel driving an 11 tooth sprocket with a 12.2 inch rolling diameter.

Cereals sown on wide rows, 25 cm (9 3/4 inch) At 2 leaf stage go through with the harrow comb.

A tiny corset worn by Kylie was designed by Mr Pearl, famous for having trained his own waist into an 18 inch corset worn by Kylie was designed by Mr Pearl, famous for having trained his own waist into an 18 inch corset.

If you have a corset, wear it at the first fitting, as it will take at least an inch from your waist.

Crown alignment aids correct set-up to the ball GOLF BAG 8 inch fur lined graphite friendly top with 6 way full length dividers.

Inch by painful inch, she dragged herself through the broken rock fissures.

Kirkwall, a 14 inch portable cost 56 guineas and a 17 inch set cost 67 guineas.

There are also 2 copies of a plan for a typical 2 bedroom house at 2 feet to 1 inch scale.

Within minutes everyone is drenched yet nobody will budge an inch.

The cylinders on the back are charged with 10 cubic feet of oxygen at a pressure of 18.000 lbs per square inch.

He took an active share in the Oregon controversy, asserting his unalterable determination, in spite of President Polk's faltering from the declaration of his party's platform, not to " yield up one inch " of the territory to Great Britain, and advocating its occupation by a military force; indeed he consistently regarded Great Britain as the natural and foremost rival of the United States, the interests of the two nations, he thought, being always opposed, and few senators fought more vigorously the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty or Great Britain's reassertion of the right of search on the high seas.

A small stickleback kept in an aquarium devoured, in five hours' time, 74 newly-hatched dace, which were about a quarter of an inch long.

Another example was steel conduit fittings with a half inch gas thread.

These are carried by tubing, usually PVC coated 1/4 or 3/8 inch diameter copper tubing.

Careful not to pull on the navels, I cut the dried umbilical cords of all four kittens at an inch length.

The Manchester Conference Center, with its wonderful theaters and meeting rooms and highly corporate ambiance is every inch a conference center of today.

In 1842, Parsons, now the third Earl, cast a 72 inch mirror, weighing over four tons, using three crucibles.

Each listed inch fraction has the smallest denominator that keeps the value within the ISO 216 tolerance limits.

The current record for areal density for a commercially released drive is 133 gigabits per square inch, according to Toshiba.

Draw a labeled diagram to show how is a 3½ inch diskette can be logically organized into subdirectories.

The six-inch pipes are one inch thick " The system covers an area from Kensington in the west to the east End docklands.

An overflow drain should be large enough to handle large amounts of water I like four inch pipe.

Also, the smallest earthworms are considerably longer than a quarter inch.

There was an old saying " Give him an inch and he'll take an ell " .

Most early excavators took great care to scrub all vessels within an inch of their lives, effectively removing all traces of contents.

Little green fellahs they are, poking through about an inch.

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