inch in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
inch in Kashmiri कॉशुर
inch in Sindhi سنڌي
inch in English
- inch⇄expr. by inches, slowly; little by little; gradually.
Ex. The small town grew by inches. - inch⇄expr. every inch, in every way; completely.
Ex. every inch a king (Shakespeare). - inch⇄expr. inch by inch, slowly; little by little.
Ex. The idea developed inch by inch in his mind until he perfected it. - inch⇄expr. within an inch of one's life, to the point of death.
Ex. He was beaten within an inch of his life. - inch⇄expr. within an inch of, very near; very close to.
Ex. He came within an inch of being caught in the sudden storm. - inch⇄inch (1), noun, verb.
- inch⇄inch (2), noun.
a small island (frequent in the names of small islands belonging to Scotland). - inch⇄noun 1. a measure of length, equal to 1/12 of a foot or 1/36 of a yard or 2.54 centimeters. (Abbr:) in.
2. the amount of rainfall or snowfall that would cover a surface to the depth of one inch.
3. water-inch.
4. (Figurative.) the sm - inch⇄v.i. to move slowly or little by little.
Ex. The worm inched along. The value of the stock inched up toward its all-time high. - inch⇄v.t. to move by inches or small degrees.
Ex. The defendant had been given a signal ... to come out, and as he was inching his way out the plaintiff, who had not seen the side road, collided with him (London Times).