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inch

(/I/n/tS/ )

Measuring an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
in

source: wordnet30
a unit of measurement for advertising space(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
column inch

source: wordnet30
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime (′), composed of twelve seconds (′′), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic.(noun)

source: webster1913

advance slowly, as if by inches(verb.motion)

Synonym:
edge

source: wordnet30
To drive by inches, or small degrees.(verb)

source: webster1913
To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.(verb)

source: webster1913

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