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How to pronounce inch
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What does inch mean?
nounAn 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.”
Any very short distance.
“Don't move an inch!”
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.”
verbTo advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
“Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.”
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
“He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.”
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
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