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Definitions for Inch

[1] a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
[2] a very small amount of anything; narrow margin: to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch.
[3] to move by inches or small degrees: We inched our way along the road.
[4] by inches , narrowly; by a narrow margin: escaped by inches. Also inch by inch. by small degrees or stages; gradually: The miners worked their way through the narrow shaft inch by inch.
[5] every inch , in every respect; completely: That horse is every inch a thoroughbred.
[6] within an inch of , nearly; close to: He came within an inch of getting killed in the crash.
[7] a small island near the seacoast.
[8] a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot or 0.0254 metre
[9] meteorol an amount of precipitation that would cover a surface with water one inch deep five inches of rain fell in January a unit of pressure equal to a mercury column one inch high in a barometer
[10] a very small distance, degree, or amount
[11] every inch in every way; completely he was every inch an aristocrat
[12] inch by inch gradually; little by little
[13] within an inch of very close to
[14] to move or be moved very slowly or in very small steps the car inched forward
[15] (tr foll by out ) to defeat (someone) by a very small margin
[16] Scot and Irish a small island

Words related to Inch

square, fingerbreadth

Words nearby Inch

inceptive, incertitude, incessant, incest, incestuous, inch, inch along, inch by inch, inch of mercury, inch plant, inch-pound

Origin of Inch

21375–1425; late Middle English < Scots Gaelic innse, genitive of innis island, Old Irish inis, cognate with Welsh ynys

Word origin for Inch

C15: from Gaelic innis island; compare Welsh ynys

Synonyms for Inch

fingerbreadth, square, one thirty-sixth of a yard