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Definitions for Inching

[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 unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot or 0.0254 metre
[8] 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
[9] a very small distance, degree, or amount
[10] every inch in every way; completely he was every inch an aristocrat
[11] inch by inch gradually; little by little
[12] within an inch of very close to
[13] to move or be moved very slowly or in very small steps the car inched forward
[14] (tr foll by out ) to defeat (someone) by a very small margin
[15] Scot and Irish a small island

Words related to Inching

inchdragging, slow, slacken, wane, trail, decrease, falter, diminish, fail, bend, saunter, poke, slither, drag, wriggle, plod, slide, squirm, clamber, inch

Words nearby Inching

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

Origin of Inching

1before 1000; Middle English; Old English ynce < Latin uncia twelfth part, inch, ounce. See ounce1

Word origin for Inching

C15: from Gaelic innis island; compare Welsh ynys

Synonyms for Inching

dragging, crawling, groveling, hobbling, quailing, shambling, shuffling, skulking, slinking, slithering, sneaking, squirming, worming, wriggling, writhing, barely moving, moving slowly, on all fours