Inch

//ɪnt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "inch" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (45)

Noun(16 words)

drop fleck flip flyspeck halfpennyworth haugh hint imperial system in iota jot lick mite modicum molecule morsel

earreach earshot ease edge foot forge ahead go dead slow go on tiptoe go slow grovel gumshoe gunshot hair hair space hairbreadth hairsbreadth hobble idle inch along inch forward

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jog-trot kilometer laze limp little little ways measure

Verb(1 words)

edge

Adjective(1 words)

inchy

Related words (76)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

10 entries

advance area unit go on linear measure linear unit march on move on pass on progress square measure

Antonyms

4 entries

centimeter centimetre metric mile

Synonyms

2 entries

column inch edge

Related terms

2 entries

mil thou

derived

47 entries

Big Inch Inchbonnie Inchlonaig King's Inch Kirkinch Little Big Inch a mile wide and an inch deep acre-inch budge an inch characters per inch column inch cubic inch dots per inch every inch give an inch give someone an inch and someone will take a mile

Showing 16 of 47 words.

distinct from

6 entries

centimeter centimetre foot meter metric millimeters

has context

4 entries

meteorology scotland united kingdom united states

is a

1 entries

linear unit

part of

1 entries

foot

related to

135 entries

advance american american centimeter american measure american measurement american unit amount big big centimeter centimeter centimeters centimetre centimetres distance distance measure division

Showing 16 of 135 words.

Translations

129 translations across 82 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

duim noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Albanian

1 entries

inç noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Arabic

2 entries

بُوصَة noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
شِبْر noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Armenian

1 entries

դյույմ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

düym noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
düymə noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Belarusian

2 entries

дзюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ца́ля noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Bengali

1 entries

ইঞ্চি noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Breton

1 entries

meutad noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Bulgarian

3 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
инч noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
милиме́тър noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Burmese

1 entries

လက်မ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Catalan

2 entries

centímetre noun (unspecified but very short distance)
polzada noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

一點兒 /一点儿 noun (unspecified but very short distance)
少許 /少许 noun (unspecified but very short distance)
英寸 noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Czech

4 entries

coul noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
kousek noun (unspecified but very short distance)
kousíček noun (unspecified but very short distance)
palec noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Danish

1 entries

tomme noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Dutch

2 entries

duim noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
haarbreed noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Esperanto

1 entries

colo noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Estonian

1 entries

toll noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Faroese

1 entries

tummi noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Finnish

4 entries

piiru noun (unspecified but very short distance)
tuuma noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
edetä hitaasti verb (to move very slowly)
hivuttautua verb (to move very slowly)

French

2 entries

poil noun (unspecified but very short distance)
pouce noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Galician

3 entries

cuarta noun (unspecified but very short distance)
palmo noun (unspecified but very short distance)
pulgada noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Georgian

1 entries

დუიმი noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

German

3 entries

Zoll noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
Zoll noun (unspecified but very short distance)
sich zentimeterweise fortbewegen verb (to move very slowly)

Greek

2 entries

ίντσα noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
σπιθαμή noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Gujarati

1 entries

તસુ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Hebrew

1 entries

אִינְץ׳ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Hindi

1 entries

इंच noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Hungarian

1 entries

hüvelyk noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Icelandic

2 entries

tomma noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
þumlungur noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Ido

1 entries

inch noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Indonesian

2 entries

dim noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
inci noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Ingrian

1 entries

djuima noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Irish

1 entries

orlach noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Italian

2 entries

pollice noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
muoversi poco a poco verb (to move very slowly)

Japanese

1 entries

インチ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Kannada

1 entries

ಅಂಗುಳಮು noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Kazakh

1 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Khmer

1 entries

អ៊ីញ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Korean

1 entries

인치 noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Lao

1 entries

ນີ້ວ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Latin

1 entries

uncia noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Latvian

1 entries

colla noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Lithuanian

2 entries

colis noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
plaukas noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

col noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Lü

1 entries

ᦓᦲᧁᧉ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Macedonian

2 entries

инч noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
цол noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Malay

1 entries

inci noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Middle English

2 entries

ynche noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ynche noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Mongolian

1 entries

инч noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Navajo

1 entries

asdzoh noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Norman

1 entries

pouce noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨶᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

tomme noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
tomme noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Occitan

1 entries

poce noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Persian

1 entries

اینچ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Polish

2 entries

cal noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
włos noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Portuguese

2 entries

polegada noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
polegada noun (unspecified but very short distance)

Romanian

1 entries

țol noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Russian

1 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cȏl noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ȉnč noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
и̏нч noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
цо̑л noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Sinhalese

1 entries

අඟල් noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Slovak

2 entries

cól noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
palec noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Slovene

1 entries

palec noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Spanish

1 entries

pulgada noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Swahili

3 entries

inchi noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
inchi noun (unspecified but very short distance)
inchi verb (to move very slowly)

Swedish

1 entries

tum noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Tagalog

2 entries

dali noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
timuro noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Tajik

2 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
инч noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Tamil

1 entries

அங்குலம் noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Tatar

1 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Telugu

4 entries

అంగుళము noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ఇంచి noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ఈంచి noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
ఈంచు noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Thai

1 entries

นิ้ว noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Turkish

1 entries

inç noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Turkmen

1 entries

dýuým noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дюйм noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
цаль noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Urdu

1 entries

انچ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Uzbek

1 entries

dyuym noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Vaghri

1 entries

આંગર noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Vietnamese

4 entries

inch noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
inh noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
insơ noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)
phân noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Welsh

1 entries

modfedd noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Yoruba

1 entries

ínǹsì noun (English unit of length and traditional equivalents)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

Source: tatoeba (1818)

The elephant won't move an inch.

Source: tatoeba (46254)

Give him an inch and he will take a yard.

Source: tatoeba (73244)

There was a car accident and the traffic didn't move an inch.

Source: tatoeba (240325)

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