Inch is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INCH in dictionary:

VERB:
• to move very slowly
• move along slowly and carefully
• cause (something) to move slowly and carefully
• To drive by inches, or small degrees.
• To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
• To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
• advance slowly, as if by inches
• move slowly and gradually
NOUN:
• a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm)
• a very small amount or distance
• (as a unit of rainfall) a quantity that would cover a horizontal surface to a depth of one inch, equivalent to 253.7 cubic metres per hectare
• (as a unit of atmospheric pressure) an amount that would support a column of mercury one-inch high in a barometer (equal to 33.86 millibars, 29.5 inches being equal to one bar).
• (as a unit of map scale) so many inches representing one mile on the ground
• a small island or a small area of high land
• unit of length
• An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
• 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.
• A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
• a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
• a unit of measurement for advertising space
• a person's height or waist measurement
ADJECTIVE:
• Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.

Words related to INCH

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Words that contain INCH

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How to use INCH in a sentence

• I endured it as well as I might, for though my legs were sorely cramped, I did not dare to move an inch.
• A great ruby button, nearly an inch in diameter, set in a mounting of worked gold, crowned a hat like an inverted round bowl.
• After a few moments of rest, he started again, examining every inch of the ground as he went.
• Inch by inch we moved forward, mounted the steps one by one, and came within the relative warmth of the vestibule.
• The figure of this monk itself is about half an inch in height, and its face may be completely hidden by the head of a pin.
• He had come within an inch of reaching the face of Tom, when he failed to counter.
• She pulled a silk something out of the front of her dress with a pad of hundred-dollar bills in it an inch think.
• These people all knew him from a lad, and can trace every inch of his descent.
• Softly he opened it, swinging it inward an inch at a time, and scarcely breathing as he entered.
• Some one handed her a cup of tea sweetened with half an inch of sugar at the bottom of the cup.
• The two heads are four inches in length, one inch of which is provided with a screw thread.
• On the other hand the country to which they were to emigrate was already occupied by numerous and warlike tribes, who would contest every inch of territory.
• The vein from which it appears broken off is one inch and a quarter thick.
• Take one of the sprouted seeds, lay it on the cloth, tie pieces of thread around the main root at intervals of one-quarter inch from tip to seed.
• They had been to look at the new building, for every inch of progress was a matter of interest to them.
• Its legs were short, but strong, its claws white, hooked and about an inch and a quarter long.
• He did not move an inch, still sat crouched by the fire, but every nerve was at tension, every muscle taut.
• I agree with Jerdon that there must be some mistake about 18-inch horns recorded from the Punjab.
• Well groomed, handsome, quick of his movement, he looked as he was, every inch a soldier.
• Stitch a seam along the curved edge one-eighth of an inch from the edge.
• To set the logs to the required width of boards or other lumber we used inch rules, a bar made on purpose for the work and dogs to hold the logs in place.
• The whole length of the drain is about three thousand feet, and the entire outlet is through two nine inch pipes.
• He asked Joe Box and Ham Rhodes, the two biggest men in the outfit, six-footers and an inch each, to sit one on each side of his cot until he went to sleep.
• Your virtues would not rise an inch, Although your shape was two foot taller, And wisely you let others pinch Great waists and feet to make them smaller.
• After this delay we struggle on until just before dark we reached the worst rapid on the river the Kandoko Falls, up which the canoes are lifted inch by inch.
• A State cannot regulate the relation of master and slave, of owner and property, the manner and title of descent, or anything else, one inch beyond its territory.

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