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inch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (inchi)
- ? Korean: ?? (inchi)
Translations
Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thou
- mil
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic innis
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- (Scotland) A small island
Usage notes
- Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Anagrams
- Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-
Middle English
Noun
inch
- Alternative form of ynche
inch From the web:
- = 2.54 centimeters
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scurry
English
Etymology
Perhaps from hurry-skurry, a reduplication of hurry.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk??r(?)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): (with the "Hurry-furry" merger) /?sk??i/
- Rhymes: -?ri
- Hyphenation: scur?ry
Verb
scurry (third-person singular simple present scurries, present participle scurrying, simple past and past participle scurried)
- To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
Synonyms
- (run with quick light steps): scamper
- (do things quickly): hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush
Derived terms
- ascurry
- scurry away
- scurry off
Translations
Noun
scurry (plural scurries)
- A dash.
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
- Found a fox in Deerstone, and after a great deal of music, and a scurry or two round the wood, went away over Whigford Down, but he was too far before them to make any more quick music […]
- 1845, Sporting Magazine (volume 5, page 25)
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