📖 I — The English dictionary · page 23

ink — Everyday, meaning 1: Ink is the coloured liquid used for writing, drawing and printing, found in pens and printers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ink is also the dark liquid that an octopus or squid squirts to escape from danger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To ink something means to put ink on it or to draw over it in ink; informally, to ink a deal means to sign it.↗ Example: My pen has run out of ink.↗ · Write your final answer in ink, not pencil.↗ · There is a blue ink stain on my shirt.↗ · The octopus squirted ink and swam away.↗ · We separated the colours of black ink with filter paper.↗ · The printer needs a new ink cartridge.↗ · The artist inked over her pencil drawing.↗ · An ink blot spread across the page.↗ · Ink he had none, so he used the juice of blackberries or cherries.↗ · Then Baruch answered them: 'He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.'↗ (Prophets JER.36.18, JPS 1917)↗

inkstand — Everyday, meaning 1: A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens and sometimes sand or a pen-wiper, used in the days of dip pens.↗ Example: The Queen threw an inkstand at the poor Lizard.↗ · Grandpa's desk still has a brass inkstand.↗ · Old school desks had a hole for the inkwell.↗ · The clerk dipped his pen and put it back in the inkstand.↗ · A silver inkstand stood on the king's desk.↗ · In the museum we saw an inkstand with two glass pots.↗ · "You have had very little experience," replied the inkstand.↗

inky — Everyday, meaning 1: Inky means stained or covered with ink.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inky means very dark, especially black or dark blue, like ink.↗ Example: My fingers were inky after writing with a fountain pen.↗ · The sky was inky black with no stars.↗ · The octopus squirted an inky cloud.↗ · We stepped into the inky darkness of the cave.↗ · The inky water of the lake looked very deep.↗ · Her school shirt had an inky blot on the pocket.↗ · The moonlight showed it all iron gray, except where some elephants stood upon it, and their shadows were inky black.↗

inlaid — Everyday, meaning 1: Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory.↗ Example: The box was inlaid with gold.↗ · The throne had gems inlaid in its arms.↗ · The ivory table was inlaid with pearl.↗ · Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.6, JPS 1917)↗ · He made the pillars thereof of silver, the top thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, the inside thereof being inlaid with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.↗ (Writings SNG.3.10, JPS 1917)↗

inland — Everyday, meaning 1: In or towards the middle of a country, away from the coast or the sea: an inland town, travel inland.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inside one country, not abroad: inland mail (older use).↗ Example: We drove inland, away from the beach.↗ · The inland town is very hot in summer.↗ · When the tsunami siren sounds, go inland and uphill.↗ · Much of inland Australia is desert.↗ · The river carried boats far inland.↗ · Seagulls sometimes fly inland when there is a storm.↗ · Birmingham is an inland city in England.↗ · The Caspian Sea is a huge inland sea.↗ · The crane flew some distance inland and then alighted.↗

inlet — Everyday, meaning 1: An inlet is a narrow area of sea or lake water that goes into the land, like a small bay.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An inlet is an opening through which water, air or fuel goes in to a machine or pipe.↗ Example: The boat sailed into a quiet inlet.↗ · We swam in a sheltered inlet where the water was calm.↗ · Seals rested on the rocks at the end of the inlet.↗ · Water flows in through the inlet pipe and out through the outlet.↗ · Do not block the air inlet on the heater.↗ · A fjord is a long, deep inlet between mountains.↗

inmate — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who is kept in a prison.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A person living in a hospital or other institution.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An inmate can also be any creature living inside a place, such as a house.↗ Example: The inmates ate lunch in the prison canteen.↗ · An inmate escaped but was caught the next day.↗ · Some inmates study for exams in prison.↗ · The film is about two inmates who become friends.↗ · Prison guards keep the inmates safe.↗ · Each inmate has a small cell.↗ · When he has gnawed his way with these through all obstacles, he first destroys the babes he finds in a house, and then the older inmates.↗

inmost — Everyday, meaning 1: The deepest or most private; at the very centre of a place or of your feelings.↗ Example: She told the secret from her inmost heart.↗ · They reached the inmost room of the palace.↗ · He kept his fear deep in his inmost soul.↗ · I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.'↗ (Writings PSA.40.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.↗ (Writings PSA.51.8, JPS 1917)↗ · I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is become like wax; it is melted in mine inmost parts.↗ (Writings PSA.22.15, JPS 1917)↗

inn — Everyday, meaning 1: An inn is a small hotel or pub, often in the countryside or an old building, where travellers can eat, drink and stay the night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) In the Christmas story, there was no room for Mary and Joseph at the inn in Bethlehem, so Jesus was born where animals were kept.↗ Example: We had lunch at an old inn in the village.↗ · There was no room at the inn for Mary and Joseph.↗ · In the nativity play, I was the innkeeper.↗ · The tired travellers stopped at an inn for the night.↗ · The Good Samaritan took the hurt man to an inn.↗ · The Red Lion Inn has a big fireplace.↗ · The inn had rooms upstairs and a bar below.↗ · There was an inn by the roadside.↗

innards — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The inside parts of the body, such as the stomach and bowels.↗ Example: Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.]↗ Like what did He make them?↗ (A city) [strife].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

innate — Everyday, meaning 1: Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Innate means being a natural part of something.↗ Example: Babies have an innate ability to suck.↗ · Spiders' web-building is innate.↗ · She has an innate sense of rhythm.↗ · Some scientists think a love of stories is innate in people.↗ · Innate behaviour is not learned.↗ · And besides, I learned to know my inward nature, my innate qualities, the relationship I had with Poesy.↗

inner — Everyday, meaning 1: Inner means inside, or nearer the middle of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inner describes private thoughts and feelings that you do not show, like your inner self.↗ Example: The inner planets are closer to the Sun.↗ · The Earth's inner core is solid metal.↗ · The inner ear helps you keep your balance.↗ · She showed great inner strength.↗ · Draw an inner circle and an outer circle.↗ · He lives in the inner city.↗ · The bike's inner tube had a puncture.↗ · Listen to your inner voice when something feels wrong.↗ · In the inner garden there were very many deer.↗ · Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber.↗ (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the temple, and the inner place, and the porches of the court, (Prophets EZK.41.15, JPS 1917)↗

innermost — Everyday, meaning 1: The same as inmost: the deepest, or nearest to the centre of a place or of your feelings.↗ Example: The innermost box was locked.↗ · Deep in their innermost hearts they loved the old king.↗ · She found the treasure in the innermost chamber.↗ · Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.↗ (Prophets 1SA.24.4, JPS 1917)↗ · But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.↗ (Prophets JON.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.↗ (Writings PRO.18.8, JPS 1917)↗

innings — Everyday, meaning 1: In cricket, an innings is a team's turn to bat, or one player's turn at batting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In baseball (US, Canada) an inning is one of the nine parts of the game in which both teams bat once.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK, Australia) Having a good innings means having had a long life or a long time doing something.↗ Example: England scored 300 runs in their first innings.↗ · He made 45 runs in his innings.↗ · The game is in the ninth inning.↗ · Each team has two innings in a test match.↗ · Grandad lived to 95; he had a good innings.↗ · Our team scored 4 runs in the third inning.↗ · The innings ended when the tenth batter was out.↗ · Add the runs from both innings to get the total.↗

innkeeper — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who owns or runs an inn, a small hotel or pub where travellers can eat, drink and sleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, nativity) In the Christmas story, the innkeeper says there is no room at the inn, so Mary and Joseph stay where the animals are.↗ Example: In the nativity play I was the innkeeper.↗ · The innkeeper said, «There is no room at the inn.»↗ · The Good Samaritan gave the innkeeper two coins.↗ · The innkeeper served the travellers hot soup.↗ · The old innkeeper knew every story in the village.↗ · The kind innkeeper let them sleep in the stable.↗ · The innkeeper was so glad, so glad.↗

innocence — Everyday, meaning 1: Innocence is the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Innocence also means not knowing about bad or unpleasant things in life, especially as a young child.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Innocence can mean being simple and trusting, sometimes too trusting.↗ Example: The man proved his innocence in court.↗ · In the UK, you are innocent until proven guilty.↗ · The puppy looked up with innocence after chewing the shoe.↗ · The war took away the children's innocence.↗ · She asked the question in all innocence.↗ · The lawyer fought to show his client's innocence.↗ · Therefore they demanded seven days in which to prove their innocence.↗

innocency — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Being free from guilt or blame; clean, honest behavior.↗ An old word for innocence.↗ Example: In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'↗ (Torah GEN.20.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency; (Writings PSA.73.13, JPS 1917)↗ · I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD, (Writings PSA.26.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off; Mine anger is kindled against them; how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?↗ (Prophets HOS.8.5, JPS 1917)↗

innocent — Everyday, meaning 1: Not guilty: having not done the wrong thing you are blamed for.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not knowing about bad or unkind things; young and trusting.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not meant to harm: «an innocent joke».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) A person who has done nothing wrong, especially someone hurt in a war or crime.↗ Example: The boy was innocent; he didn't break the vase.↗ · The puppy looked innocent next to the torn pillow.↗ · It was an innocent mistake.↗ · The judge said she was innocent.↗ · Babies are innocent and trusting.↗ · Don't blame someone innocent to protect yourself.↗ · But, sire, I implore your mercy, for I am innocent."↗ · Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person.↗ (Torah DEU.27.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.↗ (Torah EXO.23.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with thee.↗ (Torah DEU.19.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?↗ (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Writings PRO.6.17, JPS 1917)↗ · I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.↗ (Writings JOB.9.21, JPS 1917)↗

innocently — Everyday, meaning 1: Without doing wrong, or without knowing that you are doing wrong.↗ Example: He was punished innocently.↗ · She innocently asked the wolf where he lived.↗ · «I did it innocently,» said the boy.↗

innovation — Everyday, meaning 1: Innovation is making new ideas, methods or inventions, or making changes to how things are done.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An innovation is a new idea, invention or way of doing something.↗ Example: The smartphone was a great innovation.↗ · The printing press was an innovation that spread books.↗ · Our school held an innovation fair for inventions.↗ · Innovation helps us find cleaner energy.↗ · Velcro was an innovation inspired by burrs on a dog.↗ · The company is known for innovation.↗