inch
part of speech
noun (inch, inches); verb (inch, inches, inched, inching — to move very slowly)
meaning for a pupil
1) An inch is a small unit of length, about as wide as your thumb; 12 inches make 1 foot. A foot is 12 inches. A yard is 36 inches. tree →
2) To inch forward is to move very slowly, a little bit at a time. tree →
3) «Every inch» means all of something. tree →
sense in the lessons
a unit of length for jumps, heights and lengths in maths; rulers in the USA show inches on one side and centimeters on the other; screens, pizzas and snow are measured in inches; phrases «inch by inch», «every inch», «inch forward»
examples
- The grasshopper jumped 19 inches. tree →
- The ribbon is 36 inches long. tree →
- The plant grew 2 inches. tree →
- How many inches farther did the frog jump? tree →
- My ruler is 12 inches long. tree →
- We got 6 inches of snow last night. tree →
- The cat inched closer to the bird. tree →
- The line moved inch by inch. tree →
- They ordered a 14-inch pizza. tree →
- He searched every inch of his room for the key. tree →
- At this second lie, his nose grew a few more inches. tree →
note
A unit, not a thing counted; plural «inches»; short form «in.» or the mark ″. 1 inch is about 2.5 centimeters. Trap: inches and feet mixed must be changed to one unit; 12 inches = 1 foot. A pizza's inches measure across, not around.
In the corpora
- She sheds "gallons of tears", making a pool about four inches deep that reaches half down the hall.
- Toad says that's nonsense, he knows every inch of his house.
- Never walk or drive into flood water: fast water only 15 centimetres (6 inches) deep can knock a person over.
- Just 6 inches of moving water can knock a person off their feet.
- A child uses a booster seat until the adult belt fits, usually around 145 to 150 cm or 4 feet 9 inches tall.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «inch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.