transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntʃ ]
( inches, inching, inched)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
...18 inches below the surface.
N-COUNT : num N , oft N of n
2.
To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
He inched the van forward...
An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.
VERB : V prep / adv , V n prep / adv , V way prep / adv
3.
If you say that someone looks every inch a certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.
He looks every inch the City businessman...
PHRASE : v-link PHR n [ emphasis ]
4.
If someone or something moves inch by inch , they move very slowly and carefully.
The car moved forward inch by inch...
PHRASE : PHR after v [ emphasis ]