PINCH AN INCH

Meaning of PINCH AN INCH in English

pinch an inch of fat on your body

"If I can pinch an inch, am I fat?" "No. Just pleasantly plump."

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

PINCH AN INCH — pinch an inch of fat on your body """If I can pinch an inch, am I fat?"" ""No. Just pleasantly …
English Idioms vocab
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
INCH — Unit of measure equal to 1/36 yard and since 1959 defined officially as 2. 54 cm (see metre ). David …
Английский словарь Британика
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English pinchen, from (assumed) Old North French pinchier; akin to Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INCH — I. ˈinch noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English inch, inche, from Old English ince, ynce, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN — I. noun suffix or -ian also -ean ( -s ) Etymology: -an & -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, -ien, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINCH — (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
Английский словарь Webster
INCH — (a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
INCH — ( a. ) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH — — pinchable , adj. /pinch/ , v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INCH — inch 1 /inch/ , n. 1. a unit of length, 1 / 12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINCH — I. ˈpinch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INCH — I. ˈinch noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ynce, from Latin uncia — more at ounce Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN — I. noun suffix or -ian also -ean Etymology: -an & -ian from Middle English -an, -ian, from Anglo-French & Latin; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCH — noun pian; pang. 2. pinch ·vt to plait. 3. pinch ·vi to take hold; to grip, as a dog does. …
Webster English vocab
INCH — vt to drive by inches, or small degrees. 2. inch ·vt to deal out by inches; to give sparingly. 3. …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
PINCH — [pinch] vb [ME, fr. (assumed) ONF pinchier, fr. (assumed) VL pinctiare] vt (14c) 1 a: to squeeze between the finger …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INCH — [inch] n [ME, fr. OE ynce, fr. L uncia--more at ounce] (bef. 12c) 1: a unit of length equal to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN — [-an] or -ian also -ean n suffix [-an & -ian fr. ME -an, -ian, fr. OF & L; OF -ien, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INCH — unit of British Imperial and U.S. Customary measure equal to 1/36 of a yard. The unit derives from the old …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINCH — / pɪntʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH THUMB AND FINGER 1. [ vn ] to take a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INCH — / ɪntʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. ( abbr. in. ) a unit for measuring length, equal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH — I. pinch 1 /pɪntʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: From an unrecorded Old North French pinchier ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INCH — I. inch 1 S2 W3 /ɪntʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: uncia 'one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INCH — n. & v. --n. 1 a unit of linear measure equal to one-twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INCH — n. & v. n. 1 a unit of linear measure equal to one-twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a grip (esp. the skin of part of the body or of another person) …
Oxford English vocab
INCH — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a unit of linear measure equal to one-twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PINCH — ( pinches, pinching, pinched) 1. If you pinch a part of someone’s body, you take a piece of their skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INCH — ( inches, inching, inched) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An inch …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES pinch of salt (= a very small amount ) ▪ a pinch of salt …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick ▪ The walls are about two meters thick. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — indefinite article COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago ▪ Her husband died 14 years ago. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PINCH — [noun] [C usually singular]He gave her a playful pinch on the bottom.(UK and ANZ) At a pinch/(US) In a pinch …
Cambridge English vocab
INCH — n. Unit of measure equal to 1/36 yard and since 1959 defined officially as 2. 54 cm (see metre ). …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
INCH — Synonyms and related words : ace, amble, bit, bowshot, brief span, claudicate, close quarters, close range, crack, crawl, creep, crowd, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INCH — See: BY INCHES, EVERY INCH, GIVE ONE AN INCH AND HE WILL TAKE A MILE, WITHIN AN ACE OF or …
Slang English vocab
PINCH — I. noun Pinch is used before these nouns: ↑ runner II. verb ADVERB ▪ gently , lightly ▪ playfully ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PINCH — n. 25B6; verb he pinched my arm : NIP, tweak, squeeze, grasp. my new shoes pinch my toes : HURT, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PINCH — v. 1 squeeze, nip, tweak, press, compress, grip, grasp I pinched my finger in the drawer 2 squeeze, cramp, confine, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INCH — See: BY INCHES, EVERY INCH, GIVE ONE AN INCH AND HE WILL TAKE A MILE, WITHIN AN ACE OF or …
Словарь английских идиом
INCH — In length, 1/12th of foot or 1/36 of a yard or, metrically, 2.54 centimeters. The inch, along with the foot …
English Dictionary of Medicine
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PINCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) щипок б) щепотка (чего-л. сыпучего) в) перен. сл. легкое для осуществления предприятие, верняк ∙ Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INCH — I 1. сущ. 1) дюйм ( = 2,5 см) to contest, fight for every inch of one's land ≈ сражаться …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINCH — pinch.ogg 1. pıntʃ n 1. 1> щипок to give smb. a pinch - ущипнуть кого-л. a pinch of pungent wit …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INCH — inch.ogg _I 1. ıntʃ n 1. 1> дюйм ( мера длины; ≈ 2,54 см ) 2> pl высота, рост a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PINCH — 1) горн. выклинивание ( пласта ) ; сжатие ( жилы ) 2) нефт. смыкание ( стенок ствола скважины ) 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PINCH — 1) горн. выклинивание (пласта); сжатие (жилы) 2) нефт. смыкание (стенок ствола скважины) 3) лом; вага || приподнимать или перемещать с помощью ваги, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PINCH — 1) защипать 2) защипнуть 3) защипывать 4) нащипывать 5) пережать 6) пережим 7) пережимать 8) самостягивающийся 9) ужим 10) ужимать 11) ущипывать 12) щепотка 13) щепоть • - magnet pinch - magnetic pinch - pinch density - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
INCH — двигаться медленно или осторожно дюйм; дюймовый inch along - делать медленные, но верные успехи within an inch of - почти; …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PINCH — 1. pıntʃ n 1. 1> щипок to give smb. a pinch - ущипнуть кого-л. a pinch of pungent wit - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INCH — _I 1. ıntʃ n 1. 1> дюйм ( мера длины; ≈ 2,54 см ) 2> pl высота, рост a man …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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