inch :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

column inch

n. a unit of measurement for advertising space

Verbs (1)

edge

v. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (39)

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

bit, digit, baud, binary digit

n. a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"

mouse, creep, sneak, steal, pussyfoot

v. to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

slog, plod, footslog

v. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

crawl, creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

drag, scuff

v. walk without lifting the feet

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

Synonyms (3)

edge up, edge in, push one's way in

v. push one's way into (a space)

Antonyms (0)

inch

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