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# inch

noun (inch, inches); verb (inch, inches, inched, inching — to move very slowly)

«inch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#m1)
2. To inch forward is to move very slowly, a little bit at a time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#m2)
3. «Every inch» means all of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x1)
- The ribbon is 36 inches long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x2)
- The plant grew 2 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x3)
- How many inches farther did the frog jump? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x4)
- My ruler is 12 inches long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x5)
- We got 6 inches of snow last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x6)
- The cat inched closer to the bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x7)
- The line moved inch by inch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x8)
- They ordered a 14-inch pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x9)
- He searched every inch of his room for the key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x10)
- At this second lie, his nose grew a few more inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/#x11)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inch.html) on Mova free.