Inch

Noun

 * 1) A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
 * 2)  The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
 * 3)  A very short distance.
 * "Don't move an inch!"

Derived terms

 * every inch
 * in for an inch, in for a mile
 * inch-perfect

Verb

 * 1)  To move very slowly (in a particular direction).
 * Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

Derived terms

 * inch along
 * inch forward
 * inch up
 * inchworm

Adjectives for Inch
furthest; shuddering; single; available; proverbial; last.

Thesaurus
ace, amble, bit, bowshot, brief span, claudicate, close quarters, close range, crack, crawl, creep, crowd, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, drive on, earreach, earshot, forge ahead, go dead slow, go on tiptoe, go slow, grovel, gumshoe, gunshot, hair, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, hobble, idle, inch along, inch forward, jog-trot, laze, limp, little, little ways, mosey, muddle through, nightwalk, pad, pistol shot, poke, poke along, press forward, press on, prowl, push, push forward, push on, pussyfoot, saunter, scrabble, scramble, short distance, short piece, short way, shuffle along, sidle, slink, snake, sneak, span, spitting distance, stagger along, steal, steal along, step, stroll, tippytoe, tiptoe, toddle, toddle along, totter along, traipse, waddle, walk, worm, worm along

Etymology
From  ynce:, from   uncia:.

Noun

 * Armenian: դյույմ
 * Breton: meutad
 * Bulgarian: инч (inč)
 * Catalan: polzada
 * Czech:, coul
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: pulgada
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אינצ'


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: インチ (inchi)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Simplified Chinese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: inç


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: centímetre
 * Czech:, kousíček
 * Dutch: haarbreed
 * Finnish:
 * French: poil


 * German:
 * Lithuanian: plaukas
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Simplified Chinese: ,
 * Swahili:


 * : pulgada
 * : modfedd

Verb

 * Finnish: hivuttautua, edetä hitaasti
 * German: sich zentimeterweise fortbewegen
 * Italian: muoversi poco a poco


 * Portuguese: movimentar-se pouco a pouco OR movimentar-se aos poucos
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * chin, Chin