Worder Dictionary

English dictionary: words starting with inch

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noun

A unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm).

Usage examples:

The toy train is four inches long
verb

Move along slowly and carefully.

Usage examples:

He inched away as i approached
idiom

In great detail and in many very small stages

Usage examples:

Detectives searched the area around the murder scene inch by inch.
verb

Move along slowly and carefully.

Usage examples:

He inched away as i approached
noun

A unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm)

Usage examples:

The toy train is four inches long
noun

A unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm).

Usage examples:

The toy train is four inches long
verb

Move along slowly and carefully.

Usage examples:

He inched away as i approached
verb

Move along slowly and carefully.

Usage examples:

He inched away as i approached
noun

A unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm)

Usage examples:

The toy train is four inches long
adverb

By inches; little by little.

Usage examples:

Inchmeal, he advanced up the slope
adjective

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

Usage examples:

A still inchoate democracy
adjective

Denoting an aspect of a verb expressing the beginning of an action, typically one occurring of its own accord.

Usage examples:

A hundred and forty years later, the inchoative generalization of the verb has shown up in the new …
noun

An inchoative verb.

Usage examples:

Is he saying that our genes have been programmed by evolution to resist inchoatives that involve be…
noun

A caterpillar of a geometrid moth, which moves forward by arching and straightening its body; a looper.

Usage examples:

I imagined little creatures - frogs, crickets, and inchworms - busying themselves.
noun

A caterpillar of a geometrid moth, which moves forward by arching and straightening its body; a looper.

Usage examples:

I imagined little creatures - frogs, crickets, and inchworms - busying themselves.

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