The meaning of Interior

noun

The front part of the human trunk below the ribs, containing the stomach and bowels.

Usage examples:

His fat belly stuck out over his trousers

verb

Swell or cause to swell.

Usage examples:

As she leaned forward her pullover bellied out

noun

The stomach, or the front part of your body at the waist, between your chest and legs

noun

The part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; the intestine.

Usage examples:

He felt his bowels loosen

noun

A shrub or clump of shrubs with stems of moderate length.

Usage examples:

A rose bush

verb

Spread out into a thick clump.

Usage examples:

Her hair bushed out like a halo

noun

A metal lining for a round hole, especially one in which an axle revolves.

Usage examples:

A very communicative one too thanks those urethane bushes and the back axle bouncing up and down ju…

adjective

At the point or in the area that is in the middle of something.

Usage examples:

The station has a central courtyard

noun

A place with a high concentration of a specified type of person or thing.

Usage examples:

You're in workaholic central here

adjective

In, at, from, or near the center

Usage examples:

He grew up in central illinois., american novels often take money as their central concern., a cent…

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Usage examples:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

adjective

Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.

Usage examples:

Civil aviation

adjective

Of or relating to the ordinary people of a country, rather than members of religious organizations or the military

Usage examples:

These helicopters are for rescue and other civil use., we were married in a civil ceremony., civil …

adjective

Relating to legal disagreements between people or businesses, rather than criminal activities

Usage examples:

Civil action/lawsuit/case, etc. the chapter 11 action suspended a civil trial in which two plaintif…

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

Usage examples:

Emocore

noun

The distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something.

Usage examples:

Water of no more than 12 feet in depth

phrase

The lowest part of the sea

Usage examples:

The ship sank slowly to the depths of the ocean., these researchers were unafraid of exploring the …

adjective

Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.

Usage examples:

Domestic chores

noun

A person who is paid to help with cleaning and other menial tasks in a person's home.

Usage examples:

Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young prima…

noun

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

adjective

Relating to a person's emotions.

Usage examples:

Gaining emotional support from relatives

adjective

Connected with or showing feelings

Usage examples:

The mayor made an emotional appeal for aid following the tornado., the coach appeared emotionally d…

noun

The stomach or belly.

Usage examples:

The terrible pain in his gut

verb

Remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it.

Usage examples:

After getting a few fish each, they swam in the pond before they went back to the beach to clean an…

noun

A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. in vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

Usage examples:

It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbea…

verb

Like very much; love.

Usage examples:

I totally heart this song

noun

The central or most important part of a country, area, or field of activity.

Usage examples:

Wildlife sites in the heartland of russia

adjective

Past participle of hide1.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

adjective

Used to describe costs that are not normally included in the original price of something, or are not normally considered when judging something

Usage examples:

Hidden charges/costs/extras, hidden fees/penalties, there are the hidden costs of climate change th…

noun

The remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers.

Usage examples:

The hinterland of southern italy

noun

A region in the middle part of a country, esp. a large country, that is far from cities or the coast

Usage examples:

The touring theater group took its production into the hinterland.

noun

The area that surrounds a big city or port and on which the city or port depends for economic growth

Usage examples:

China is hong kong's economic hinterland and biggest trading partner.

noun

The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

Usage examples:

The floods forced many people to flee their homes

adjective

Relating to the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

I don't have your home address

adverb

To or at the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

What time did he get home last night?

adjective

Acting or done without forethought.

Usage examples:

They'd married as impulsive teenagers

adjective

Acting or done suddenly without any planning or consideration of the results

Usage examples:

She’s an impulsive shopper and often buys things she doesn’t need.

adjective

Situated in the interior of a country rather than on the coast.

Usage examples:

The inland port of gloucester

adverb

In or towards the interior of a country.

Usage examples:

The path turned inland and met the road

noun

The parts of a country remote from the sea or frontiers; the interior.

Usage examples:

The preliminary damage reports show that we fared a little bit better in the inland of south florid…

plural noun

Entrails.

Usage examples:

Just the head, pectoral fins, and innards were left

plural noun

The inner organs of a person or animal, or the inside parts of a machine

Usage examples:

The innards of radios, frogs’ innards

adjective

Situated inside or further in; internal.

Usage examples:

An inner courtyard

noun

The inner part of something.

Usage examples:

Using his rock shoes as inners for his double boots

adjective

Inside or contained within something else

Usage examples:

These islands lie between the bay’s outer and inner sections., she met life’s challenges with coura…

adjective

(of thoughts or feelings) most private and deeply felt.

Usage examples:

Innermost beliefs and convictions

adjective

(of thoughts) most strongly felt and most private, or (of objects) nearest to the center

Usage examples:

They told her their innermost secrets.

adjective

At sea but close to the shore.

Usage examples:

Inshore waters around shetland

adverb

Towards or closer to the shore.

Usage examples:

Birds heading inshore to their breeding sites

adjective

Near or towards the coast

Usage examples:

An inshore fishing zone, an inshore lifeboat, the ships moved slowly inshore.

noun

The inner side or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Wipe the inside of the windscreen

adjective

Situated on or in the inside.

Usage examples:

An inside pocket

preposition

Situated with the boundaries or confines of.

Usage examples:

A radio was playing inside the flat

adjective

Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.

Usage examples:

An instinctive distaste for conflict

Unthinking

adjective

(of behavior or actions) not thought about, planned, or learned

Usage examples:

My instinctive reaction was to walk away to avoid an argument., she instinctively understood how i …

adjective

Of or situated on the inside.

Usage examples:

The tube had an internal diameter of 1.1 mm

plural noun

Inner parts or features.

Usage examples:

All the weapon's internals are well finished and highly polished

adjective

Existing, intended for, or happening inside a person, organization, place, country, etc.

Usage examples:

The internal organs of the body, the bank will conduct an internal investigation.

adjective

Closely acquainted; familiar.

Usage examples:

Intimate friends

noun

A very close friend.

Usage examples:

His circle of intimates

verb

State or make known.

Usage examples:

Mr hutchison has intimated his decision to retire

adjective

Situated or done within the walls of a building.

Usage examples:

Both intramural and churchyard graves

adjective

Happening within or involving the members of one school

Usage examples:

At college she was active in intramural sports.

adjective

Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.

Usage examples:

His intuitive understanding of the readers' real needs

adjective

Based on feelings rather than facts or proof

Usage examples:

An intuitive approach/judgment, most people have an intuitive sense of right and wrong., good agent…

adjective

Done without will or conscious control.

Usage examples:

She gave an involuntary shudder

adjective

Not done willingly, or not done intentionally

Usage examples:

A sharp tap beneath the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg., the driver o…

adjective

Not done by choice, or not done as a result of someone's decision or intention

Usage examples:

Involuntary unemployment means that you suffer a total loss of salary as the result of the loss of …

adjective

Relating or restricted to a particular area or one's neighbourhood.

Usage examples:

Researching local history

noun

An inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood.

Usage examples:

The street was full of locals and tourists

adjective

From, existing in, or serving a particular place or small area

Usage examples:

The local population, the local newspaper, local phone calls, local government, a local anesthetic,…

adjective

Relating to the mind.

Usage examples:

Mental faculties

adjective

Of or about the mind, or involving the process of thinking

Usage examples:

Stress can affect both your physical and mental health., many people suffer from some form of menta…

noun

The point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something.

Usage examples:

She stood alone in the middle of the street

adjective

At an equal distance from the extremities of something; central.

Usage examples:

The early and middle part of life

verb

Short for middle term.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a nation; common to a whole nation.

Usage examples:

This policy may have been in the national interest

noun

A citizen of a particular country.

Usage examples:

A german national

adjective

Relating to all parts of a nation or to a nation as a whole rather than to any part of it

Usage examples:

National headquarters of the company are in atlanta, with branches throughout the country., nationa…

noun

The central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

Usage examples:

The nucleus of a british film-producing industry

noun

The central part of something

Usage examples:

These two people will form the nucleus of a new management team to promote sales in south america.

adjective

Belonging to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else.

Usage examples:

Her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37 million

noun

An advertisement or message in the personal column of a newspaper.

Usage examples:

They found each other through a personals advertisement ehud placed in an indian newspaper.

adjective

Relating or belonging to a single or particular person

Usage examples:

I think you have a personal responsibility to know when to stop., that’s my personal opinion., he w…

adjective

Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.

Usage examples:

All bedrooms have private facilities

noun

The lowest rank in the army, below lance corporal or private first class.

Usage examples:

He enlisted in the army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in germ…

adjective

Of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.

Usage examples:

The victim had sustained physical and psychological damage

adjective

Relating to the study of the mind

Usage examples:

Psychological testing, her problems were psychological., psychological stress/well-being, her new n…

adjective

Relating to the human mind and feelings

Usage examples:

The experience of being fired has had lasting psychological effects., the rail disaster had a psych…

noun

A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.

Usage examples:

A table set into a recess

verb

Attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed.

Usage examples:

The lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling

noun

A small space in a room, formed by one part of a wall being farther back than the parts on each side

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

Usage examples:

How did you guess i'd got a secret plan?

noun

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

Usage examples:

A state secret

noun

A piece of information that is not generally known or is not known by someone else and should not be told to others

Usage examples:

We don’t keep secrets from each other., don’t tell anyone – it’s a secret., what’s the secret of yo…

adjective

Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

Usage examples:

I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare

noun

A religious song of a kind associated with black christians of the southern us, and thought to derive from the combination of european hymns and african musical elements by black slaves.

Usage examples:

The cwmbach male voice choir entertained with a traditional repertoire of welsh hymns, spirituals a…

noun

A kind of religious song, originally developed by african-americans

Usage examples:

Religion focuses on the spiritual side of life., he’s the group’s spiritual leader., researchers ar…

adjective

Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

Usage examples:

The audience broke into spontaneous applause

Said or done without having been planned in advance

adjective

Happening naturally, without planning or encouragement

Usage examples:

A spontaneous performance, spontaneous affection, the children spontaneously gave us hugs and kisses.

noun

The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Usage examples:

The state of the company's finances

verb

Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The report stated that more than 51 per cent of voters failed to participate

noun

A condition or way of being

Usage examples:

The stable was preserved in its original state., your room is in a terrible state., it's a sad stat…

adverb

In or towards the interior of a country.

Usage examples:

She comes from somewhere upcountry

adjective

Situated or occurring in the interior of a country.

Usage examples:

A little upcountry town

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

noun

An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.

Usage examples:

Ahead is a barren land of lochans and beautifully-ridged mountains rising steeply from an uninhabit…

noun

An area of land that has not been farmed or had towns and roads built on it, esp. because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth

Usage examples:

Large parts of canada are still wilderness.

noun

If someone previously in a position of power is now in the wilderness, they have lost their power and it is not clear if or how they will get it back

Usage examples:

His dismissal from the cabinet led to a long period in the political wilderness.

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats