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inch  (inches plural & 3rd person present) (inching present participle) (inched past tense & past participle )
1  n-count An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot. 
num N, oft N of n 
...18 inches below the surface.  
2  verb To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this. 
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...  V prep/adv 
He inched the van forward...  V n prep/adv 
An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.  V way prep/adv 
3 If you say that someone looks every inch a certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person. 
♦ every inch  phrase v-link PHR n  (emphasis)  He looks every inch the City businessman...  
4 If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully. 
♦ inch by inch  phrase PHR after v  (emphasis)  The car moved forward inch by inch...  



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