inch
/ɪnt͡ʃ/ verbo B2En español: avanzar poco a poco
- To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). · Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
He/she/it inches · Pasado inched · Participio pasado inched · Forma en -ing inching
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- inch
- He/she/it
- inches
- Pasado
- inched
- Participio pasado
- inched
- Forma en -ing
- inching
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- inch along To move slowly or to make progress gradually, bit by bit.
- inch away To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly d...
- inch back To move something backward by a very small amount, often ...
- inch forward To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.
- inch up To move or increase by small increments, typically slowly...
De la biblioteca
The candle, which was a new one, is not burned more than half an inch.
There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.
The recurring words, “water pressure” and “pressure to the square inch” suggested some possible relation to a submarine.
I’m an inch taller than Diana, but she is ever so much fatter; she says she’d like to be thin because it’s so much more graceful, but I’m afraid she only said it to soothe my feelings.
Otras coincidencias
- inch pulgada A2
- inch insultar, burlarse C2
- inch engreído, descarado C2
- inch along To move slowly or to make progress gradually, b...
- inch away To begin to change one's position on a topic
- inch back To move something backward by a very small amou...
- inch forward To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and c...
- inch up To move or increase by small increments, typica...
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