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  • 61inch|age — «IHN chihj», noun. the length or distance of something in inches: »the maximum inchage of print (Atlantic) …

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  • 62inch|meal — «IHNCH MEEL», adverb, adjective, noun. –adv. little by little; slowly: »He saved up his money inchmeal. –adj. very slow: »After an inchmeal start he made rapid progress at school. –n. by inchmeal, little by little; slowly: »To lengthen our… …

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  • 63inch|worm — «IHNCH WURM», noun. a measuring worm; larva of a geometrid; cankerworm. ╂[American English < inch1 + worm] …

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  • 64Inch — Inches redirects here. For the album by Les Savy Fav, see Inches (album). For other meanings of inch or inches, see Inch (disambiguation). 1 inch = SI units 25.400000×10^−3 m 25.4000000 mm US customary / Imperial units 0.02777778  …

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  • 65inch — inch1 [ ıntʃ ] noun count *** a unit for measuring length. An inch is equal to 2.54 CENTIMETERS. There are 12 inches in one foot: The car stopped only about three inches from the edge of the cliff. an inch high/long/wide: The insect was about an… …

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  • 66inch — I UK [ɪntʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms inch : singular inch plural inches *** a unit for measuring length. An inch is equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in one foot The car stopped only about three inches from the edge of the… …

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  • 67inch by inch — adverb see by inches * * * inch by inch By small degrees ● inch * * * inch by inch phrase very slowly, carefully, and gradually Divers are searching through these murky waters inch by inch. Thesaurus: slowly …

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  • 68inch — inch1 /inch/, n. 1. a unit of length, 1/12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. 2. a very small amount of anything; narrow margin: to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch. 3. by inches, a. narrowly; by a narrow margin: escaped by inches …

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  • 69inch — I n. 1) to contest, fight for every inch of one s land 2) a cubic; square inch 3) every inch ( to the utmost degree ) (she is every inch a champion) 4) within an inch ( almost ) (he was beaten within an inch of his life) 5) (misc.) inch by inch… …

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  • 70inch — inch1 W3S2 [ıntʃ] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: uncia one twelfth ] 1.) written abbreviation in a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot. ▪ The curtains were an inch too short. ▪ Rainfall here… …

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