inch

inch

1. tuuma

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Synonyymisanakirja

inch

lineaarinen yksikkö, lineaarinen mitta, tuuma, ".

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• "God created the Heavens, he created the earth! He created all the Hulkamaniacs! Then, he created a set of 24-inch pythons, brother!""

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Englannin sanakirja

inch (englanti > suomi)

1. tuuma

2. piiru

3. hivuttautua, edetä hitaasti

inch englanniksi

1. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.

2. puhekieltä The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.

3. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.

4. puhekieltä A very short distance.

"Dont move an inch!"''

5. Shakespeare

Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch.

6. puhekieltä To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).

Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

7. 1957, w:J. D. Salinger|J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, w:Franny and Zooey|Franny and Zooey:

The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.

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9. To drive by inches, or small degrees.

10. Dryden

He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.

11. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

12. puhekieltä A small island

13. Sir Walter Scott, Rosabelle

The blackening wave is edged with white; / To inch and rock the sea-mews fly.

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