Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to inch
Participle: inched
Gerund: inching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | inch |
| you | inch |
| he;she;it | inches |
| we | inch |
| you | inch |
| they | inch |
Perfect
| I | have inched |
| you | have inched |
| he;she;it | has inched |
| we | have inched |
| you | have inched |
| they | have inched |
Past
| I | inched |
| you | inched |
| he;she;it | inched |
| we | inched |
| you | inched |
| they | inched |
Pluperfect
| I | had inched |
| you | had inched |
| he;she;it | had inched |
| we | had inched |
| you | had inched |
| they | had inched |
Future
| I | will inch |
| you | will inch |
| he;she;it | will inch |
| we | will inch |
| you | will inch |
| they | will inch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have inched |
| you | will have inched |
| he;she;it | will have inched |
| we | will have inched |
| you | will have inched |
| they | will have inched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | inch |
| you | inch |
| he;she;it | inch |
| we | inch |
| you | inch |
| they | inch |
Perfect
| I | have inched |
| you | have inched |
| he;she;it | have inched |
| we | have inched |
| you | have inched |
| they | have inched |
Imperfect
| I | inched |
| you | inched |
| he;she;it | inched |
| we | inched |
| you | inched |
| they | inched |
Pluperfect
| I | had inched |
| you | had inched |
| he;she;it | had inched |
| we | had inched |
| you | had inched |
| they | had inched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would inch |
| you | would inch |
| he;she;it | would inch |
| we | would inch |
| you | would inch |
| they | would inch |
Perfect
| I | would have inched |
| you | would have inched |
| he;she;it | would have inched |
| we | would have inched |
| you | would have inched |
| they | would have inched |
Imperative
| you | inch |
| we | Let's inch |
| you | inch |
Verbs conjugated like 'inch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'inch'
cinch,
finch,
itch,
pinch,
sinch,
winch,
arch,
bach,
bench,
birch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Sample Sentences
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Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
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On reaching the section under construction they must be capable of inching the train forward on rough track up gradients as steep as 1 in 30. [1951 October, “London Transport Battery Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 659:]
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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. [1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:]
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Already guarding a 1-0 lead from the first leg, Blackpool inched further ahead when Stephen Dobbie scored from an acute angle on the stroke of half-time. The game appeared to be completely beyond Birmingham’s reach three minutes into the second period when Matt Phillips reacted quickly to bundle the ball past Colin Doyle and off a post. [2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:]
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He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master. [1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:]