Synonyms of the word

inch

• n. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
• n. (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement…
• n. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
• n. (figuratively) A very short distance.
• v. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular…
• v. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
• v. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
• n. (Scotland) A small island.

advance

• v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
• v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
• v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
• v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
• v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
• v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
• v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
• v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
• v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
• v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
• n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
• n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
• n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
• n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
• adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
• adj. Preceding.
• adj. Forward.

edge

• n. The boundary line of a surface.
• n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices…
• n. An advantage.
• n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword,…
• n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
• n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
• n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time).
• n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
• n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
• n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of…
• v. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
• v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
• v. (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric…
• v. (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
• v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
• v. (figuratively) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
• v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

in

• prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
• prep. Into.
• prep. used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
• prep. used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
• adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
• adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
• adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
• adv. (Britain) Abbreviation of in aid of.
• adv. After the beginning of something.
• n. A position of power or a way to get it.
• n. (sports) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings.
• n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
• adj. In fashion; popular.
• adj. Incoming.
• adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
• adj. (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
• adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
• n. Inch.

progress

• n. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
• n. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
• n. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
• n. (now rare) A journey forward; travel.
• n. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
• v. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
• v. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.