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"derived": [
{
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"word": "a mile wide and an inch deep"
},
{
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"word": "Big Inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "budge an inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "characters per inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "column inch"
},
{
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"word": "cubic inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dots per inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "every inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "give someone an inch and someone will take a mile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "give them an inch and they'll take an ell"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "half-inch"
},
{
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"word": "inch by inch"
},
{
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"word": "inchmeal"
},
{
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"word": "inch-perfect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inch stuff"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inch tracker"
},
{
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"word": "in for an inch, in for a mile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Little Big Inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "metric inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "miner's inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pixels per inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pyramid inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "square inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "twelve-inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "united inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "within an inch of one's life"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "as",
"2": "ইঞ্চি",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Assamese: ইঞ্চি (io͂si)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assamese: ইঞ্চি (io͂si)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "इंच",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: इंच (iñc)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: इंच (iñc)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "inci",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Indonesian: inci",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Indonesian: inci"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "インチ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "inchi"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: インチ (inchi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: インチ (inchi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "인치",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 인치 (inchi)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 인치 (inchi)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "и̏нч",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: и̏нч",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: и̏нч"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "inchi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: inchi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: inchi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "inç",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Turkish: inç",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: inç"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "inh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: inh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Vietnamese: inh"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ínǹsì",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Yoruba: ínǹsì",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Yoruba: ínǹsì"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ynche"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ynche",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "enche"
},
"expansion": "enche",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ynċe"
},
"expansion": "Old English ynċe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "uncia",
"t": "Roman inch, various similar units"
},
"expansion": "Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*óynos",
"4": "",
"5": "one"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "enke",
"t": "thumb, thumb's width, inch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch enke (“thumb, thumb's width, inch”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ounce",
"3": "uncia",
"4": "onça",
"5": "onza",
"6": "oka",
"7": "ouguiya",
"8": "awqiyyah"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”). Cognate with Middle Dutch enke (“thumb, thumb's width, inch”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "inches",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "inch",
"tags": [
"UK",
"colloquial",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "in.",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
]
},
{
"form": "″",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "inch",
"pl2qual": "UK colloquial"
},
"expansion": "inch (plural inches or (UK colloquial) inch)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 7 6 6 5 8 20 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1873, Charles Tomlinson, chapter III, in Winter in the Arctic Regions and Summer in the Antarctic Regions, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 122",
"text": "The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1939, The Department of Education of International Business Machines Corporation, chapter I, in Precision Measurement in the Metal Working Industry, first paperback binding edition, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, published 1978, →OCLC, page 1",
"text": "The term \"precision measurement\" […] refers to the art of reproducing and controlling dimensions expressed in thousandths of an inch or smaller.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb."
],
"id": "en-inch-en-noun-PD28wTIY",
"links": [
[
"English",
"English"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"length",
"length"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
],
[
"foot",
"foot"
],
[
"cm",
"cm"
],
[
"roughly",
"roughly"
],
[
"width",
"width"
],
[
"thumb",
"thumb"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "duim"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inç"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "būṣa",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بُوصَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šibr",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شِبْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "դյույմ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "düymə"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "düym"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzjujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дзюйм"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cálja",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ца́ля"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "inci",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ইঞ্চি"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meutad"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "djujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lakma.",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "လက်မ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polzada"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngcùn",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "英寸"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palec"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coul"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tomme"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duim"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "colo"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "toll"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tummi"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "tuuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouce"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulgada"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "duimi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "დუიმი"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "íntsa",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ίντσα"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "tasu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "તસુ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "intsh",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אִינְץ׳"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iñc",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इंच"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "hüvelyk"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tomma"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þumlungur"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inch"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inci"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "dim"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orlach"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pollice"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inchi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "インチ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "aṅguḷamu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ಅಂಗುಳಮು"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "düim",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼiiñ",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "អ៊ីញ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "inchi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "인치"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nīu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ນີ້ວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uncia"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colla"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colis"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "niiw²",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ᦓᦲᧁᧉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "col",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цол"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inci"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ynche"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "asdzoh"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouce"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ᨶᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tomme"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poce"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "اینچ"
},
{
"_dis1": "65 6 21 5 3",
"code": "pl",
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"ref": "1988, Alice Taylor, To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood, Brandon Ltd, page 6",
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"ref": "1988, Alice Taylor, To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood, Brandon Ltd, page 22",
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[
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[
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"ref": "1994 May 29, Albert Ng, soc.culture.hongkong (Usenet)",
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"ref": "2006 June 12, killgirl, OpenRice",
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}
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "give someone an inch and someone will take a mile"
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{
"word": "give them an inch and they'll take a mile"
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{
"word": "give them an inch and they'll take an ell"
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{
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{
"word": "inch by inch"
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{
"word": "inchmeal"
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{
"word": "inch-perfect"
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{
"word": "inch stuff"
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{
"word": "inch tracker"
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{
"word": "in for an inch, in for a mile"
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{
"word": "Little Big Inch"
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{
"word": "metric inch"
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{
"word": "miner's inch"
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{
"word": "pixels per inch"
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{
"word": "pyramid inch"
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{
"word": "square inch"
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{
"word": "twelve-inch"
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"word": "within an inch of one's life"
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}
],
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},
{
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{
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"2": "इंच",
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],
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},
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
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{
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"bor": "1"
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}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "sw",
"2": "inchi",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "inç",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
],
"text": "→ Turkish: inç"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vi",
"2": "inh",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Vietnamese: inh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yo",
"2": "ínǹsì",
"bor": "1"
},
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}
],
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},
{
"ref": "1939, The Department of Education of International Business Machines Corporation, chapter I, in Precision Measurement in the Metal Working Industry, first paperback binding edition, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, published 1978, →OCLC, page 1",
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"ref": "1840, Lewis Rose, chapter III, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […], Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 51",
"text": "[B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any very short distance."
],
"links": [
[
"very",
"very"
],
[
"short",
"short"
],
[
"distance",
"distance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) Any very short distance."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement."
],
"links": [
[
"various",
"various"
],
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"unit",
"unit of measure"
],
[
"length",
"length"
],
[
"other",
"other"
],
[
"traditional",
"traditional"
],
[
"system",
"system"
],
[
"measurement",
"measurement"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Meteorology"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 14",
"text": "Let us consider what one inch of rain really means. If an acre of land were covered with water to the depth of only the tenth part of an inch, that layer of water would weigh more than 10 tons: thus 1 inch of rain is ten times that amount—in fact, very nearly 101 tons.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall."
],
"links": [
[
"meteorology",
"meteorology"
],
[
"depth",
"depth"
],
[
"ground",
"ground"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"measurement",
"measurement"
],
[
"rainfall",
"rainfall"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(meteorology) A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall."
],
"topics": [
"climatology",
"meteorology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages."
],
"links": [
[
"depth",
"depth"
],
[
"glass",
"glass"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"rough",
"rough"
],
[
"measurement",
"measurement"
],
[
"alcoholic",
"alcoholic"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnt͡ʃ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪntʃ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-inch.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-us-inch.ogg/En-us-inch.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-us-inch.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "in"
},
{
"word": "in."
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "duim"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inç"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "būṣa",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بُوصَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šibr",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شِبْر"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "դյույմ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "düymə"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "düym"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dzjujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дзюйм"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cálja",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ца́ля"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "inci",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ইঞ্চি"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meutad"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "djujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lakma.",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "လက်မ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polzada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngcùn",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "英寸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palec"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coul"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tomme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duim"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "colo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "toll"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tummi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "tuuma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouce"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulgada"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "duimi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "დუიმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zoll"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "íntsa",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ίντσα"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "tasu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "તસુ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "intsh",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אִינְץ׳"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iñc",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इंच"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "hüvelyk"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tomma"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þumlungur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inch"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inci"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "dim"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orlach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pollice"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inchi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "インチ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "aṅguḷamu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ಅಂಗುಳಮು"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "düim",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼiiñ",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "អ៊ីញ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "inchi",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "인치"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nīu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ນີ້ວ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uncia"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colla"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colis"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "niiw²",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ᦓᦲᧁᧉ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "col",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цол"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inci"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ynche"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "инч"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "asdzoh"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pouce"
},
{
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ᨶᩥ᩠᩶ᩅ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tomme"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poce"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "اینچ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polegada"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țol"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "и̏нч"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "цо̑л"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȉnč"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cȏl"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "aⁿgal",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "අඟල්"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palec"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cól"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palec"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "col"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulgada"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inchi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tum"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "dali"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "timuro"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "inč",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "инч"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "aṅkulam",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "அங்குலம்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "dyuym",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aṅguḷamu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "అంగుళము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "iñci",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ఇంచి"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "īñci",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ఈంచి"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "īñcu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ఈంచు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "níu",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "นิ้ว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inç"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "dýuým"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "djujm",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дюйм"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "calʹ",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "цаль"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "inc",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "انچ"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "dyuym"
},
{
"code": "vgr",
"lang": "Vaghri",
"roman": "ā̃gar",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "આંગર"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "tấc Anh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "insơ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "inch"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "modfedd"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "English unit of length and traditional equivalents",
"word": "ínǹsì"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "milimétǎr",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "милиме́тър"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "centímetre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"word": "少許"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎoxǔ",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"word": "少许"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"word": "一點兒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīdiǎnr",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"word": "一点儿"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kousek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kousíček"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "haarbreed"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"word": "piiru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poil"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unspecified but very short distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palmo"
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