inch

inch

verb

Definition of INCH

1

to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits <every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city>

Synonyms creep, inch, worm

Related Words snake, sneak; entrench (also intrench), impinge, infringe, intrude, invade; overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot, overstep

2

to move slowly <the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway>

Synonyms creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch, snail

Related Words lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge

Near Antonyms float, glide, sail; hurry, tear

Antonyms fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip