To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
cocky and cheeky
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
A small island; an islet.
A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Any very short distance.
A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
To make (coffee) in a percolator.
To drain or seep through a porous substance.
A liquid that has been percolated.