Inside
[ɪn'saɪd] or ['ɪn'saɪd]
Definition
(noun.) the inner or enclosed surface of something.
(noun.) the region that is inside of something.
(adj.) away from the outer edge; 'an inner lahne'; 'the inside lane' .
(adj.) relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; 'he reached into his inside jacket pocket'; 'inside out'; 'an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter' .
(adj.) confined to an exclusive group; 'privy to inner knowledge'; 'inside information'; 'privileged information' .
(adj.) being or applying to the inside of a building; 'an inside wall' .
(adv.) within a building; 'in winter we play inside'.
(adv.) on the inside; 'inside, the car is a mess'.
Checked by Dylan--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
(a.) Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.
(a.) Adapted to the interior.
(n.) The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
(n.) The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.
(n.) An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
Edited by Charlene
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Interior, interior part, inner part.
Checker: Thelma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Within, internally
ANT:Without, outside, extraneously, externally
Editor: Olivia
Definition
n. the side or part within: things within as the entrails personal feelings &c.: a passenger in the interior part of a bus or carriage.—adj. being within: interior.—adv. and prep. within the sides of: in the interior of: (Amer.) within the limit of time or space (with of).—n. Insī′der one who is inside: one within a certain organisation &c.: one possessing some particular advantage.—Inside edge a stroke in skating made on the inner edge of the skate the right foot making a curve to the left the left foot one to the right.—Have the inside track to have the inner side in a race-course: to have the advantage in position.
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- They were admitted by a confederate inside the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The t'other was inside. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We are now ready to sheathe the silo; let us begin on the inside. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Can there be beautiful bodies without hearts inside? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Inside it there revolves another cylinder, made also of thin sheet iron, and divided into four compartments, marked _d_, _d_, _d_, _d_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We heard it inside the doors. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Although we live only two miles apart I have never been inside her aunt's house in my life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For the next five minutes I smoked at every pore, like a frame house that is on fire on the inside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What time, the mail-coach lumbered, jolted, rattled, and bumped upon its tedious way, with its three fellow-inscrutables inside. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The shutters were up but it was still going on inside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Just inside the open end of the oven the floor was scooped out so as to make a hole that would hold a bucket or two of water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The girl put her head inside the blanket across the cave mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Anselmo found Robert Jordan sitting at the plank table inside the cave with Pablo opposite him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Not so heavy as they might be,' said the Jew, after looking at the insides carefully; 'but very neat and nicely made. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It isn't true that they have any significance--their insides are full of bitter, corrupt ash. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I wish he was the god of rum, said the old toper; for this 'ere sour stuff as th' give us is 'nough to give us all cold in our insides. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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