inside
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
prep
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English ynneside
English inside
From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side.
Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”).
Base: side
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: insides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The interior or inner part.
pos: noun
examples: The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
gloss: The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
pos: noun
examples: On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.
gloss: The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
pos: noun
examples: The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.
gloss: The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
in-plural
examples: Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
gloss: A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
dated
examples: So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.
So, what between Mr. Dowler's stories, and Mrs. Dowler's charms, and Mr. Pickwick's good humour, and Mr. Winkle's good listening, the insides contrived to be very companionable all the way.
gloss: The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Anyone got the inside on the new ratings? The book is out.
gloss: Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The inside surface of the cup is unpainted.
gloss: Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat.
As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane.
gloss: Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
“They have an inside man at the base, so I didn't want to alert him. If their inside man called Mr. C about us locating the C-4, I doubt you and Gail would still be alive.”
gloss: Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But the terms normally used to distinguish a man's resident and absent children are "inside" and "outside," the reference being to the home where the common father dwells. Only rarely will a man describe his "inside" children born out of out of wedlock as "lawful," [...]
An 'outside wife' has limited social recognition and status because her husband typically refuses to declare her publicly as his wife. She also has much less social and politico-jural recognition than an 'inside wife' [...]
[The person] who was going to visit her with his wife had a physical resemblance to the abuser, so some of her inside children had a strong reaction of fear and revulsion to him. They were afraid to look at the face of the guest in case he was the abuser.
gloss: Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.
gloss: At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the inside lane of the motorway
gloss: Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It started raining, so I went inside.
The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.
gloss: Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
pos: adv
tags: colloquial
not-comparable
examples: He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.
gloss: Indoors.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.
Inside, the ceiling, beams, walls, and stairs are made of locally sourced Douglas fir and pine […]
gloss: Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Are you laughing at us inside?
gloss: Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
pos: prep
examples: He placed the letter inside the envelope.
gloss: Within a period of time.
pos: prep
examples: The job was finished inside two weeks.
Then he commenced to talk, really talk, and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
Antonyms: outside
Related words: insider
withinside
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: përbrënda
lang: Arabic
word: فِي بَطْن
roman: fī baṭn
lang: Arabic
word: ضِمْن
roman: ḍimn
lang: Arabic
word: دَاخِل
roman: dāḵil
lang: Arabic
word: جُوَّة
roman: juwwa
lang: Armenian
word: մեջ
roman: meǰ
lang: Armenian
word: ներս
roman: ners
lang: Aromanian
word: nuntru (roa-rup)
lang: Belarusian
word: усярэ́дзіне
roman: usjarédzinje
lang: Belarusian
word: унутры́
roman: unutrý
lang: Belarusian
word: уну́тр
roman: unútr
lang: Belarusian
word: уну́тар
roman: unútar
lang: Bulgarian
word: вътре
roman: vǎtre
lang: Catalan
word: dins
lang: Catalan
word: dintre
lang: Chamicuro
word: yilijko shana
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 裡邊 /里边
roman: lǐbian
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 裡面 /里面
roman: lǐmiàn
lang: Czech
word: uvnitř
lang: Dalmatian
word: drante
lang: Danish
word: ind
lang: Danish
word: inde
lang: Danish
word: indenfor
lang: Dutch
word: binnen
lang: Esperanto
word: ene
lang: Esperanto
word: interne
lang: Estonian
word: sees
lang: Finnish
word: sisäpuolella
lang: Finnish
word: sisällä
lang: French
word: dedans
lang: French
word: au-dedans
lang: French
word: là-dedans
lang: French
word: à l’intérieur
lang: German
word: drinnen
lang: German
word: dine
lang: German
word: hinenie
lang: German
word: ii
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰
roman: inna
lang: Greek
word: μέσα
roman: mésa
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔνδον
roman: éndon
lang: Hebrew
word: בִּפְנִים
roman: bif'ním
lang: Hindi
word: अंतः
roman: antaḥ
lang: Hindi
word: अंदर
roman: andar
lang: Hindi
word: भीतर
roman: bhitar
lang: Hungarian
word: bent
lang: Ingrian
word: sises
lang: Istriot
word: drento
lang: Italian
word: dentro
lang: Italian
word: all'interno
lang: Japanese
word: 中に
roman: naka ni
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ژوورەوە
roman: jûrewe
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ژوورێ
roman: jûrê
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hindir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: jûr
lang: Latgalian
word: vydā
lang: Latin
word: intus
lang: Latin
word: intrā
lang: Latvian
word: iekšā
lang: Lithuanian
word: viduje
lang: Lombard
word: denter
lang: Macedonian
word: внатре
roman: vnatre
lang: Malayalam
word: അകത്ത്
roman: akattŭ
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉള്ളിൽ
roman: uḷḷil
lang: Māori
word: ki roto
lang: Mòcheno
word: drinn
lang: Mongolian
word: дотор
roman: dotor
lang: Neapolitan
word: dinto
lang: Norwegian
word: inn
lang: Norwegian
word: inne
lang: Norwegian
word: innenfor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: innafor
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: innanfor
lang: Occitan
word: dins
lang: Old Turkic
word: 𐰃𐰲𐰧𐰁
lang: Papiamentu
word: den
lang: Persian
word: درون
roman: darun
lang: Polish
word: wewnątrz
lang: Polish
word: w środku
lang: Portuguese
word: dentro
lang: Romagnol
word: déntar
lang: Romagnol
word: indéntar
lang: Romagnol
word: drénta
lang: Romagnol
word: indrénta
lang: Romanian
word: înăuntru
lang: Russian
word: внутри́
roman: vnutrí
lang: Russian
word: внутрь
roman: vnutrʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: siste
lang: Samoan
word: totonu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: a-staigh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ùnūtra
lang: Slovak
word: vnútri
lang: Slovene
word: notri
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nutśi
lang: Spanish
word: dentro
lang: Swahili
word: ndani
lang: Swedish
word: in
lang: Swedish
word: inne
lang: Swedish
word: innanför
lang: Swedish
word: därinne
lang: Tamil
word: உள்
roman: uḷ
lang: Tamil
word: உள்ளே
roman: uḷḷē
lang: Telugu
word: లోపల
roman: lōpala
lang: Tetum
word: laran
lang: Tocharian B
word: eneṅka
lang: Tongan
word: loto
lang: Turkish
word: içinde
lang: Ukrainian
word: усере́дині
roman: userédyni
lang: Ukrainian
word: усере́дину
roman: userédynu
lang: Urdu
word: اندر
roman: andar
lang: Urdu
word: بھیتر
roman: bhiter
lang: Venetan
word: drénto
lang: Walloon
word: ådvins
lang: Welsh
word: i mewn
lang: Zazaki
word: zere
lang: Zazaki
word: miyan (diq)
lang: Bulgarian
word: навътре
roman: navǎtre
lang: Catalan
word: endins
lang: Catalan
word: endintre
lang: Corsican
word: dentru
lang: Czech
word: dovnitř
lang: Finnish
word: sisään
lang: Galician
word: dentro
lang: German
word: hinein
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔσω
roman: ésō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: εἴσω
roman: eísō
lang: Hungarian
word: be
lang: Ingrian
word: sissee
lang: Old Turkic
word: 𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀
lang: Portuguese
word: adentro
lang: Northern Sami
word: sisa
lang: Slovene
word: noter
lang: Spanish
word: adentro
lang: Tamil
word: உட்பக்கம்
roman: uṭpakkam
lang: Tamil
word: உட்புறம்
roman: uṭpuṟam
lang: Turkish
word: -e doğru
lang: Turkish
word: içeri