inside
/ˈɪnsaɪd/ noun, adjective, adverb, preposition
Forms insides
- noun The interior or inner part. “The inside of the building has been extensively restored.”
- noun The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. “On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.”
- noun 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. “The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.”
- noun (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. “Eating that stuff will damage your insides.”
- noun (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
- noun (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary. “The inside surface of the cup is unpainted.”
- adjective Nearer to the interior or centre of something. “Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.”
- adjective Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation. “The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.”
- adjective (of a person) 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.
- adjective (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate. “The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.”
- adjective 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. “the inside lane of the motorway”
- adverb Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of a place, especially a building. “I opened the book and found a hidden note inside.”
- adverb Indoors. “It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.”
- adverb On the inner side of something. “I cleaned the window inside.”
- adverb (colloquial) In or to prison. “He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.”
- adverb Intimately, secretly or in one's inner heart or soul; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking. “That's something I truly believe inside.”
- preposition Within the interior of, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference; on the interior side of. “He placed the letter inside the envelope.”
- preposition To the interior of. “She walked inside the house.”
- preposition Within (a period of time). “The job was finished inside two weeks.”
Synonyms
interior inner privileged indoors within inwardly at heart at bottom deep down in spite of appearance
Antonyms
Etymology
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- preposition Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
- Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.
- Adapted to the interior. Inside callipers (Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc. -- Inside finish (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering.
- noun The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “inside”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details