half-inch

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half-inch

(Units) a measure of length approximately equivalent to 13 millimetres

slang old-fashioned to steal

[sense 2: from rhyming slang for pinch to steal]

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half-inch

Past participle: half-inched
Gerund: half-inching

Imperative
half-inch
half-inch

Present
I half-inch
you half-inch
he/she/it half-inches
we half-inch
you half-inch
they half-inch

Preterite
I half-inched
you half-inched
he/she/it half-inched
we half-inched
you half-inched
they half-inched

Present Continuous
I am half-inching
you are half-inching
he/she/it is half-inching
we are half-inching
you are half-inching
they are half-inching

Present Perfect
I have half-inched
you have half-inched
he/she/it has half-inched
we have half-inched
you have half-inched
they have half-inched

Past Continuous
I was half-inching
you were half-inching
he/she/it was half-inching
we were half-inching
you were half-inching
they were half-inching

Past Perfect
I had half-inched
you had half-inched
he/she/it had half-inched
we had half-inched
you had half-inched
they had half-inched

Future
I will half-inch
you will half-inch
he/she/it will half-inch
we will half-inch
you will half-inch
they will half-inch

Future Perfect
I will have half-inched
you will have half-inched
he/she/it will have half-inched
we will have half-inched
you will have half-inched
they will have half-inched

Future Continuous
I will be half-inching
you will be half-inching
he/she/it will be half-inching
we will be half-inching
you will be half-inching
they will be half-inching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been half-inching
you have been half-inching
he/she/it has been half-inching
we have been half-inching
you have been half-inching
they have been half-inching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been half-inching
you will have been half-inching
he/she/it will have been half-inching
we will have been half-inching
you will have been half-inching
they will have been half-inching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been half-inching
you had been half-inching
he/she/it had been half-inching
we had been half-inching
you had been half-inching
they had been half-inching

Conditional
I would half-inch
you would half-inch
he/she/it would half-inch
we would half-inch
you would half-inch
they would half-inch

Past Conditional
I would have half-inched
you would have half-inched
he/she/it would have half-inched
we would have half-inched
you would have half-inched
they would have half-inched

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

half-inch

[ˌhɑːfˈɪntʃ]

A. N → media pulgada f

B. ADJ cut into half-inch lengths → córtese en trozos de media pulgada de largo, córtese en trozos de algo más de un centímetro de largo

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