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Meaning of INSIDE

Pronunciation:  `in'sId

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the inner or enclosed surface of something
  2. [n]  the region that is inside of something
  3. [adv]  in reality; "she is very kind at heart"
  4. [adv]  within a building; "in winter we play inside"
  5. [adv]  on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess"
  6. [adv]  with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging"
  7. [adj]  within some bounds; especially of an organization; "an inside job"
  8. [adj]  away from the outer edge; "an inner lane"; "the inside lane"
  9. [adj]  located, suited for, or taking place within a building; "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool"
  10. [adj]  relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"
  11. [adj]  confined to an exclusive or group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
 
 Synonyms: at bottom, at heart, deep down, exclusive, in spite of appearance, indoor(a), indoors, inner, inner(a), interior, internal, inwardly, privileged, within, wrong
 
 Antonyms: alfresco, exterior, out of doors, outdoor(a), outdoors, out-of-door, outside, outside, outside, outwardly
 
 See Also: belly, interior, midland, midst, part, penetralia, region, surface, thick

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \In"side`\, prep. or adv.
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as,
inside a house, book, bottle, etc.


  2. \In"side`\, a.
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained;
   interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a
   stagecoach; inside decoration.

         Kissing with inside lip.              --Shak.

2. 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.

{Inside track}, the inner part of a race course; hence,
   colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, etc., in
   competition.


  3. \In"side`\, n.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

         Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak.

2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which
   is within; private thoughts and feelings.

         Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides
         freely.                               --Massinger.

3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as
   distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]

         So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The
         Derby dilly, carrying three insides.  --Anti-Jacobin.

{Patent insides} or {outside}, a name give to newspaper
   sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous
   matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small
   newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with
   recent and local news.
 
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