inner
Forms
- Superlative
- innermost
- Plural
- inners
Definitions
1.Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
2.Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
3.Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
4.Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
1.A duvet, excluding the cover.
2.A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
3.A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
4.An inner part.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2859
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere
From Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”)
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.