[syn: at heart, at bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inside \In"side`\, prep. or adv.
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as,
inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inside \In"side`\, a.
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained;
interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a
stagecoach; inside decoration.
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Kissing with inside lip. --Shak.
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2. Adapted to the interior.
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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, contacts,
etc., in competition.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inside \In"side`\, n.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
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Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak.
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2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which
is within; private thoughts and feelings.
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Here's none but friends; we may speak
Our insides freely. --Massinger.
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3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as
distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]
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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides
The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.
--Anti-Jacobin.
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Patent insides or Patent outsides, 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inside
adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn:
inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors,
outdoors, outside]
2: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn: inside,
within] [ant: outside]
3: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging"
[syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly]
4: in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at
bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance]
adj 1: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or
within a defined space; "he reached into his inside
jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between
home plate and the batter" [ant: outside]
2: being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside
wall"
3: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge";
"inside information"; "privileged information" [syn:
inside, inner, privileged]
4: away from the outer edge; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane"
n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "inside":
advantaged, advantageous, arranged, at, at bottom, auricular,
backing, backwards, basically, between us, bosom, bowels, breast,
by nature, center, center of life, central, clandestine, closet,
confidential, contents, core, deep, deepest recesses, entrails,
esoteric, esoteric reality, everted, exclusive, favorable, favored,
fundamentally, guts, heart, heart of hearts, herein, hushed,
imprisoned, in, in petto, in prison, incarcerated, indoor, inmost,
inmost heart, inmost soul, innards, inner, inner landscape,
inner life, inner man, inner nature, inner recess, inner self,
innermost, inside of, inside out, insides, interior, interior man,
intern, internal, internals, intestine, intimate, into, intrados,
intrinsic, inward, inwards, lining, middle, nerve center,
not for publication, off the record, penetralia, prearranged,
preferential, preferred, private, privileged, privy, propitious,
quick, recesses, reversed, sealed, secret, secret heart,
secret place, secret places, soul, spirit, stomach, stuffing,
therein, tripes, true being, true inwardness, under privilege,
unpublishable, viscera, vital center, vital principle, vitals,
within, withindoors