inner
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.
Adjective
- 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.
- inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
- 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. - 2013 July-August, Stephen...
- Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
- the inner suburbs
- Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
- inner ear
- 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.
- inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
- I will try to express. My inner feeling and thankfulness. For showing me the meaning of success - 1973, John Lennon, Out the Blue:
- Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the...
- Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
- inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
- Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
- inner circle; inner council
- Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on...
Origin
From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.
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become one with one's inner self inner automorphism inner bar innerbelt inner cabinet inner cell mass inner child inner chimp inner circle inner city inner-city inner class inner core inner critic inner diameter inner-directed inner ear inner emigration inner experience inner eye inner join inner lips innerly inner man
Noun
- An inner part.
- A duvet, excluding the cover.
- A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
- A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
- One who supports remaining in the European Union.
- The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.