inside

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   within a building

   in winter we play inside

2. 2
   adv

   on the inside

   inside, the car is a mess

3. 3
   adj

   relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

   I reached into my inside jacket pocket.

4. 4
   noun

   The interior or inner part.

   The inside of the building has been extensively restored.

5. 5
   noun

   The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

   On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.

6. 6
   noun

   The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.

   The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.

7. 7
   noun

   The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

   Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

8. 8
   noun

   A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

   So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.

Etymology

From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”).