Inch and Sail

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Inch verb - To move slowly.

Usage example: the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway

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Sail is an antonym for inch.

Nearby Word: inched

Sail verb - To travel on water in a vessel.

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Inch is an antonym for sail.

Nearby Words: sailed, sailing, sailor, sailer

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