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in·side

inside

 
parts of speech:
preposition, adverb, noun
part of speech: preposition
pronunciation: ihn saId [or] In saId
definition: If you are inside something, you are in it. It is completely around you. If one thing is inside another thing, the first thing is completely surrounded by the walls or sides of the other thing.
Whenever we have an empty box, our cat likes to get inside it.I found an old trunk in the basement. It's locked, but I wonder what is inside it.
 
antonyms:
outside
 
part of speech: adverb
pronunciation: ihn saId
definition 1: When something goes inside, it goes in. If your house is warm inside, it is warm when you go in the door. If you are sad inside, you are sad, but maybe you don't show it to other people.
The turtle showed his head for a second, then he pulled it back inside.The church is beautiful inside.
antonyms:
outside
definition 2: When you go inside, you go into your home or some other building.
It was fun playing in the snow, but when we got too cold, we went inside.
synonyms:
indoors
antonyms:
outdoors
 
part of speech: noun
pronunciation: In saId
definition 1: The inside of something is the part that is in or at the center of something. Your body's bones are all part of the inside of your body.
The pizza was so hot that I burned the inside of my mouth.Before we could carve the pumpkin at Halloween, we had to take out all the seeds from the inside.
 
antonyms:
exterior, outside
definition 2: When people talk about their insides, they mean parts of their body like their stomach and their intestines.
When I was sick, my insides really hurt.