| inside | |
| 1. n. The interior or inner or lesser part. | |
| The inside of the building has been extensively restored. | |
| 2. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. (colloquial) (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. | |
| Eating that stuff will damage your insides. | |
| 4. n. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. | |
| 5. prep. Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference. | |
| He placed the letter inside the envelope. | |
| 6. prep. Within a period of time. | |
| 7. adv. Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building. | |
| It started raining, so I went inside. | |
| 8. adv. Intimately, secretly. (feeling or thinking without expressing it) | |
| Are you laughing at us inside? | |
| 9. adv. (colloquial) In prison. | |
| He's inside, doing a stretch for burglary. | |
| 10. adj. Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation. | |
| The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover. | |
| The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job. | |
| They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace. | |
| 11. adj. (baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate. | |
| The first pitch is ... just a bit inside. | |
| 12. adj. Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc. | |
| Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane. | |
