Inside | Mean of inside in English Dictionary

/ɪnˈsaɪd/

• Noun
• an inner side, edge, or surface of something
1. The door can only be locked from the inside.
2. I had a sore on the inside of my mouth.
• an inner part of something (such as a building or machine)
1. The inside of the church is quite beautiful.
2. I've never seen the inside of a computer before.
3. the insides of a computer
• the inner parts (such as the heart and stomach) of a person's body
1. I felt like my insides were tied up in knots.

• on the inner side, edge, or surface of something
1. The number 22 car tried to pass the leader on the inside (of the track).
• on the side of home plate nearest the batter
1. The next pitch was a fastball on the inside.
• in a position within an organization or group
1. The bank robbers must have had help from someone on the inside. [=someone working for the bank that was robbed]
• in prison
1. He wondered what life was like on the inside.
• located on or near the inner side, edge, or surface of something
1. an inside wall/corner/door
2. the inside edge of her foot
3. (baseball) He struck out on an inside pitch.
• coming from someone within a group or organization
1. inside sources/information
2. He gave us an inside view of the situation.
3. I got the inside story from a friend who works there.
4. It's an inside joke. [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something]
• done by someone within a group or organization
1. No one knows who robbed the bank, but the police suspect that it may have been an inside job. [=that it may have been robbed by or with the help of someone who works in the bank]
• in or into the inner part of (something or someone)
1. We waited inside the store.
2. Several people were trapped inside the burning building.
3. She kept her hands inside her pockets.
4. His feelings were building up inside him.
• within the borders or limits of (something)
1. He lives inside the city limits.
2. They make sure to stay inside the law. [=to not break any laws]
3. She always kept well inside [=she drove slower than] the speed limit.
• before the end of (a period of time)
1. Their marriage ended inside [=within] a year.
2. We should hear the results inside [=in less than] an hour.
• belonging to (a group or organization)
1. Sources inside the company indicate that there are disagreements about the change in management.
• in the inner part of something
1. I cleaned my car inside and out.
2. The candy is chewy inside.
3. He keeps all his feelings locked up inside. [=he does not express his feelings]
• in or into the inner part of a building, room, etc.
1. We went/stayed inside during the storm.
2. Step inside and look at our menu.
• in prison
1. He got put inside for burglary.
• so that the inner surface becomes the outer surface
1. He was wearing his socks inside out.
2. The wind blew my umbrella inside out.
• very well and thoroughly
1. She knows this area inside out.
• to cause (a place) to become disorganized while you are trying to find something
1. I turned the closet inside out and still couldn't find those shoes.
• to change (something) completely
1. Her life was turned inside out after the accident.