Line

[laɪn]

Definition

(noun.) acting in conformity; 'in line with'; 'he got out of line'; 'toe the line'.

(noun.) something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; 'a washing line'.

(noun.) the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed.

(noun.) a commercial organization serving as a common carrier.

(noun.) a particular kind of product or merchandise; 'a nice line of shoes'.

(noun.) a conceptual separation or distinction; 'there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity'.

(noun.) a mark that is long relative to its width; 'He drew a line on the chart'.

(noun.) text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; 'the letter consisted of three short lines'; 'there are six lines in every stanza'.

(noun.) persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress; '`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line'; 'he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it'; 'that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk'.

(noun.) a formation of people or things one behind another; 'the line stretched clear around the corner'; 'you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter'.

(noun.) a formation of people or things one beside another; 'the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed'; 'they were arrayed in line of battle'; 'the cast stood in line for the curtain call'.

(noun.) a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.

(noun.) in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area.

(noun.) a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); 'they attacked the enemy's line'.

(noun.) a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum.

(noun.) a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point.

(verb.) reinforce with fabric; 'lined books are more enduring'.

(verb.) fill plentifully; 'line one's pockets'.

(verb.) cover the interior of; 'line the gloves'; 'line a chimney'.

(verb.) mark with lines; 'sorrow had lined his face'.

(verb.) be in line with; form a line along; 'trees line the riverbank'.

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Definition

(n.) Flax; linen.

(n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.

(v. t.) To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.

(v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.

(v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.

(v. t.) To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.

(n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.

(n.) A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.

(n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.

(n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.

(n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.

(n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.

(n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.

(n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

(n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.

(n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.

(n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.

(n.) Lineament; feature; figure.

(n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.

(n.) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.

(n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.

(n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

(n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.

(n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.

(n.) A measuring line or cord.

(n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

(n.) Instruction; doctrine.

(n.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.

(n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.

(n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.

(n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

(n.) A trench or rampart.

(n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

(n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.

(n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

(n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.

(n.) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.

(n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.

(n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

(n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.

(v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.

(v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

(v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.

(v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

Checker: Sondra

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Streak, extended mark.[2]. Straight direction.[3]. Parallel direction.[4]. Thread, cord, string, rope.[5]. Row, rank.[6]. Row of words (across a page).[7]. Note, short letter.[8]. Equator, equinoctial circle.[9]. One twelfth of an inch.[10]. Lineage, race, family.[11]. Course, method.[12]. Occupation, employment, calling, business, pursuit.

v. a. [1]. Cover on the inside.[2]. Place along the side of.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Cord, thread, length, outline, row, direction, verse, course, method,succession, sequence, continuity

ANT:Breadth, contents, space, divergency, deviation, fluctuation, variation,interruption, discontinuance, solution

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Definition

n. a thread of linen or flax: a slender cord: (math.) that which has length without breadth or thickness: an extended stroke: a straight row: a cord extended to direct any operations: outline: a series or succession as of progeny: a series of steamers &c. plying continuously between places: a railroad: a telegraph wire between stations: an order given to an agent for goods such goods received the stock on hand of any particular goods: a mark or lineament hence a characteristic: a rank: a verse: a short letter or note: a trench: limit: method: the equator: lineage: direction: occupation: the regular infantry of an army: the twelfth part of an inch: (pl.) marriage-lines a marriage certificate: a certificate of church membership: military works of defence.—v.t. to mark out with lines: to cover with lines: to place along by the side of for guarding: to give out for public singing as a hymn line by line: (rare) to delineate paint: to measure.—n. Lin′eāge descendants in a line from a common progenitor: race: family.—adj. Lin′eal of or belonging to a line: composed of lines: in the direction of a line: descended in a direct line from an ancestor.—n. Lineal′ity.—adv. Lin′eally.—n. Lin′eament feature: distinguishing mark in the form esp. of the face.—adj. Lin′ear of or belonging to a line: consisting of or having the form of lines: straight.—adv. Lin′early.—adjs. Lin′eāte -d marked longitudinally with depressed lines.—ns. Line′ātion (same as Delineation); Line′-engrav′ing the process of engraving in lines steel or copperplate engraving.—n.pl. Line′-fish those taken with the line as cod halibut &c.—adj. Lin′eolate marked with fine or obscure lines.—ns. Lin′er a vessel belonging to a regular line or series of packets; Lines′man (mil.) a private in the line; Line′-storm an equinoctial storm.—Linear perspective that part of perspective which regards only the positions magnitudes and forms of the objects delineated.—Equinoctial line the celestial equator: the terrestrial equator; Fraunhofer's lines the dark lines observed crossing the sun's spectrum at right angles to its length—from the Bavarian optician Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826); Give line from angling to allow a person apparent freedom so as to gain him at last; Ship of the line (see Ship).

v.t. to cover on the inside: to pad: to impregnate: (Shak.) to aid.—n. Lin′ing.

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