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   Line

   /līn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow mark or band: "a row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line" Similar dashrulebarscoreunderlineunderscorestrokeslashvirgulesolidusstripestripbandstreakbeltstriationtechnical:striaoblique
   • ▪ a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth.
   • ▪ a direct course: "the ball rose in a straight line" Similar courseroutetrackchannelpathwayruntrajectorybearingorientation
   • ▪ a furrow or wrinkle in the skin of the face or hands: "there were new lines around her eyes and mouth" Similar wrinklefurrowcreasecrinklecrow's footgroovecorrugationscar
   • ▪ a contour or outline considered as a feature of design or composition: "crisp architectural lines" Similar contouroutlineconfigurationshapefiguredelineationsilhouetteprofilefeatures
   • ▪ (on a map or graph) a curve connecting all points having a specified common property.
   • ▪ a line marking the starting or finishing point in a race: "a good position at the start line will put you in the front rank on the first leg"
   • ▪ a line marked on a field or court that relates to the rules of a game or sport: "Dunne was on hand to bundle the ball over the line"
   • ▪ the line of scrimmage.
   • ▪ the equator.
   • ▪ a notional limit or boundary: "the issue of peace cut across class lines" Similar boundaryboundary linelimitborderborderlineboundbounding linefrontierpartitiondemarcation linedividing lineend pointcutoff pointterminationedgepalemarginperimeterperipheryrimextremityfringethreshold
   • ▪ each of the very narrow horizontal sections forming a television picture.
   • ▪ a narrow range of the spectrum that is noticeably brighter or darker than the adjacent parts.
   • ▪ the level of the base of most letters, such as h and x, in printing and writing.
   • ▪ denoting an illustration or graphic consisting of lines and solid areas, with no gradation of tone: "a line block"
   • ▪ each of (usually five) horizontal lines forming a staff in musical notation.
   • ▪ a sequence of notes or tones forming an instrumental or vocal melody: "a powerful melodic line"
   • ▪ a dose of a powdered narcotic or hallucinatory drug, especially cocaine or heroin, laid out in a line. informal
   • 2. a length of cord, rope, wire, or other material serving a particular purpose: "wring the clothes and hang them on the line" Similar cordropestringcablewirethreadtwinestrandfilamentligature
   • ▪ a length of sterile tubing inserted into a vein or artery in order to provide temporary access, typically so as to administer fluids or withdraw blood: "he's having an op this morning to put a line in his chest for IV drugs"
   • ▪ a telephone connection: "she had a crank on the line"
   • ▪ a railroad track.
   • ▪ a branch or route of a railroad system: "the Philadelphia to Baltimore line"
   • ▪ a company that provides ships, aircraft, or buses on particular routes on a regular basis: "a major shipping line"
   • 3. a horizontal row of written or printed words: "take the cursor up one line and press the delete key"
   • ▪ a part of a poem forming one row of written or printed words: "each stanza has eight lines" Similar sentencephrasegroup of wordsprosodic unitconstructionclauseutterancepassageextractquotationquotecitationsectionpiecepartsnippetsound bitefragmentportion
   • ▪ the words of an actor's part in a play or film: "he couldn't seem to remember his lines and had to read his dialogue off boards" Similar wordsrolepartscriptspeechdialogue
   • ▪ an amount of text or number of repetitions of a sentence written out as a school punishment: British "five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell!"
   • 4. a row of people or things: "a line of acolytes proceeded down the aisle"
   • ▪ a row or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. North American
   • ▪ a connected series of people following one another in time (used especially of several generations of a family): "we follow the history of a family through the male line" Similar ancestryfamilyparentagebirthdescentlineageextractionderivationheritagegenealogyrootshousedynastyoriginbackgroundstockstrainracebloodlinebloodbreedingpedigreesuccession
   • ▪ (in football, hockey, etc.) a set of players in the forwardmost positions for offense or defense. US
   • ▪ one of the positions on the line of scrimmage.
   • ▪ a series of related things: "the bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals" Similar seriessequencesuccessionchainstringtrainprogressioncoursesetcycle
   • ▪ a range of commercial goods: "the company intends to hire more people and expand its product line" Similar brandkindsorttypevarietymakelabeltrade nametrademarkregistered trademark
   • ▪ the point spread for sports events on which bets may be made. US
   • 5. an area or branch of activity: "the stresses unique to their line of work" Similar line of workline of businessbusinessfieldtradeoccupationemploymentprofessionworkjobday jobcallingvocationcareerpursuitactivitywalk of lifespecialtyforteprovincedepartmentsphereareaarea of expertisedomainrealmmétierBritish:line of countryinformal:gamethingbagpigeonracket
   • ▪ a direction, course, or channel: "he opened another line of attack" Similar course of actioncourseprocedureMOtechniquewaytactictacksystemmethodprocessmannerpolicypracticeschemeapproachplanprogrampositionstancephilosophyargumentavenuemodus operandi
   • ▪ a manner of doing or thinking about something: "you can't run a business on these lines" Similar course of actioncourseprocedureMOtechniquewaytactictacksystemmethodprocessmannerpolicypracticeschemeapproachplanprogrampositionstancephilosophyargumentavenuemodus operandicoursedirectiondrifttacktendencytrendbiastenor
   • ▪ an agreed-upon approach; a policy: "the official line is that there were no chemical attacks on allied troops"
   • ▪ a false or exaggerated account or story: informal "he feeds me a line about this operation" Similar patterstorypitchpiece of fictionfabricationinformal:spiel
   • 6. a connected series of military fieldworks or defenses facing an enemy force: "raids behind enemy lines" Similar positionformationdispositionfrontfront linefiring linetrenches
   • ▪ an arrangement of soldiers or ships in a column or line formation; a line of battle. Similar filerankcolumnstringchaintrainconvoyprocessionrowqueueinformal:crocodile
   • ▪ regular army regiments (as opposed to auxiliary forces or household troops).

   verb

   • 1. stand or be positioned at intervals along: "a processional route lined by people waving flags" Similar borderedgefringeboundskirthemrim
   • 2. mark or cover with lines: "deep wrinkles lined his face" Similar furrowwrinklecreasemark with linescover with linescrinklepuckercorrugate
   • 3. hit a line drive.

   Word Origin Old Englishlīne ‘rope, series’, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin linea (fibra) ‘flax (fiber)’, from Latin linum ‘flax’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French ligne, based on Latin linea.

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   Definition of line noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. line. noun. OPAL W OPAL S. /laɪn/ Idioms. long thin mark. [countable] a long, thin mark on a surface. a straight/solid/dotted/dashed line. a wavy/diagonal line. a vertical/horizontal line. parallel lines. Draw a thick black line across the page.

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   1 day ago · noun. ( Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power, Computing and control) A line is a conducting wire, cable, or circuit for making connections between pieces of electrical apparatus, such as a cable for electric power transmission or telecommunications.

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   1. [count] a : a long narrow mark on a surface. I drew a straight line down the page to separate the two lists. a curved line. Cut the paper along the dotted line. a horizontal/vertical/diagonal line. b : a mark on the ground that shows the edge of the playing area in a sport. a tennis serve that was over the line.