Word: Line
How to pronounce: laɪn
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long, narrow mark or band.
Example sentences: "A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line"
2. A length of cord, rope, wire, or other material serving a particular purpose.
Example sentences: "Wring the clothes and hang them on the line"
3. A horizontal row of written or printed words.
Example sentences: "Take the cursor up one line and press the delete key"
4. A row of people or things.
Example sentences: "A line of acolytes proceeded down the aisle"
5. An area or branch of activity.
Example sentences: "The stresses unique to their line of work"
6. A connected series of military fieldworks or defenses facing an enemy force.
Example sentences: "Raids behind enemy lines"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Stand or be positioned at intervals along.
Example sentences: "A processional route lined by people waving flags"
2. Mark or cover with lines.
Example sentences: "Deep wrinkles lined his face"
3. Hit a line drive.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.
Example sentences: "A basket lined with polyethylene"
Synonyms:
string
rope
cord
column
lace
lineage
bloodline
ancestry
family tree
pedigree
descent
boundary
limit
bound
confines
queue
way
curve
path
track
route
course
cue
pathway
tune
train
procedure
trace
policy
a number
range
front
wrinkle
furrow
crease
crinkle
strain
telephone line
cable
wire
inline
product line
line of products
conduit
channel
pipeline
pipe
tube
duct
main line
rail line
green line
lay
field
area
calling
line of business
line of work
trade
sphere
family
kin
subscriber line
data line
draw
step
seam
Derivations:
liner
lineup
linesman
lineage
lined
lineal
linear
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Line in Other Languages...
Spanish: Alinear
German: Linie
French: Ligne
Italian: Linea
Turkish: Satır
