line
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: group, formation
2. a mark that is long relative to its width
- He drew a line on the chart
Definition categories: communication, mark, print
3. 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
Definition categories: group, formation
4. a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
Definition categories: shape, form
5. 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
Definition categories: communication, text
6. a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
Definition categories: phenomenon
7. a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- they attacked the enemy's line
Definition categories: location, position
8. a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- I can't follow your line of reasoning
Similar word(s): argument, argumentation
Definition categories: thought, reasoning
9. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Similar word(s): cable
Definition categories: man–made, conductor
10. a connected series of events or actions or developments
- historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
Similar word(s): course
Definition categories: group, series
11. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Definition categories: location
12. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- his face has many lines
Similar word(s): crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle
Definition categories: shape, depression, impression, imprint
13. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
Similar word(s): pipeline
Definition categories: man–made, pipage, pipe, piping
14. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
Definition categories: man–made, road, route
15. a telephone connection
Definition categories: man–made, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
16. acting in conformity
- in line with
- he got out of line
- toe the line
Definition categories: act, abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity
17. the descendants of one individual
- his entire lineage has been warriors
Similar word(s): ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
Definition categories: group, genealogy
18. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a washing line
Definition categories: man–made, artefact, artifact
19. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- he's not in my line of business
Similar word(s): business, job, occupation
Definition categories: act, activity
20. in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
Definition categories: location, mark, print
21. (often plural) a means of communication or access
- lines of communication were set up between the two firms
Similar word(s): channel
Definition categories: communication, communicating
22. a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a nice line of shoes
Definition categories: man–made, merchandise, product, ware
23. a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
Definition categories: man–made, carrier
24. space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
Definition categories: quantity
25. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
Definition categories: possession, credit
26. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Similar word(s): air, melody, strain, tune
Definition categories: communication, music
27. 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
Definition categories: communication, persuasion, suasion
28. a short personal letter
- drop me a line when you get there
Definition categories: communication
29. a conceptual separation or distinction
- there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
Similar word(s): contrast, demarcation
Definition categories: thought, differentiation, distinction
30. mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with line as a noun:
- The arrow descended in a curved line.
- the line of sight; the line of vision
- I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
- a dedicated line; a shared line
- Please speak up, the line is very faint.
- Drop me a line.
- a line of stages; an express line
- The line forms on the right.
- There is a line of houses.
- The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
- He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
- "It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
- Don't feed me a line!
- Remember, your answers must match the party line.
- line of business, product line
- How many buses does the line have?
- The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
- the engine is in line / out of line
verb
1. be in line with; form a line along
- trees line the riverbank
Definition categories: stative, lie
2. cover the interior of
- line the gloves
- line a chimney
Definition categories: contact, cover
3. make a mark or lines on a surface
- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Similar word(s): delineate, describe, draw, trace
Definition categories: contact, mark
4. mark with lines
- sorrow had lined his face
Definition categories: contact, mark, nock, score
5. fill plentifully
- line one's pockets
Definition categories: change, fill
6. reinforce with fabric
- lined books are more enduring
Definition categories: change, reenforce, reinforce
Sentences with line as a verb:
- to line troops
- to line works with soldiers
- to line a copy book
- to line out a hymn
- Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
- The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
- to line a cloak with silk or fur
- to line a box with paper or tin
- paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
- to line the shelves