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Verb
  • reinforce with fabric
    • lined books are more enduring
  • fill plentifully
    • line one's pockets
  • mark with lines
    • sorrow had lined his face
  • make a mark or lines on a surface
    • draw a line
    • trace the outline of a figure in the sand
  • cover the interior of
    • line the gloves
    • line a chimney
  • be in line with; form a line along
    • trees line the riverbank
Noun
  • mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
  • a conceptual separation or distinction
    • there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
  • a short personal letter
    • drop me a line when you get there
  • 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
  • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
    • she was humming an air from Beethoven
  • the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  • space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
  • a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
  • a particular kind of product or merchandise
    • a nice line of shoes
  • (often plural) a means of communication or access
    • it must go through official channels
    • lines of communication were set up between the two firms
  • in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
  • the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
    • he's not in my line of business
  • something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
    • a washing line
  • the descendants of one individual
    • his entire lineage has been warriors
  • acting in conformity
    • in line with
    • he got out of line
    • toe the line
  • a telephone connection
  • the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
  • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
    • a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
  • a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
    • his face has many lines
    • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
  • a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
  • a connected series of events or actions or developments
    • the government took a firm course
    • historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
  • a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
  • 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
  • a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
    • they attacked the enemy's line
  • a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
  • 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
  • a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
  • 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
  • a mark that is long relative to its width
    • He drew a line on the chart
  • 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
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