line

noun

1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

   “The arrow descended in a curved line.”

2. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
3. (informal)A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
4. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
5. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
6. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
7. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
8. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
9. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

   “St Johnstone's Liam Craig had to clear off the line before Steven Anderson sent a looping header into his own net for the equaliser on 36 minutes.”

10. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

    “"I guess it's like race cars - if you get the right line you can come out at top speed."”

11. A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
12. A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.

    “a brake line”

    “the main water line to the house”

13. Direction, path.

    “the line of sight”

    “the line of vision”

14. A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.

    “In order to maintain a consistency in the defense, I will follow the line established by attorney Jacobs of allowing the prosecution to suggest motives, and then refuting them.”

15. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.

    “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.”

    “The line went dead. His eyes bright, The Whisper took up a fistful of plugs and started talking to the town.”

16. A clothesline.

    “We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.”

    “She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]”

17. A short letter, a written form of communication.

    “Drop me a line.”

    “You don't mind giving me a line of introduction to your niece?”

18. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.

    “a line of stages”

    “an express line”

19. (especially)A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
20. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.

    “Eden stretch'd her Line / From Auran Eastward to the Royal Towrs / Of great Seleucia,”

21. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
22. (obsolete)A measuring line or cord.

    “The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.”

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

    “The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”

24. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
25. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
26. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.

    “get in line”

    “The line forms on the right.”

    “There is a line of houses.”

    “A band of brothers gathering round me, made, / Although unarmed, a steadfast front[…]now the line / Of war extended, to our rallying cry / As myriads flocked in love and brotherhood to die.”

27. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
28. The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
29. A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.

    “Students and the instructor sing the harmony line while the instructor plays the melody line on the piano.”

30. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
31. A small amount of text. Specifically:

    “The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.”

32. A small amount of text. Specifically:

    “Nay if you read this line, remember not, / The hand that writ it.”

33. A small amount of text. Specifically:

    “He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.”

    “"It is what it is" was one of his more annoying lines.”

    “Anyone who has worked with Littlewood will wince at the memory of going over single lines time and time again, each actor in turn speaking the line until the valid intonation, phasing and emphasis emerged.”

    “Many have reported success shutting down the conversation with lines like these: “I'm making healthier choices. I'm going to the gym. I'm being mindful of what I'm eating, or I'm working with a health care professional.””

34. A small amount of text. Specifically:

    “Don't feed me a line!”

35. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)A small amount of text. Specifically:
36. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

    “He [Mackintosh] is uncommonly powerful in his own line; but it is not the line of a first-rate man.”

    “"What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line."”

37. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.

    “Remember, your answers must match the party line.”

38. (slang)Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)

    “Judy gave me a line on a lawyer who's supposed to be the best in the business.”

    “She's got the best line on Hickey. Maybe she knows a way to put the heart back into him.”

39. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.

    “line of business, product line”

    “How many buses does the line have?”

    “The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.”

    “Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in their lines, and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production.”

40. A number of shares taken by a jobber.
41. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude

    “Withof estimates that the hair of the beard grows one line (French) in the course of a week, let us call it one line and a half (Engish); this would amount to six inches and a half yearly...”

42. (historical)Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
43. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:

    “The cut is measured in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).”

44. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
45. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:

    “In case any of the committee do not understand what is meant by a rate per line, I may say that buttons, being very small, are not measured by the foot or inch, but by the line, a line being one-fortieth of an inch. For example, that is a 27-line button[…].”

46. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).

    “Advertising rates, line contract, less than 500 agate lines, 12 cents per line; 1,000 to 2,000 lines, 7 cents; 5,000 to 10,000 lines, 5 cents.”

47. (historical)A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
48. (slang, with-definite-article)The batter's box.
49. The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

    “Thus, for example, in the line of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in the line of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Quarte).”

50. Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

    “the engine is in line / out of line”

51. (informal)A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.

    “I watched him take a line of cocaine.”

52. (obsolete)Instruction; doctrine.

    “Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun.”

53. A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
54. a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
55. A group of forwards that play together.
56. A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
57. (colloquial)A vascular catheter.

    “patient had a line inserted”

    “line sepsis”

58. A group of people born in a certain year (liners).

    “maknae line; hyung line; 97 line”

59. (obsolete, uncountable)Flax, linen.
60. (uncountable)The longer fiber(s) of flax.
61. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of long interspersed nuclear element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.
62. A close quarters combat system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

intj

1. Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their dialogue and needs to be prompted with it.

verb

1. (transitive)To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.

   “to line troops”

   “They lined up the books against the wall.”

2. (transitive)To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.

   “to line works with soldiers”

   “Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant.”

3. (transitive)To form a line along.
4. (transitive)To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.

   “to line a copy book”

5. To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.

   “The dispatcher lined the switches at Pickle interlocking for the freight turnout to clear the train into the passing track before the express arrived.”

6. (obsolete, transitive)To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

   “All the pictures fairest lined Are but black to Rosalind.”

7. (dated, transitive)To read or repeat line by line.

   “to line out a hymn”

   “Slowly, painfully, the ten dollars was collected. The door was opened, and the gust of warm air revived us. Zeebo lined On Jordan’s Stormy Banks, and church was over.”

8. (intransitive)To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.

   “Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.”

9. (transitive)To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
10. (transitive)To measure.
11. (transitive)To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.

    “to line a cloak with silk or fur”

    “to line a box with paper or tin”

    “The bird lines its nest with soft grass.”

    “Paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room.”

    “In the midst stalked the King, his great limbs muffled, like Goldry’s, in a cloak: and it was of black silk lined with black bearskin, and ornamented with crabs worked in diamonds.”

12. (transitive)To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.

    “to line the shelves”

    “because the charge amounteth mostly very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto”

13. (archaic, transitive)To copulate with, to impregnate.

name

1. An English and Scottish surname.