lines

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/laɪnz/

Definition of lines

10 senses · 3 parts of speech

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of line
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of line
  2. (plural, plural-only)Words spoken by the actors.
    “I have yet to learn my lines.”
  3. (plural, plural-only)Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  4. (form-of, plural, plural-only)Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  5. (plural, plural-only)A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
    “If you don't behave I'll give you lines”
    “I had to write out 200 lines”
  6. (US, plural, plural-only)The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
  7. (plural, plural-only)A certificate of church membership.
  8. (form-of, plural)plural of LINE

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of line

name

  1. A surname.

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