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Meaning
Noun
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In Geometry:
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
An
infinitely
extending
one-dimensional
figure
that has no
curvature
; one that has
length
but not
breadth
or thickness.
A
line segment
; a
continuous
finite
segment
of such a figure.
●
In Graph theory:
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
An
edge
of a graph.
●
In Geography:
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
A
circle
of
latitude
or of
longitude
, as
represented
on a map.
The equator.
●
In Music:
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
One of the
straight
horizontal
and
parallel
prolonged
strokes
on and between which the
notes
are placed.
●
In Cricket:
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
The
horizontal
path
of a
ball
towards the
batsman
(
see also
length).
●
In Football (soccer):
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
The
goal
line.
●
A
path
through two or more
points
(compare ‘segment’); a
continuous
mark
, including as made by a
pen
; any
path
,
curved
or straight.
A particular
path
taken
by a
vehicle
when
driving
a
bend
or
corner
in the road.
●
A
rope
,
cord
,
string
, or
thread
, of any thickness.
●
A
hose
or
pipe
, of any size.
●
Direction, path.
●
The
wire
connecting
one
telegraphic
station
with another, a
telephone
or
internet
cable
between
two points
: a
telephone
or network connection.
●
A clothesline.
●
A
letter
, a
written
form of communication.
●
A
connected
series
of public
conveyances
, as a
roadbed
or
railway track
; and hence, an
established
arrangement
for
forwarding
merchandise
, etc.
●
In Military:
A
trench
or
rampart
, or the non-physical
demarcation
of the
extent
of the
territory
occupied
by
specified
forces.
●
The
exterior
limit
of a
figure
or
territory
: a
boundary
,
contour
, or
outline
; a demarcation.
●
A long
tape
or
ribbon
marked
with
units
for
measuring
; a
tape
measure.
●
A
measuring
line
or cord.
●
That which was
measured
by a
line
, such as a
field
or any
piece
of
land
set apart
; hence,
allotted
place of abode.
●
A
threadlike
crease
or
wrinkle
marking
the
face
,
hand
, or body; hence, a
characteristic
mark.
●
Lineament;
feature
;
figure
(of
one's
body).
●
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.
●
In Military & Nautical:
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.
Ellipsis of
line
of battle.
●
In Military:
The
regular
infantry
of an
army
, as
distinguished
from
militia
,
guards
,
volunteer
corps
,
cavalry
,
artillery
, etc.
●
In Music:
A
series
of
notes
forming
a certain part (such as the
bass
or
melody
) of a
greater
work.
●
A
series
or
succession
of
ancestors
or
descendants
of a given person; a family or
race
;
compare
lineage.
●
A small amount of
text
. Specifically:
A
written
or
printed
row
of
letters
,
words
,
numbers
, or other
text
, especially a
row
of
words
extending
across a
page
or
column
, or a
blank
in place of
such
text
.
A
verse
(in poetry).
A
sentence
of
dialogue
, especially in a
play
,
movie
, or the like.
A
lie
or
exaggeration
, especially one
told
to
gain
another's
approval
or
prevent
losing
it.
●
Course of
conduct
,
thought
,
occupation
, or
policy
; method of
argument
;
department
of industry,
trade
, or
intellectual
activity.
●
The
official
,
stated
position
(or set of
positions
) of an individual or group,
particularly
a political or
religious
faction.
●
Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly
restricted
to the
expressions
get a line on
, have a
line
on, and give a
line
on.)
●
A set of products or services
sold
by a business, or
by extension
,
the business
itself.
●
A number of
shares
taken
by a jobber.
●
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:
A tsarist-era Russian
unit of measure
,
approximately
equal
to
one tenth
of an English
inch
, used especially when
measuring
the
calibre
of firearms.
One
twelfth
of an inch.
One
sixteenth
of an inch.
One
fortieth
of an inch.
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 Advertising:
Short for
agate
line.
●
A
maxwell
, a
unit
of
magnetic
flux.
●
In Baseball:
The batter's box.
●
In Fencing:
The
position
in which the
fencers
hold
their swords.
●
In Engineering:
Proper
relative
position
or
adjustment
(of
parts
, not
as to
design or
proportion
, but with
reference
to
smooth
working).
●
A small path-shaped
portion
or
serving
of a
powdery
illegal
drug
, especially cocaine.
●
Instruction; doctrine.
●
In Genetics:
A
population
of cells
derived
from a
single
cell and
containing
the same
genetic
makeup.
●
a set
composed
of a
spike
, a
drip
chamber
, a
clamp
, a Y-injection
site
, a
three-way
stopcock
and a catheter.
●
In Ice hockey:
A group of
forwards
that
play
together.
●
In Australian rules football:
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.
●
In Medicine:
A
vascular
catheter.
●
In South Korean idol fandom:
A group of people
born
in a certain year (liners).
●
Flax;
linen
,
particularly
the
longer
fiber
of
flax
.
●
In Genetics:
Acronym of w:long
interspersed
nuclear
element
, a type of
retrotransposon
in genomics.
●
A
close quarters
combat
system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
●
To place (objects) into a
line
(usually used with "up"); to form into a
line
; to align.
●
To place
persons
or things along the
side
of for security or
defense
; to
strengthen
by
adding
; to fortify.
●
To form a
line
along.
●
To
mark
with a
line
or
lines
; to
cover
with
lines
.
●
In Rail transportation:
To
align
(one or more
switches
) to
direct
a
train
onto a particular track.
●
To
represent
by
lines
; to
delineate
; to portray.
●
To
read
or
repeat
line
by
line
.
●
In Baseball:
To
hit
a
line drive
; to
hit
a
line drive
which is
caught
for an out. Compare
fly
and ground.
●
To
track
(wild
bees
) to their
nest
by
following
their
line
of flight.
●
To measure.
●
To
cover
the
inner
surface
of (something),
originally
especially with linen.
●
To
reinforce
(the back of a
book
) with
glue
and
glued
scrap
material
such as
fabric
or paper.
●
To
fill
or supply (something), as a
purse
with money.
●
To
copulate with
, to impregnate.
Name
●
An English and Scottish surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
line
English
ligner
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
lin
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
line
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Epistle
Letter
Note
Lineup
Queue
Row
Lin
Reinforce
Edge
Completely
Game
Bank
Backup
Straight Line
Line Segment
Related
Column
Paragraph
Section
Loop
Wall
Path
Curve
Circle
Track
Boundary
Box
Point
Page
Bridge
String
Position
Fence
Area
Segment
Piece
Scene
Picture
Station
Route
Channel
Chain
Unit
Bar
Crease
Hook
Board
Sentence
Connection
Sequence
Verse
Screen
Block
Branch
Frame
Rack
Division
Close
Corridor
Band
Border
Cross
Mark
Layer
Range
Strip
Open
Pull
Surface
Draw
Field
Pick
Lap
Item
Grid
Device
Stitch
Fill
More
Rhymes
Pine
Tine
Dyne
Jain
Sine
Nine
Sign
Wine
Line
Dine
Vine
Fine
Mine
Kine
Rine
Rhine
Aline
Cline
Align
Thine
Spine
Swine
Whine
Klein
Shine
Opine
Dwine
Rhine
Stein
Rhyne
Trine
Brine
Twine
Chine
Design
Strine
Spline
Refine
Define
Divine
Canine
Ashine
Assign
Obsign
Atrine
Berine
Shrine
Resign
Quinine
Recline
Entwine
Decline
Despine
Combine
Asinine
Anodyne
Confine
Incline
Consign
Headsign
Pristine
Redesign
Einstein
Arretine
Underline
Undermine
Undersign
Liechtenstein
Soft Sign
Gunter'S Line
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