LINE

v. place in a row; mark with a line or lines; underline; cover the inside of; pad, insert a lining; fill full

n. long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic; rope; queue; layout; contour; wrinkle; descent; plan; profession; note; bit of useful information; procedure

A line can be described as an ideal zero-width, infinitely long, perfectly straight curve (the term curve in mathematics includes "straight curves") containing an infinite number of points. In Euclidean geometry, exactly one line can be found that passes through any two points. The line provides the shortest connection between the points.
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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"
(hypernym) formation
(hyponym) rivet line
2. a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
(hypernym) mark, print
(hyponym) cross hair, cross wire
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"
(hypernym) formation
(hyponym) diagonal
(derivation) run along
4. a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
(hypernym) shape, form
(hyponym) curve
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"
(hypernym) text, textual matter
(hyponym) opening line
(part-holonym) stanza
6. a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
(hypernym) electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
(part-holonym) electromagnetic spectrum
7. a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
(hypernym) military position, position
(hyponym) firing line
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
8. the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
(synonym) argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning
(hypernym) reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
(hyponym) line of inquiry, line of questioning
9. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
(synonym) cable, transmission line
(hypernym) conductor
(hyponym) coaxial cable, coax, coax cable
(part-holonym) telephone system, phone system
10. 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"
(synonym) course
(hypernym) series
(hyponym) stream, flow, current
11. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
(hypernym) location
(hyponym) part
12. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
(synonym) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam
(hypernym) depression, impression, imprint
(hyponym) crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line
(part-holonym) skin, tegument, cutis
13. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
(synonym) pipeline
(hypernym) pipe, pipage, piping
(hyponym) Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline
14. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
(synonym) railway line, rail line
(hypernym) road, route
(hyponym) branch line, spur track, spur
(part-meronym) railroad bed
15. a telephone connection
(synonym) telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line
(hypernym) connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
(hyponym) digital subscriber line, DSL
16. acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
(hypernym) conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance
17. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
(synonym) lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(hypernym) genealogy, family tree
(hyponym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
18. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) becket
(part-meronym) bitter end
19. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
(synonym) occupation, business, job, line of work
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) sport
20. in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
(hypernym) mark, print
(hyponym) balkline, baulk-line, string line
21. (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
(synonym) channel, communication channel
(hypernym) communication, communicating
(hyponym) back channel
(classification) plural, plural form
22. a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
(synonym) product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
(hypernym) merchandise, wares, product
(hyponym) sideline
(part-meronym) top of the line
23. a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
(hypernym) carrier, common carrier
(hyponym) airline, airline business, airway
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
24. space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
(synonym) agate line
(hypernym) area unit, square measure
25. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
(synonym) credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit
(hypernym) credit
(hyponym) consumer credit
26. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
(synonym) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) flourish, fanfare, tucket
(part-meronym) phrase, musical phrase
27. a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
(synonym) note, short letter, billet
(hypernym) personal letter
(hyponym) excuse
28. a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
(synonym) dividing line, demarcation, contrast
(hypernym) differentiation, distinction
(hyponym) Rubicon, point of no return
29. mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
(synonym) production line, assembly line
(hypernym) mechanical system
(part-holonym) factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory
(part-meronym) conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter
Verb
1. be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
(synonym) run along
(hypernym) lie
(hyponym) rim
2. cover the interior of (garments); "line the gloves"
(hypernym) cover
(hyponym) reline
(derivation) liner, lining
3. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
(synonym) trace, draw, describe, delineate
(hypernym) mark
(hyponym) construct
(verb-group) draw
4. mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
(hypernym) score, nock, mark
(hyponym) reline
(derivation) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam
5. fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
6. reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"
(hypernym) reinforce, reenforce

(n.)
Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  

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Flax; linen.
  

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Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  

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Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
  

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Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
  

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A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
  

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A trench or rampart.
  

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A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
  

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A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
  

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A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
  

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A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
  

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A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
  

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A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
  

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A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
  

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A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  

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A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
  

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A measuring line or cord.
  

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A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
  

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A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
  

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A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
  

(n.)
A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
  

(n.)
A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
  

(v. t.)
To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
  

(v. t.)
To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
  

(v. t.)
To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
  

(v. t.)
To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
  

(v. t.)
To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
  

(v. t.)
To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
  

(v. t.)
To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
  

(v. t.)
To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
  

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The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
  

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The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
  

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The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
  

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The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
  

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The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
  

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The longer and finer fiber of flax.
  

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The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
  

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The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
  

(n.)
The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
  

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

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That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
  

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One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
  

(n.)
Lineament; feature; figure.
  

(n.)
Instruction; doctrine.
  

Line Stages of evolutionary development in cosmic manifestation are sometimes symbolized by the geometrical forms point, line, plane, solid, corresponding to unit or monad, duad, triad, and quaternary. Lines are therefore rays proceeding from an egoic center, and represent cosmic forces and, on the lower planes, the forces familiar in physics. These are dual, bipolar. In geometric symbols, lines may be combined, as for instance in the cross, where common agreement makes the vertical line masculine, the horizontal feminine; or in triangles, where the side lines and the base line each have its particular meaning. A line drawn in physical space may be regarded as a symbol for a real line, but to comprehend what the latter is, we must abstract the idea from all notions of physical space.