Meaning of line | Babel Free

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1. A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
2. Flax, linen.
   obsolete, uncountable
3. An English and Scottish surname
4. An English and Scottish surname.
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. Acronym of long interspersed nuclear element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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. The longer fiber(s) of flax.
   uncountable
9. To hit a line drive: lined out to shortstop.
10. A close quarters combat system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
11. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness
12. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
13. Next in order for: in line for the presidency.
14. A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure
15. A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
    informal
16. To make a profit, especially by illegitimate means.
17. An edge of a graph
18. An edge of a graph.
19. A geometric figure formed by a point moving in a fixed direction and in the reverse direction. The intersection of two planes is a line. ♦ The part of a line that lies between two points on the line is called a line segment.
20. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
21. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
22. To place greaseproof or wax paper inside a cooking tin.
23. The equator.
24. To place in or form a line or lines.Also used with up:align, range.
    up
25. One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
26. ancestry. geslag نَسَب، سُلالَه потекло linhagem rodokmen das Geschlecht afstamning καταγωγήlinaje päritolu اصل و نسب sukujuuret lignage, lignée יִיחוּס אָבוֹת वंशावली predačka linija (le)származás keturunan ætt, beinn ættleggur lignaggio 血統 혈통, 조상 (giminystės) linija izcelšanās; raduraksti keturunan afkomstavstamning, herkomstrodowód اصل و نسب linhagem descen­den­ţă, linie род rodokmeň rod poreklo härstamning เชื้อสาย soy, sülâle 世系 походження; родовід سلسلئہ نسب dòng dõi 世系
27. The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
28. of, consisting of or like a line or lines. lynvormig خَطّي линеен linear lineární Linien-... lineær γραμμικόςlineal joon(e)- خطی lineaarinen linéaire מְקֻוקָו रेखीय, रैखिक linearan vonalas linear línulegur lineare 線の 선으로 이루어진 linijinis līnijveida-; līniju; lineārs lelurus; linear lineairlinje, lineærliniowy كرښييز linear linear линейный lineárny premočrten linearan linjär, linje- เป็นเส้นตรง çizgisel, doğrusal 直線的，線狀的 лінійний لکیروں سے متعلق thuộc về đường kẻ; chiều dài 直线的，线性的
29. The goal line.
30. having lines. lined paper; a lined face. gelynde مُسَطَّر، مُخَطَّط на линии com linhas linkovaný; vrásčitý liniert, faltig linieret; rynket γραμμωτός, ριγωτός, ρυτιδωμένος rayado, arrugado jooneline, kortsus خط دار؛ چین دار viivoitettu ligné; ridé חֲרוּש קְמָטִים, עִם שוּרוֹת रेखांकित naboran vonalas; barázdált bergaris strikaður; með línum/drögum/hrukkum rigato; rugoso 線のある 선을 그은 liniuotas, raukšlėtas ar līnijām/rievām bergaris-garis gelinieerd, gerimpeldlinjert; rynket liniowany, pokryty b...
31. A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
32. a ship or aircraft of a regular line or company. They sailed to America in a large liner. linieskip, lynskip باخِرَه او طائِرَة رُكّاب فَخْمَه лайнер avião de carreira parník das Passagierschiff liner; krydstogtskib πλοίο ή αεροπλάνο της γραμμής transatlántico liinilaev کشتی یا هواپیما valtamerialus, vuorokone paquebot אוֹנִייַת נוֹסעִים सवारी पोत brod redovite plovidbe óceánjáró kapal áætlunarskip/-flugvél nave/aereo di linea* 定期便 정기선 laineris laineris kapal lijnschip, lijntoestel rutebåt/-f...
33. A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
34. A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
35. Direction, path.
36. 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.
37. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
38. A clothesline.
39. A letter, a written form of communication.
40. 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.
41. A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
    especially
42. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
43. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
44. A measuring line or cord.
    obsolete
45. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
46. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
47. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
48. 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.
49. Ellipsis of line of battle.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
50. The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
51. A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
52. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
53. A small amount of text. Specifically:
54. 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.
55. A verse (in poetry).
56. A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
57. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
58. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
59. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
60. Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
    slang
61. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
62. A number of shares taken by a jobber.
63. 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
64. 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:
    historical
65. A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
    historical
66. One twelfth of an inch.
67. One sixteenth of an inch.
68. One fortieth of an inch.
69. Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
70. A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
    historical
71. The batter's box.
    slang, with-definite-article
72. The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
73. Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
74. A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
    informal
75. Instruction; doctrine.
    obsolete
76. A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
77. a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
78. A group of forwards that play together.
79. 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.
80. A vascular catheter.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“The arrow descended in a curved line.”

“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.”

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

“a brake line”

“the main water line to the house”

“the line of sight”

“the line of vision”

“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.”

“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.”

“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[.]”

“Drop me a line.”

“a line of stages”

“an express line”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Don't feed me a line!”

“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."”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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...”

“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).”

“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[…].”

“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.”

“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).”

“the engine is in line / out of line”

“I watched him take a line of cocaine.”

“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.”

“patient had a line inserted”

“line sepsis”

“maknae line; hyung line; 97 line”

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