line

Verb

• reinforce with fabric
  • lined books are more enduring
    

• fill plentifully
  • line one's pockets
    

• mark with lines
  • sorrow had lined his face
    

• make a mark or lines on a surface
  • draw a line
    
  • trace the outline of a figure in the sand
    

• cover the interior of
  • line the gloves
    
  • line a chimney
    

• be in line with; form a line along
  • trees line the riverbank
    

Noun

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• a conceptual separation or distinction
  • there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
    

• a short personal letter
  • drop me a line when you get there
    

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
  • `let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line
    
  • he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it
    
  • that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk
    

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
  • she was humming an air from Beethoven
    

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• a particular kind of product or merchandise
  • a nice line of shoes
    

• (often plural) a means of communication or access
  • it must go through official channels
    
  • lines of communication were set up between the two firms
    

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  • he's not in my line of business
    

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
  • a washing line
    

• the descendants of one individual
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
    

• acting in conformity
  • in line with
    
  • he got out of line
    
  • toe the line
    

• a telephone connection

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
  • a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
    

• a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
  • his face has many lines
    
  • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
    

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• 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
    

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
  • I can't follow your line of reasoning
    

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
  • they attacked the enemy's line
    

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• 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
    

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• 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
    

• a mark that is long relative to its width
  • He drew a line on the chart
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  trace , draw , describe , delineate , run along , production line , assembly line , dividing line , demarcation , contrast , note , short letter , billet , tune , melody , air , strain , melodic line , melodic phrase , credit line , line of credit , bank line , personal credit line , personal line of