The Meaning of line

• (n.) Flax; linen.
• (n.) The longer and finer fiber of flax.
• (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.
• (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 impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
• (n.) 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 more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk 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.
• (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
• (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
• (n.) A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
• (n.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
• (n.) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
• (n.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
• (n.) The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
• (n.) A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
• (n.) Lineament; feature; figure.
• (n.) A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
• (n.) 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.
• (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.
• (n.) The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
• (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
• (n.) A measuring line or cord.
• (n.) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
• (n.) Instruction; doctrine.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
• (n.) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
• (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
• (n.) A trench or rampart.
• (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
• (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
• (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
• (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
• (n.) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
• (n.) A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
• (v. t.) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
• (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 form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.

Synonyms

argumentation , logical argument , argument , line of reasoning , cable , transmission line , course , wrinkle , furrow , crease , crinkle , seam , pipeline , railway line , rail line , telephone line , phone line , telephone circuit , subscriber line , lineage , line of descent , descent , bloodline , blood line , blood , pedigree , ancestry , origin , parentage , stemma , stock , occupation , business , job , line of work , channel , communication channel , product line , line of products , line of merchandise , business line , line of business , agate line , credit line , line of credit , bank line , personal credit line , personal line of credit , tune , melody , air , strain , melodic line , melodic phrase , note , short letter , billet , dividing line , demarcation , contrast , production line , assembly line , run along , trace , draw , describe , delineate

Homophones

lyne , lysne

Rhymes

adeline , aerodyne , affine , airline , alamein , align , aline , alkaline , alpine , arline , arlyne , asinine , assign , australopithecine , ballantine , barentine , baseline , benign , bloodline , borderline , bornstein , bovine , brandywine , brine , brookline , bryne , burdine , byline , byzantine , calamine , canine , capitoline , carbine , caroline , celandine , chine , clementine , cline , clozapine , clyne , coastline , columbine , combine , concubine , confine , constantine , crine , crystalline , dateline , deadline , decline , define , design , devine , dewine , dhein , dine , disincline , divine , dopamine , dragline , dwine , earthshine , eglantine , ein , emeline , emlynne , emmeline , endocrine , enshrine , entwine , epstein , equine , erskine , evangeline , fein , feinstein , feline , feyen , fine , francyne , frankenstein , genuine , gourdine , grapevine , guideline , guynn , gwine , hainline , hairline , hammerstein , headline , hein , heine , hemline , heterodyne , heyen , hine , hornstein , hot-line , huynh , ice-nine , incline , intertwine , iodine , jacobine , jain , karoline , klein , kline , kyne , leontine , lichtenstein , liechtenstein , lifeline , limine , lupine , lyne , lysne , macalpine , mainline , malign , mcalpine , microdyne , midline , mine , missildine , moonshine , nadein , nine , online , opine , outline , outshine , palatine , palestine , pine , pipeline , porcupine , prine , pruyn , pyne , quinine , rankine , realign , reassign , recline , recombine , redefine , redesign , refine , resign , rhine , rhyne , rine , rubinstein , saccharine , schein , schlein , sein , serpentine , sharp-sign , shein , shine , shoeshine , shrine , sideline , sign , silverstein , sine , skyline , spine , spline , stein , stine , storyline , streamline , strine , strychnine , styne , sunshine , superheterodyne , supine , swine , thein , thine , timberline , tine , trine , turpentine , twine , tyne , underline , undermine , valentine , vandine , vanduyn , vanduyne , vine , waistline , wallenstein , whine , wine , wyne , zine