How to pronounce “line”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
• A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
• A hose or pipe, of any size.
• Direction, path.
• 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.
• 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.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
• (especially 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.
• (obsolete) 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. [from mid-16th c.]
• (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
• (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:
• Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [from earlier 17th c.]
• The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]
• (slang) 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. [from early 19th c.]
• (stock exchange) 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:
• (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
• (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
• (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
• (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
• (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
• (informal) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
• (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
• (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
• (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
• (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
• (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.
• (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
• (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
• (transitive) To form a line along.
• (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
• (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
• (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
• (transitive, dated, now more often line out) To read or repeat line by line.
• (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
• (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
• (transitive) To measure.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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