ALL meanings of line
line
L l - noun line (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 0
- noun line A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage. 0
- noun line A small amount of text. Specifically. 0
- noun line Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. 0
- noun line The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. 0
- noun line The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. 0
- noun line (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 0
- noun line A measure of length. 0
- noun line (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux. 0
- noun line (baseball, slang, 1800s, ‘the line’) The batter’s box. 0
- noun line (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords. 0
- noun line (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working). 0
- noun line A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug). 0
- noun line (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Instruction; doctrine. 0
- noun line (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup. 0
- noun line (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter. 0
- noun line (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. 0
- verb line To form a line along. 0
- countable noun line A line is a long thin mark which is drawn or painted on a surface. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines. 0
- countable noun line The lines on someone's skin, especially on their face, are long thin marks that appear there as they grow older. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) OBS To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. 0
- countable noun line A line of people or things is a number of them arranged one behind the other or side by side. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To read or repeat line by line. 0
- countable noun line A line of people or vehicles is a number of them that are waiting one behind another, for example in order to buy something or to go in a particular direction. 0
- verb line (Intransitive Verb) (‘line up’) To form or enter into a line. 0
- countable noun line A line of a piece of writing is one of the rows of words, numbers, or other symbols in it. 0
- verb line (Intransitive Verb) (baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground. 0
- noun plural line In school, if a child is given lines, he or she is punished by being made to write out a sentence many times or to write out a passage from a book. 0
- verb line To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight. 0
- countable noun line A line of a poem, song, or play is a group of words that are spoken or sung together. If an actor learns his or her lines for a play or film, they learn what they have to say. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen. 0
- countable noun line A particular type of line in a conversation is a remark that is intended to have a particular effect. 0
- verb line To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper. 0
- variable noun line You can refer to a long piece of wire, string, or cable as a line when it is used for a particular purpose. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money. 0
- countable noun line A line is a connection which makes it possible for two people to speak to each other on the telephone. 0
- verb line (Transitive Verb) (now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate. 0
- countable noun line You can use line to refer to a telephone number which you can ring in order to get information or advice. 0
- countable noun line A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies. 0
- countable noun line The line in which something or someone moves is the particular route that they take, especially when they keep moving straight ahead. 0
- countable noun line A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates. 0
- countable noun line A railway line consists of the pieces of metal and wood which form the track that the trains travel along. 0
- countable noun line A shipping, air, or bus line is a company which provides services for transporting people or goods by sea, air, or bus. 0
- countable noun line You can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of an object or a person's body. 0
- countable noun line A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties. 0
- countable noun line You can use lines to refer to the set of physical defences or the soldiers that have been established along the boundary of an area occupied by an army. 0
- countable noun line The particular line that a person has towards a problem is the attitude that they have towards it. For example, if someone takes a hard line on something, they have a firm strict policy which they refuse to change. 0