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ALL meanings of line

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  • noun line one of a number of narrow horizontal bands forming a television picture 0
  • noun line a narrow band in an electromagnetic spectrum, resulting from a transition in an atom, ion, or molecule of a gas or plasma 0
  • noun line any of the five horizontal marks that make up the stave 0
  • noun line the musical part or melody notated on one such set 0
  • noun line a discernible shape formed by sequences of notes or musical sounds 0
  • noun line (in polyphonic music) a set of staves that are held together with a bracket or brace 0
  • noun line a unit of magnetic flux equal to 1 maxwell 0
  • noun line a defensive or fortified position, esp one that marks the most forward position in war or a national boundary 0
  • noun line a formation adopted by a body or a number of military units when drawn up abreast 0
  • noun line the combatant forces of certain armies and navies, excluding supporting arms 0
  • noun line one of four divisions of the target on a fencer's body, considered as areas to which specific attacks are made 0
  • noun line the scent left by a fox 0
  • noun line the equator (esp in the phrase crossing the line) 0
  • noun line any circle or arc on the terrestrial or celestial sphere 0
  • noun line the amount of insurance written by an underwriter for a particular risk 0
  • noun line a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something 0
  • noun line a portion of a powdered drug for snorting 0
  • noun line something said for effect, esp to solicit for money, sex, etc 0
  • verb line to mark with a line or lines 0
  • verb line to draw or represent with a line or lines 0
  • verb line to be or put as a border to 0
  • verb line to place in or form a row, series, or alignment 0
  • verb line to attach an inside covering to (a garment, curtain, etc), as for protection, to hide the seaming, or so that it should hang well 0
  • verb line to cover or fit the inside of 0
  • verb line to fill plentifully 0
  • verb line to reinforce the back of (a book) with fabric, paper, etc 0
  • noun line a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like 0
  • noun line a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker, leader, etc. used in fishing 0
  • noun line a clothesline 0
  • noun line a cord, steel tape, etc. used in measuring or leveling 0
  • noun line a rope, hawser, or cable used on a ship 0
  • noun line a rein 0
  • noun line a wire or wires connecting a telephone or telegraph system 0
  • noun line a system of such wires 0
  • noun line effective contact between telephones 0
  • noun line a telephone extension 0
  • noun line any wire, pipe, system of pipes or wires, etc. for conducting water, gas, electricity, etc. 0
  • noun line a very thin, threadlike mark 0
  • noun line a long, thin mark made by a pencil, pen, chalk, etc. 0
  • noun line a similar mark cut in a hard surface, as by engraving 0
  • noun line a thin crease in the palm or on the face 0
  • noun line a mark made on the ground in certain sports 0
  • noun line any of the straight, narrow marks dividing or bounding a football field, tennis court, etc. 0
  • noun line a mark indicating a starting point, a limit not to be crossed, or a point which must be reached or passed 0
  • noun line a division between conditions, qualities, classes, etc.; limit; demarcation 0
  • noun line outline; contour; lineament 0
  • noun line lot in life; one's fate 0
  • noun line a plan of construction; plan of making or doing 0
  • noun line a row or series of persons or things of a particular kind 0
  • noun line a row of written or printed characters extending across or part way across a page 0
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