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line

English

  1. 🔊 acting in conformity
    “in line with”
  2. 🔊 something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
    “a washing line”
  3. 🔊 the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
  4. 🔊 a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
  5. 🔊 a particular kind of product or merchandise
    “a nice line of shoes”
  6. 🔊 a conceptual separation or distinction
    “there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity”
  7. 🔊 a mark that is long relative to its width
    “He drew a line on the chart”
  8. 🔊 text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
    “the letter consisted of three short lines”
  9. 🔊 persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
    “`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line”
  10. 🔊 a formation of people or things one behind another
    “the line stretched clear around the corner”
  11. 🔊 a formation of people or things one beside another
    “the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed”
  12. 🔊 a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
  13. 🔊 in games or sports
  14. 🔊 a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
    “they attacked the enemy's line”
  15. 🔊 a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
  16. 🔊 a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness
  17. 🔊 a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
  18. 🔊 a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
    “a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport”
  19. 🔊 the descendants of one individual
    “his entire lineage has been warriors”
  20. 🔊 a connected series of events or actions or developments
    “the government took a firm course”
  21. 🔊 space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
  22. 🔊 mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
  23. 🔊 (often plural) a means of communication or access
    “it must go through official channels”
  24. 🔊 a short personal letter
    “drop me a line when you get there”
  25. 🔊 the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
  26. 🔊 the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
    “he's not in my line of business”
  27. 🔊 a telephone connection
  28. 🔊 a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood
    “I can't follow your line of reasoning”
  29. 🔊 a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
    “she was humming an air from Beethoven”
  30. 🔊 a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
    “his face has many lines”
  31. 🔊 reinforce with fabric
    “lined books are more enduring”
  32. 🔊 fill plentifully
    “line one's pockets”
  33. 🔊 cover the interior of
    “line the gloves”
  34. 🔊 mark with lines
    “sorrow had lined his face”
  35. 🔊 be in line with
    “trees line the riverbank”
  36. 🔊 make a mark or lines on a surface
    “draw a line”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 raya line
  2. 🔊 linear to line
  3. 🔊 sarta line, queue
  4. 🔊 lineamiento line, border
  5. 🔊 rayar to line, mark
  6. 🔊 fila line, row, rank, file
  7. 🔊 aforrar to line, cover the inside
  8. 🔊 forrar to line, cover the inside
  9. 🔊 trazo line, outline (writing, design)
  10. 🔊 renglón line, merchandise (products or services sold by a business)
  11. 🔊 cuarto line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents)

Similar words

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