Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To fit a covering to the inside surface of.
- transitive verb To cover the inner surface of.
- transitive verb To fill plentifully, as with money or food.
- idiom (line (one's) pockets) To make a profit, especially by illegitimate means.
- noun Mathematics A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
- noun A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.
- noun A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface.
- noun A crease in the skin, especially on the face; a wrinkle.
- noun A real or imaginary mark positioned in relation to fixed points of reference.
- noun A degree or circle of longitude or latitude drawn on a map or globe.
- noun The equator. Used with the.
- noun A border or boundary.
- noun A demarcation.
- noun A contour or an outline.
- noun A mark used to define a shape or represent a contour.
- noun Any of the marks that make up the formal design of a picture.
- noun A cable, rope, string, cord, or wire.
- noun Nautical A rope used aboard a ship.
- noun A fishing line.
- noun A clothesline.
- noun A cord or tape used, as by builders or surveyors, for measuring, leveling, or straightening.
- noun A pipe or system of pipes for conveying a fluid.
- noun An electric-power transmission cable.
- noun A wire or system of wires connecting telephone or telegraph systems.
- noun An open or functioning telephone connection.
- noun A passenger or cargo system of public or private transportation, as by ship, aircraft, or bus, usually over a definite route.
- noun A company owning or managing such a system.
- noun A railway track or system of tracks.
- noun A particular section of a railway network.
- noun A course of progress or movement; a route.
- noun A general method, manner, or course of procedure.
- noun A manner or course of procedure determined by a specified factor.
- noun An official or prescribed policy.
- noun A general concept or model.
- noun The condition of being in proper or aligned position.
- noun A condition of agreement or correspondence.
- noun One's trade, occupation, or field of interest.
- noun Range of competence.
- noun Merchandise or services of a similar or related nature.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The senate, under reid, has drawn so many lines in the sand, it's beginning to look like a football field --- a new line every ten yards. harry is famous for saying things like, ���This is where we draw the line��� and when someone, anyone, challenges him, he runs and draws another line in the sand.
American Justice is At Risk. What Are You Doing About it? 2009
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You have to tow the party line to get the nomination, even though that \'party line\ 'is so far out of the mainstream.'
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The crossing points are called nodal points, the closed sections between the nodal points a mesh and each part of the line mesh line.
4. Power transmission and distribution in power supply systems Frank Ponemunski 1991
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_ -- In dealing with the action of travelling loads much assistance may be obtained by using a line termed an _influence line_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Nations and to the Cherokees, that notwithstanding the former of these nations had ceded the property in the lands to his Majesty, yet no settlements shall be made beyond that line, it is our duty to report to your Lordships our opinion, that it would on that account be highly improper to comply with the request of the memorial, _so far as it includes any lands beyond the said line_.
Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772 Great Britain. Board of Trade
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In this diagram, the line standing for the _attribute complement_, like the _object line_, is a continuation of the predicate line; but notice the difference in the little mark separating the
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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In this diagram, the line standing for the _attribute complement_, like the _object line_, is a continuation of the predicate line; but notice the difference in the little mark separating the
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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In this diagram, the line standing for the _attribute complement_, like the _object line_, is a continuation of the predicate line; but notice the difference in the little mark separating the
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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This line is called the _blue line_ and care should be taken that it does not reach the zinc and cause a deposit of copper to be placed thereon.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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A line composed of one wire and the earth is called a _grounded line_; a line composed of two wires not needing the earth as a conductor is called a _metallic circuit_.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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The Kármán line is the unofficial altitude at which space begins, about 62 miles up.
Axios AM Marc Andreessen 2021
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Beyond this overflow point, which physicists call the “drip line,” nuclei cannot fully bind their particles.
Physicists get a first glimpse of the elusive isotope nitrogen-9 Jake Buehler 2023
oroboros commented on the word line
Contronymic in the sense of the rectilinear align and bee-line vs. 'lining' which is curviform, enclosing, e.g., cup-shaped or spherical depending on the object or countainer lined. Also: line as in devious; a dissimulation.
January 6, 2007
adoarns commented on the word line
In the hospital, usu. means a central line, a kind of catheter placed into one of the main veins of the body draining into the heart. These are more complicated and hazardous to insert then a regular IV and are usually put in by physicians or nurse practitioners.
January 26, 2008
alexz commented on the word line
in cycling, a line is the optimal path down a trail or roadway
January 12, 2013