See Line

English

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Etymology

From #Middle English|line, from #Old English|līne (‘cable, hawser’), probably from linea (‘linen thread, string, line’) or linum (‘flax, thread, linen, cable’) or a conflation of both of those words. The English word was influenced by the ligne (‘line’), which derives from the same Latin word, linea.

Pronunciation

• , IPA: /laɪn/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-line.ogg

Noun

1. A rope, cord, string, or thread; a slender, strong cord, or a cord of any thickness; a hawser.
2. : Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. — Piers Plowman
3. : fishing line, anchor line, clothesline, towline
4. A path through two or more points (see also segment); a continuous mark.
5. * 1816: w:Percy Shelley|Percy Shelley, 1
6. *: The atmosphere in flaming sparkles flew; / And where the burning wheels / Eddied above the mountain’s loftiest peak / Was traced a line of lightning.
7. A more or less threadlike mark of a pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark.
8. : a chalk line
9. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
10. In the Context of A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
11. A row of letters, text, words, etc, written or printed, as on paper or a CRT screen; especially a row of words extending across a page or column.
12. * 1609: w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare, s:The Sonnets/71|Sonnet 71
13. *: Nay if you read this line, remember not, / The hand that writ it.
14. A sentence of dialogue in a script or screenplay, or delivered by an actor or performer.
15. : It’s a small part, I have 12 lines in the movie. — Geneveve Bujold in Earthquake
16. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
17. : Remember, your answers must match the party line.
18. : Their line is gone out through all the earth. — Ps. xix. 4
19. A letter, a written form of communication.
20. : Drop me a line.
21. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
22. : I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
23. : a dedicated line
24. : a shared line
25. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., often waiting to be processed or deal with|dealt with, a queue; a continued series or rank.
26. : The line forms on the right.
27. : There is a line of houses.
28. A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; opposed to column. Image:Hohenfriedeberg.Attack.of.Prussian.Infantry.1745.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Painting of Prussian Infantry attacking in lines during the [[w:Battle of Hohenfriedberg|Battle of Hohenfriedberg.'>2]
29. * 1817: w:Percy Shelley|Percy Shelley, s:The Revolt of Islam|The Revolt of Islam
30. *: A band of brothers gathering round me, made, / Although unarmed, a steadfast front, [...] now the line / Of war extended, to our rallying cry / As myriads flocked in love and brotherhood to die.
31. : Unite thy forces and attack their lines. — Dryden
32. The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
33. In the Context of A trench or rampart.
34. * 1917, w:John Masefield|John Masefield, 3
35. *: This description of the old front line, as it was when the Battle of the Somme began, may some day be of use. [...] It is hoped that this description of the line will be followed by an account of our people's share in the battle.
36. The products or services sold by a business.
37. : line of business
38. : product line
39. From the services a business sells, the business itself.
40. : How many buses does the line have?
41. : The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
42. : A ship of the line.
43. In the Context of The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
44. An edge of a graph.
45. The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
46. {{context|baseball|slang|1800s|‘the line’}} The batter’s box.
47. flax|Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
48. : Garments made of line. — Spenser
49. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route.
50. : The arrow descended in a curved line.
51. : w:Antarctica|The place is remote from lines of travel.
52. direction|Direction
53. : the line of sight or the line of vision
54. A verse, or the words which form a certain number of foot|feet, according to the measure.
55. : In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. — Broome
56. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
57. : He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. — Coleridge
58. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; a boundary; a contour; an outline; a demarcation.
59. :* 1674 — w:John Milton|John Milton, s:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost, book IV
60. :*: Eden stretchd her Line / From Auran Eastward to the Royal Towrs / Of great Seleucia,
61. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
62. : Though on his brow were graven lines austere. — Byron
63. : He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. — Cleveland
64. lineament|Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
65. * circa|c 1609: W:Shakespeare|Shakespeare, s:The Tragedy of Cymbeline|The Tragedy of Cymbeline
66. *: I mean, the lines of my body are as well drawn as his.
67. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
68. * 14th century|c: w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer s:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales
69. *: Of his lineage am I, and his offspring / By very line,
70. * circa|c 1604: w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare, s:Macbeth|Macbeth
71. *: They hail'd him father to a line of kings.
72. * 1651: w:Thomas Hobbes|Thomas Hobbes, s:Leviathan|Leviathan
73. *: [T]he rest of the history of the Old Testament derives the succession of the line of David to the Captivity, of which line was to spring the restorer of the kingdom of God [...]
74. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
75. : a line of stages
76. : an express line
77. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
78. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
79. In the Context of The equator.
80. : to cross the line
81. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
82. In the Context of That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
83. : The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes. I have a goodly heritage. — Ps. xvi. 6
84. The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working.
85. : the engine is in line or out of line
86. One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
87. In the Context of A number of shares taken by a jobber.
88. In the Context of A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles.
89. : a full line of hosiery
90. : a line of merinos
91. A measure of length equal to one twelfth of an inch.
92. * 1883: Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence
93. *: The cutis measures in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).
94. A rope on a nautical vessel. (Usually a rope is still in its packing; usually, once removed, it is 'line'.)
95. In the Context of A hose.

Synonyms

• : row
• : epistle, letter, note
• : straight line
• : line segment

Related terms

• curve, point, segment

Derived terms

• airline
• anchor line
• assembly line
• baseline
• battle line
• beeline
• bloodline
• borderline
• branch line
• breadline
• Brocard line
• Cayley lines
• cell line
• centerline
• chorus line
• clothesline
• coastline
• critical line
• dateline
• deadline
• Euler line
• fireline
• flow line
• front line
• Gergonne line
• Green Line
• hairline
• headline
• imaginary line
• isogonal line
• isotropic line
• jawline
• lifeline
• line dance/line-dance
• line graph
• line manager
• line of fire
• line of sight
• line segment
• line up
• line-up
• mainline
• milk line
• offline
• online
• on the line
• outline
• ordinary line
• party line

• Pascal lines
• pedal line
• Philo line
• phone line
• pick-up line
• pipeline
• Plücker lines
• polar line
• police line
• power line
• punchline
• racing line
• radical line
• ratline
• real line
• receiving line
• redline
• rhumb line
• ridgeline
• secant line
• shoreline
• sideline
• sign on the dotted line
• skyline
• Simson line
• snow line
• Soddy line
• Solomon’s seal lines
• spring line
• straight line
• streamline
• supply line
• Sylvester’s line problem
• tag line
• tan line
• tangent line
• telegraph line
• telephone line
• timber line
• timeline
• tree line
• toe the line
• transmission line
• transversal line
• trilinear line
• underline
• waterline
• world line
• yellow line

Translations

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t+|nl|touw|n}}
• Ewe: ka
• Finnish: , ,
• German: {{t+|de|Leine|f}}

• Greek: {{t+|el|σπάγκος|m|sc=Grek}}
• Italian: {{t+|it|corda|f}}, {{t+|it|fune|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fio|m}}, {{t+|pt|linha|f}}
• Russian: верёвка (v'er'óvka) , шнур (šnur) , линь (lin') , леска (léska)
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|lina|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t|nl|rechte|f}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Finnish:
• German: {{t+|de|Linie|f}}

• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t+|nl|streep|f}}
• Ewe: fli
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|trait|m}}
• German: {{t+|de|Linie|f}}

• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|risco|m}}, {{t+|pt|traço|m}}
• Russian: линия (línija) , черта (čertá) , штрих (štriχ)
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Czech: {{t-|cs|přímka|f}}
• Dutch: {{t|nl|rechte|f}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Ewe: fli
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|droite|f}}

• German: gerade Linie , Gerade
• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reta|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Dutch: {{t-|nl|lijnstuk|n}}, {{t|nl|rechte|f}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Ewe: fli
• Finnish:
• German: {{t+|de|Strecke|f}}

• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|segmento|m}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|отрезок|m|tr=otr'ézok|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Czech: {{t-|cs|řádek|m}}
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|regel|m}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Ewe: fli
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|ligne|f}}

• German: {{t+|de|Zeile|f}}
• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|riga|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|linha|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|строка|f|tr=stroká|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|rad|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Finnish: vuorosana, rivi, repliikki

• Italian: {{t+|it|verso|m}}
• Russian: реплика (r'éplika)
• Swedish: replik

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Finnish: linja, mielipide, näkökanta
• German: Linie (party line = Parteilinie)

• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|курс|m|tr=kurs|sc=Cyrl}}

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|brief|m}}, {{t+|nl|regel|m}}
• Finnish: ,

• German: Zeile , ein paar Zeilen (to drop somebody a line = jemandem ein paar Zeilen schreiben)

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t|nl|aansluiting|f}}, {{t+|nl|verbinding|f}}
• Ewe: ka
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|ligne|f}}

• German: {{t+|de|Leitung|f}}
• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Russian: линия связи (línija sv'ázi) , линия (línija)
• Swedish: anslutning , linje

• Afrikaans: lyn, ry
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|rij|f}}, {{t+|nl|file|f}}
• Ewe: fli
• Finnish: ,
• German: {{t+|de|Schlange|f}}

• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí), {{t+|el|ουρά|f|sc=Grek}} (ourá)
• Italian: {{t+|it|coda|f}}, {{t-|it|fila|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fila|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|очередь|f|tr=óčer'ed'|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: {{t-|sv|kö|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn, ry
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t+|nl|rij|f}}
• Finnish:

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}, {{t-|it|fila|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|шеренга|f|tr=šer'énga|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish:

• Afrikaans: loopgraaf
• Dutch: {{t|nl|loopgraaf|m|f}}

• Finnish:
• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)

• Afrikaans: produklyn
• Dutch: {{t-|nl|gamma|n}}, {{t+|nl|aanbod|n}}, {{t|nl|productlijn|f}}
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|ligne|f}}

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}, {{t+|it|ramo|m}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: produktlinje , sortiment

• Afrikaans: maatskappy
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|maatschappij|f}}

• Finnish:
• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}

• Afrikaans: kant, lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|kant|m}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Finnish:
• German: {{t+|de|Kante|f}}

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aresta|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|ребро|n|tr=r'ebró|sc=Cyrl}}

• Afrikaans: lyn

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}

: See flax and linen

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|n}}

• Afrikaans: trajek, pad
• Dutch: {{t|nl|traject|n}}, {{t+|nl|pad|n}}
• Finnish: ,
• German: {{t+|de|Weg|m}}, {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Russian: курс (kurs) , путь (put') , направление (napravlénije)
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|bana|c}}

• Afrikaans: rigting
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|richting|f}}, {{t|nl|gezichtspunt|n}}

• Finnish:
• Russian: направление (napravlénije)

• Afrikaans: vers
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|vers|n}}, {{t+|nl|regel|m}}, {{t-|nl|stanza|f}}

• Finnish:

• Afrikaans: visie, metode, lyn
• Dutch: {{t-|nl|visie|f}}, {{t|nl|methode|f}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}
• Finnish:

• French: {{t-|fr|ligne de conduite|f}}
• Russian: курс (kurs)

• Afrikaans: kontoer, grens
• Dutch: {{t-|nl|contour|m}}, {{t+|nl|grens|m|f}}

• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|contorno|m}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|граница|f|tr=graníca|sc=Cyrl}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t-|nl|rimpel|m}}
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|ride|f}}

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Russian: морщина (morš'ína) , линия (línija)
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Afrikaans: lyn, kenmerk

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}, {{t+|nl|kenmerk|n}}

• Afrikaans: lyn
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}

• Finnish: linja, sukulinja
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|linje|c}}

• Afrikaans: verbinding
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|verbinding|f}}

• Finnish:

• Afrikaans: lyn, spoor, spoorlyn, treinspoor
• Dutch: {{t|nl|spoorlijn|n}}, {{t+|nl|spoor|n}}
• Finnish: ,
• French: {{t+|fr|ligne|f}}

• Greek: {{t+|el|γραμμή|f|sc=Grek}} (grammí)
• Italian: {{t+|it|binario|m}}
• Portuguese: trilho

• Afrikaans: meridiaan, skeerkring, lyn
• Dutch: {{t|nl|meridiaan|m}}, {{t+|nl|lijn|f}}

• Finnish: koordinaattiviiva
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}

• Afrikaans: ewenaar

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|evenaar|m}}

• Afrikaans: maatband
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|regel|m}}, {{t|nl|meetlat|f}}
• Finnish: mittanauha

• Italian: {{t+|it|corda|f}}
• Russian: сантиметр (santim'étr) , рулетка (rul'étka)

• Dutch: {{t|nl|uitlijning|f}}

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|regel|m}}
• Finnish:

• Italian: {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|линейка|f|tr=lin'éjka|sc=Cyrl}}

• Afrikaans: produklyn

• Dutch: {{t+|nl|serie|f}}, {{t|nl|productlijn|f}}

• Russian: {{t+|ru|линия|f|tr=línija|sc=Cyrl}}

• : линия (1, 2, 5), реплика (3), опашка (6), въже (7), позиция (10)
• : 排
• : lineo
• : linea (1,2,4,5,6,7,8); fila, cauda (6); littera (10)
• : líne

• : {{t+|it|linea|f}}
• : 줄 (jul), Hanja: 선 (seon) (1, 2, 7)
• : linia (1,2,5,10), lina (8)
• : fileira
• : čiara (1), priamka (2), linka (5,7), rad (6)
• : led , rad

Verb

1. To cover the inside/inner surface of (something).
2. : The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
3. : to line a cloak with silk or fur
4. : to line a box with paper or tin
5. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
6. : The charge amounteth very high for any one man’s purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. — Carew.
7. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
8. : to line troops
9. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
10. : to line works with soldiers
11. :* 1599 — w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The_Life_of_Henry_the_Fifth|Henry V, ii 4
12. :*: Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant.
13. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
14. : to line a copy book
15. In the Context of To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
16. :* 1598 — w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:As You Like It|As You Like It, iii 2
17. :*: All the pictures fairest lined Are but black to Rosalind.
18. In the Context of To impregnate (applied to brute animals). — Creech.
19. To read or repeat line by line.
20. : to line out a hymn
21. In the Context of To form or enter into a line.
22. In the Context of To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
23. * Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.

Translations

• Dutch: ,
• Portuguese:

• Russian: выстилать (vystilát') , выстелить (výst'elit')

• Dutch:

• Dutch: ,
• Portuguese:
• Russian: выстраивать (vystráivat') , выстроить (výstroit') trans.; выстраиваться (vystráivat's'a) , выстроиться (výstroit's'a) intrans.

• Swedish: rada upp

• Dutch:
• Russian: выстраивать (vystráivat') , выстроить (výstroit') trans.; выстраиваться (vystráivat's'a) , выстроиться (výstroit's'a) intrans.

• Swedish: rada upp

• Dutch: , van {{t+|nl|lijn|alt=lijnen}}
• Portuguese:

• Swedish: linjera

• Dutch:

• Dutch: ()

• Dutch:

• Bulgarian: строявам се
• Dutch: zich
• German: sich eingliedern, sich aufreihen
• Interlingua: alinear se

• Portuguese: alinhar-se
• Russian: выстраивать (vystráivat') , выстроить (výstroit') trans.; выстраиваться (vystráivat's'a) , выстроиться (výstroit's'a) intrans.
• Swedish: bilda linje

• : подплатявам (1), нареждам (2)
• : auslegen (1), aufreihen (2)

• : foderar (1); alinear (2)
• : fodra

References

Category:200 English basic words

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