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Sounds | lay'n |
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Rhymes | airline, align, aline, and 137 more rhymes in ayn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A formation of people or things one beside another. |
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Examples | "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" |
Narrower | rivet line; chorus, chorus line; diagonal; linemen; lineup; row; rank |
Broader | formation |
Meaning | A mark that is long relative to its width. |
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Examples | "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope" |
Narrower | cross hair, cross wire; dotted line; ascender; bar line; descender; squiggle, curlicue; spectrum line; trend line; isometric line, isometric; graduation; guideline; hairline; shaft; serif, seriph; staff line; ledger line, leger line |
Broader | mark, print |
Verbs | line; line |
Meaning | A formation of people or things one behind another. |
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Examples | "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter" |
Narrower | diagonal; file, single file, Indian file; line of march; line of succession; picket line; conga line; trap line; queue, waiting line |
Broader | formation |
Verbs | line |
Meaning | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness. The trace of a moving point. |
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Narrower | curve; curve, curved shape; straight line; geodesic, geodesic line; perimeter; centerline, center line; boundary, edge, bound |
Broader | shape, form |
Meaning | Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen. |
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Examples | "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
Part of | letter, missive; stanza |
Narrower | opening line; heading, header, head; line of poetry, line of verse; by-line, credit line; dateline; verse, verse line; punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line; actor's line, speech, words; orphan; spiel, patter, line of gab; sound bite; bottom line |
Broader | text, textual matter |
Adjectives | interlinear, interlineal |
Meaning | A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum. |
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Part of | electromagnetic spectrum |
Broader | electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation |
Meaning | A fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops). |
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Examples | "they attacked the enemy's line" |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Narrower | firing line; battlefront, front, front line; line of battle; battle line |
Broader | military position, position |
Meaning | The methodical process of logical reasoning. |
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Examples | "I can't follow your line of reasoning" |
Synonyms | argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning |
Narrower | line of inquiry, line of questioning; casuistry; policy |
Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought |
Meaning | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. |
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Synonyms | cable, transmission line |
Part of | cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service; telephone system, phone system |
Narrower | coaxial cable, coax, coax cable; electrical cable; fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable; power line, power cable; printer cable |
Broader | conductor |
Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. |
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Examples | "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
Synonyms | course |
Narrower | stream, flow, current |
Broader | series |
Meaning | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
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Narrower | part; axis; aclinic line, magnetic equator; agonic line; isogonic line, isogonal line, isogone; crest; timber line, timberline, tree line; snow line; fault line; great circle; hemline; hipline; hipline; horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline; isogram, isopleth, isarithm; flight line; line of sight, line of vision; latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel; lunar latitude; path, route, itinerary; quadrant, quarter-circle; rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome; danger line; side; waterline, water line, water level; water line, watermark; watershed, water parting, divide; path, track, course; line of force, field line |
Broader | location |
Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. |
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Examples | "his face has many lines" |
Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam |
Part of | skin, tegument, cutis |
Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line; dermatoglyphic; frown line; line of life, life line, lifeline; line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line; line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn |
Broader | depression, impression, imprint |
Verbs | line |
Meaning | A pipe used to transport liquids or gases. |
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Examples | "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" |
Synonyms | pipeline |
Narrower | Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline; gas line; oil pipeline |
Broader | pipe, pipage, piping |
Meaning | The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. |
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Synonyms | railway line, rail line |
Parts | railroad bed; railroad track, railroad, railway |
Narrower | branch line, spur track, spur; trunk line, trunk route |
Broader | road, route |
Meaning | A telephone connection. |
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Synonyms | telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line |
Narrower | digital subscriber line, DSL; hot line; land line, landline; party line; private line; toll line; trunk line; WATS, WATS line |
Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
Meaning | Acting in conformity. |
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Examples | "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" |
Broader | conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance |
Meaning | The descendants of one individual. |
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Examples | "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
Synonyms | lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side |
Broader | genealogy, family tree |
Meaning | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible. |
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Examples | "a washing line" |
Parts | bitter end; drip loop |
Narrower | becket; cord; lanyard, laniard; lifeline; lifeline; mooring, mooring line; painter; ratline, ratlin; rope; sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud; shroud; strand; towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope; trace |
Broader | artifact, artefact |
Meaning | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. |
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Examples | "he's not in my line of business" |
Synonyms | occupation, business, job, line of work |
Narrower | sport; farming, land; game, biz; career, calling, vocation; employment, work; appointment; position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation; treadmill, salt mine; trade, craft; profession; metier, medium; accountancy, accounting; photography; catering |
Broader | activity |
Meaning | In games or sports. A mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area. |
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Narrower | balkline, baulk-line, string line; finishing line, finish line; foul line; foul line; foul line; baseline; goal line; red line; scrimmage line, line of scrimmage; service line, baseline; sideline, out of bounds; start, starting line; yard line |
Broader | mark, print |
Meaning | (often plural) a means of communication or access. |
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Examples | "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
Synonyms | channel, communication channel |
Narrower | back channel; lens; liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication |
Broader | communication, communicating |
Usage | plural, plural form |
Meaning | A particular kind of product or merchandise. |
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Examples | "a nice line of shoes" |
Synonyms | product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business |
Parts | top of the line |
Narrower | sideline |
Broader | merchandise, wares, product |
Meaning | A commercial organization serving as a common carrier. |
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Part of | transportation system, transportation, transit |
Narrower | airline, airline business, airway; railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system; steamship company, steamship line; transit line |
Broader | carrier, common carrier |
Meaning | Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising. |
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Synonyms | agate line |
Broader | area unit, square measure |
Meaning | The maximum credit that a customer is allowed. |
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Synonyms | credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit |
Narrower | consumer credit |
Broader | credit |
Meaning | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. |
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Synonyms | tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase |
Parts | phrase, musical phrase |
Narrower | flourish, fanfare, tucket; glissando; roulade; leitmotiv, leitmotif; theme song; signature, signature tune, theme song; theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea; part, voice |
Broader | music |
Meaning | A short personal letter. |
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Examples | "drop me a line when you get there" |
Synonyms | note, short letter, billet |
Narrower | excuse |
Broader | personal letter |
Meaning | A conceptual separation or demarcation. |
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Examples | "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" |
Synonyms | dividing line, demarcation, contrast |
Narrower | Rubicon, point of no return |
Broader | differentiation, distinction |
Meaning | Mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. |
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Synonyms | production line, assembly line |
Part of | factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory |
Parts | conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter |
Broader | mechanical system |
Meaning | Be in line with. Form a line along. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "trees line the riverbank" |
Synonyms | run along |
Narrower | rim |
Broader | lie |
Nouns | line |
Meaning | Cover the interior of (garments). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "line the gloves" |
Narrower | reline; face; crib; babbitt |
Broader | cover |
Nouns | liner, lining; lining; lining |
Meaning | Make a mark or lines on a surface. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
Synonyms | trace, draw, describe, delineate |
Entailed by | pencil; chalk; charcoal; doodle |
Narrower | construct; inscribe; circumscribe; circumscribe; write |
Broader | mark |
Similar to | draw; draw |
Nouns | lineation; line; lineation |
Meaning | Mark with lines. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "sorrow had lined his face" |
Narrower | reline; hatch; crisscross |
Broader | score, nock, mark |
Nouns | lineation; line; line; lineation |
Meaning | Fill plentifully. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "line one's pockets" |
Broader | fill, fill up, make full |
Meaning | Reinforce with fabric. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "lined books are more enduring" |
Broader | reinforce, reenforce |