English Explanatory Dictionary

line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
  2. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
  3. A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
  4. An edge of a graph.
  5. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
  6. The equator.
  7. One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
  8. The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
  9. The goal line.
  10. A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
  11. A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
  12. A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
intj
  1. Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their dialogue and needs to be prompted with it.
verb
  1. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
  2. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
  3. To form a line along.
  4. To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
  5. To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
  6. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
  7. To read or repeat line by line.
  8. To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
  9. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
  10. To measure.
noun
  1. A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
noun
  1. Flax, linen.
  2. The longer fiber(s) of flax.
verb
  1. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  2. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
verb
  1. To copulate with, to impregnate.
name
  1. An English and Scottish surname.
noun
  1. Acronym of long interspersed nuclear element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.
  2. A close quarters combat system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

līn /laɪn/ en-us-line.ogg /lɑɪn/ [lɑe̯n] en-au-line.ogg /lʌɪn/

Word forms

line lines lining lined lin lyne

Etymology

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen. The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

Synonyms

straight line line segment epistle letter note lineup queue tail row line of engagement

Related words

curve point segment lineage lineal linear

Derived words

11 lines 18-yard line above-line above the line absorption line acanthiomeatal line accommodation line across the line address line advanced stop line adviceline agonic line airline air line A-line aline along the lines of anchor line apse line Armstrong line Armstrong's line arterial line art line assembly line asymmetric digital subscriber line backline back line balkline Balmer line bankline barline bar line baseline bassline battle-line battleline battle line baulk line beachline beamline beardline Beau's lines bee-line beeline beer line below the line beltline between the lines bikini line bikini line incision birthline bitline blackline Blaschko's line Blaschko's lines bloodline blue line blueline blue line process blur the line

Translations

Afrikaans: lyn Afrikaans: ry Albanian: pe Albanian: litar Albanian: linjë Asturian: filu Asturian: llinia Bashkir: бау Bashkir: арҡан Bashkir: һыҙыҡ Bulgarian: връ́зка Bulgarian: шнур Bulgarian: ли́ния Bulgarian: опа́шка Bulgarian: ред Danish: linje Dutch: lijn Dutch: touw Dutch: rechte Dutch: streep Dutch: rij Dutch: file Dutch: regel Ewe: ka Ewe: fli Finnish: naru Finnish: nuora Finnish: nyöri Finnish: liina Finnish: viiva Finnish: jono Finnish: rivi Finnish: linja Galician: fío Galician: liña Galician: tralla Galician: fila German: Leine German: Linie German: Schlange German: Reihe German: Zeile German: Line Greek: σπάγκος Greek: γραμμή Greek: ουρά Hindi: रस्सी Hindi: डोरी Hindi: रेखा Hindi: पंक्ति Irish: dorú Irish: líne Irish: clólíne Italian: corda Italian: fune Italian: cima Italian: linea Italian: riga Italian: coda Italian: fila Luhya: elaini Macedonian: ја́же Macedonian: ко́нец Macedonian: га́јтан Macedonian: ли́нија Macedonian: ред Polish: lina Polish: linia Polish: kolejka Polish: szereg Polish: rząd Polish: wiersz Polish: wers Portuguese: fio Portuguese: linha Portuguese: risco Portuguese: traço Portuguese: fila Portuguese: fileira Portuguese: carreira Romanian: funie Romanian: frânghie Romanian: sfoară Romanian: șnur Romanian: ață Romanian: coadă Russian: верёвка Russian: шнур Russian: линь Russian: ле́ска Russian: ли́ния Russian: черта́ Russian: штрих Russian: о́чередь Russian: шере́нга Russian: строка́ Russian: стро́чка Russian: доро́жка Southern Altai: буу Southern Altai: аркан Southern Altai: чийӱ Southern Altai: айры Southern Altai: јол Spanish: hilo Spanish: línea Spanish: rasgo Spanish: trazo Spanish: vírgula Spanish: fila Spanish: hilera Spanish: cola Spanish: renglón Swahili: mstari Swedish: lina Swedish: linje Swedish: kö Swedish: led Swedish: rad Turkish: hat Turkish: çizgi Turkish: kuyruk Turkish: sıra Turkish: satır Ottoman Turkish: ایپ Ottoman Turkish: خلاط Ottoman Turkish: طنب Ottoman Turkish: ریسمان Ukrainian: моту́зка Ukrainian: шнур Ukrainian: ни́тка Ukrainian: лі́нія Ukrainian: ри́са Ukrainian: черга́ Ukrainian: рядо́к Ukrainian: стрі́чка Ukrainian: лі́нієчка Welsh: lein Arabic: خَطّ Arabic: صَفّ Arabic: سَطْر Armenian: գիծ Armenian: տող Azerbaijani: cızıq Azerbaijani: cizgi Azerbaijani: xətt Azerbaijani: cərgə Azerbaijani: sətir Azerbaijani: misra Basque: marra Basque: ilara Belarusian: лі́нія Belarusian: ры́са Belarusian: чарга́ Belarusian: радо́к Bengali: রেখা Bengali: লাইন Bhojpuri: रेखा Burmese: လိုင်း Catalan: línia Catalan: clenxa Chamicuro: yis̈hna Chinese Mandarin: 直線 /直线 Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 Chinese Mandarin: 排隊 /排队 Chinese Mandarin: 行 Finnish: aivina
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