Line word meaning and definition

[noun] the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
[noun] acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
[noun] a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
[noun] something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
[noun] the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
[noun] a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
[noun] a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
[noun] a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
[noun] mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
[noun] a telephone connection
[noun] a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
[noun] the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
[noun] (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
[noun] a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
[noun] a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
[noun] text consisting of a row of words written across a page or column or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"
[noun] a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
[noun] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
[noun] a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
[noun] a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
[noun] a formation of people or things one beside another; "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"
[noun] a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
[noun] in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
[noun] a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
[noun] a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
[noun] the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
[noun] space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
[noun] a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
[noun] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[verb] reinforce with fabric; of books
[verb] fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"

\Line\ (l[imac]n), n. [OE. lin. See {Linen}.] 1. Flax; linen. [Obs.] ``Garments made of line.'' --Spenser. 2. The longer and finer fiber of flax.
\Line\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lined} (l[imac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lining}.] [See {Line} flax.] 1. To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. The inside lined with rich carnation silk. --W. Browne. 2. To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto. --Carew. Till coffee has her stomach lined. --Swift. 3. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant. --Shak. 4. To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. --Creech. {Lined gold}, gold foil having a lining of another metal.
\Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. ``The lines of my boy's face.'' --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.)
(a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
(b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.)
(a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13.
(b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6.
(c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.)
(a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}.
(b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.)
(a) A trench or rampart.
(b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.

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