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lined

adjective

  1. =  wrinkled, worn, furrowed, wizened • His lined face was that of an old man.
  2. = ruled, feint • Take a piece of lined paper.

line1

noun

  1. =  stroke, mark, rule, score, bar, band, channel, dash, scratch, slash, underline, streak, stripe, groove • Draw a line down the centre of the page.
  2. =  wrinkle, mark, crease, furrow, crow's foot • He has a large, generous face with deep lines.
  3. =  row, queue, rank, file, series, column, sequence, convoy, procession, crocodile (British) • Children clutching empty bowls form a line.
  4. =  script, part, words, dialogue • Learning lines is easy. Acting is difficult.
  5. =  string, cable, wire, strand, rope, thread, cord, filament, wisp • a piece of fishing line
  6. =  trajectory, way, course, track, channel, direction, route, path, axis • Walk in a straight line.
  7. =  outline, shape, figure, style, cut, features, appearance, profile, silhouette, configuration, contour • a dress that follows the line of the body
  8. =  boundary, mark, limit, edge, border, frontier, partition, borderline, demarcation • the California state line
  9. (military)=  formation, front, position, front line, trenches, firing line • the fortification they called the Maginot Line
  10. =  approach, policy, position, way, course, practice, scheme, method, technique, procedure, tactic, avenue, ideology, course of action • The government promised to take a hard line on terrorism.
  11. =  course, way, direction, tendency, drift, tack • What are the benefits of this line of research?
  12. =  occupation, work, calling, interest, business, job, area, trade, department, field, career, activity, bag (slang), employment, province, profession, pursuit, forte, vocation, specialization • What was your father's line of business?
  13. =  brand, make, sort, kind, product, type, label • His best selling line is the cheapest lager at £1.99.
  14. =  lineage, family, breed, succession, race, stock, strain, descent, ancestry, parentage • We were part of a long line of artists.
  15. =  note, message, letter, memo, report, word, card, e-mail, postcard, text • My phone doesn't work, so drop me a line.
  16. =  series, chain, string, sequence, procession • the latest in a long line of successes
  17. =  patter, story, pitch, spiel (informal) • Don't be fooled by that line about having seen you before somewhere.
  18. =  clue, lead, hint, indication • No one seems able to pursue a line of inquiry far enough to get an answer.

verb

  1. =  border, edge, bound, fringe, rank, skirt, verge, rim • Thousands of people lined the streets as the procession went by.
  2. =  mark, draw, crease, furrow, cut, rule, score, trace, underline, inscribe • Her face was lined with concern.

    See draw the line at something

    1. = object to, prohibit, stop short at, set a limit at, put your foot down over, take issue with • He declared that he would draw the line at hitting a woman.
    2. = in alignment, lined, level, true, straight, lined up, in a row, plumb • Venus, the Sun and Earth were all in line.
    3. = under control, in order, in check • All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line.
    4. = in a queue, in a row, in a column • I had been standing in line for three hours.
    5. = due for, being considered for, a candidate for, shortlisted for, in the running for, on the short list for, next in succession to • He must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
    6. = in accord, in agreement, in harmony, in step, in conformity • This is in line with medical opinion.
    7. =  align, order, range, arrange, sequence, array, regiment, dispose, marshal, straighten, straighten up, put in a line • He lined the glasses up behind the bar.
    8. =  prepare, schedule, organize, secure, obtain, come up with, assemble, get together, lay on, procure, jack up (New Zealand, informal) • He's lining up a two-week tour for the New Year.
    9. = queue up, file, fall in, form a queue, form ranks • The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows.
    10. = at risk, in danger, in an endangered position, in jeopardy • He wouldn't put his career on the line to help a friend.
    11. =  conform, agree, yield, comply, play ball (informal), follow the crowd, run with the pack • He's one of the politicians who wouldn't toe the party line.

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line2

verb

  1. =  fill, face, cover, reinforce, encase, inlay, interline, ceil • They line their dens with leaves or grass.

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