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Noun line has 29 senses
- line - 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"
--1 is a kind of formation
--1 has particulars:
- line - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
--2 is a kind of mark, print
--2 has particulars:
- line - 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"
--3 is a kind of formation
--3 has particulars:
- line - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
--4 is a kind of shape, form
--4 has particulars:
- line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
--5 is a kind of text, textual matter
--5 is a part of stanza; letter, missive
--5 has particulars: | | 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 |
- line - a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
--6 is a kind of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
--6 is a part of electromagnetic spectrum
- line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
--7 is a kind of military position, position
--7 has particulars:
- argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line - the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
--8 is a kind of reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
--8 has particulars: line of inquiry, line of questioning; casuistry; policy
- cable, line, transmission line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
--9 is a kind of conductor
--9 is a part of
--9 has particulars:
- course, line - 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"
--10 is a kind of series
--10 has particulars: stream, flow, current
- line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
--11 is a kind of location
--11 has particulars: | | 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 |
- wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
--12 is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
--12 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
--12 has particulars:
- pipeline, line - a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
--13 is a kind of pipe, pipage, piping
--13 has particulars: Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline; gas line; oil pipeline
- line, railway line, rail line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
--14 is a kind of road, route
--14 has parts: railroad bed; railroad track, railroad, railway
--14 has particulars:
- telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line - a telephone connection
--15 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
--15 has particulars:
- line - acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
--16 is a kind of conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance
- lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--17 is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--17 has particulars:
- line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
--18 is a kind of artifact, artefact
--18 has part: bitter end; drip loop
--18 has particulars: | | 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 |
- occupation, business, job, line of work, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
--19 is a kind of activity
--19 has particulars: | | 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 |
- line - in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
--20 is a kind of mark, print
--20 has particulars:
- channel, communication channel, line - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
--21 is a kind of communication, communicating
--21 has particulars:
- line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business - a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
--22 is a kind of merchandise, wares, product
--22 has parts: top of the line
--22 has particulars: sideline
- line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
--23 is a kind of carrier, common carrier
--23 is a part of transportation system, transportation, transit
--23 has particulars:
- agate line, line - space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
--24 is a kind of area unit, square measure
- credit line, line of credit, bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit - the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
--25 is a kind of credit
--25 has particulars: consumer credit
- tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
--26 is a kind of music
--26 has parts: phrase, musical phrase
--26 has particulars:
- note, short letter, line, billet - a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
--27 is a kind of personal letter
--27 has particulars: excuse
- line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast - a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
--28 is a kind of differentiation, distinction
--28 has particulars: Rubicon, point of no return
- production line, assembly line, line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
--29 is a kind of mechanical system
--29 is a part of factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory
--29 has parts:
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