- 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"
- a mark that is long relative to its width;
"He drew a line on the chart"
- 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"
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- 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"
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops);
"they attacked the enemy's line"
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning;
"I can't follow your line of reasoning"
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- 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"
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
"his face has many lines"
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases;
"a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a telephone connection
- acting in conformity;
"in line with"
"he got out of line"
"toe the line"
- the descendants of one individual;
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible;
"a washing line"
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;
"he's not in my line of business"
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- (often plural) a means of communication or access;
"it must go through official channels"
"lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
- a particular kind of product or merchandise;
"a nice line of shoes"
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress;
"`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"
"he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"
"that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"
- a short personal letter;
"drop me a line when you get there"
- a conceptual separation or distinction;
"there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
