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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb line 5 of 7 senses of line Sense 1 line run along => rim Sense 2 line => reline => face => crib => babbitt Sense 3 trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate => construct => inscribe => circumscribe => circumscribe => write Sense 4 line => hatch => crisscross Sense 5 line => reline Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb line 5 of 7 senses of line Sense 1 line run along => rim => beard Sense 2 line => reline => face => reface => crib => babbitt Sense 3 trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate => construct => inscribe => circumscribe => circumscribe => write => superscribe => superscribe => capitalize, capitalise => letter => print => misprint => scribble, scrawl => copy => recopy => copy out => print, impress => letter => typeset => prove => multigraph => overprint, print over => surcharge => cyclostyle => boldface => italicize, italicise Sense 4 line => hatch => crisscross Sense 5 line => reline Entailment of verb line Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb line 7 senses of line Sense 1 line run along => lie Sense 2 line => cover Sense 3 trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate => mark Sense 4 line => score, nock, mark Sense 5 line => mark Sense 6 line => fill, fill up make full Sense 7 line => reinforce, reenforce Familiarity of verb line line used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb line Sense 1 line run along => lie -------------- Sense 2 line => cover -------------- Sense 3 trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate => mark -------------- Sense 4 line => score, nock, mark -------------- Sense 5 line => mark -------------- Sense 6 line => fill, fill up make full -------------- Sense 7 line => reinforce, reenforce -------------- Grep of noun line acetylcholine aclinic line acoustic delay line actor's line adonic line adrenaline agate line agonic line airline alaskan pipeline aminophylline amitriptyline aniline anopheline apresoline asphodeline assembly line balkline bank line bar line baseline battle line baulk line beeline blood line bloodline borderline bottom line boundary line bowline branch line bread line breadline bus line business line by-line center line centerline chalk line checkout line chlortetracycline choline chorus line chow line citrulline city line clothesline coastline color line colour line command line command line interface compline conga line contour line copaline cordyline county line credit line crew neckline crinoline danger line date line dateline deadline decline delay line demarcation line discipline district line dividing line dotted line doxycycline drive line drive line system drop line dropline electrical line of force electromagnetic delay line equinoctial line equity credit line family line fault line fedelline feeder line feline fence line field line finish line finishing line firing line fishing line flight line foul line franz joseph kline front line fuel line gag line gas line gasoline genus asphodeline genus cordyline geodesic line glyoxaline goal line guideline hairline hand line handline hanoverian line hard line harpoon line headline heart line hemline hipline hot line humanistic discipline hyaline hydroxyproline hydroxytetracycline in-line skate incline indiscipline international date line isogonal line isogonic line israel baline kaoline kline lancastrian line lateral line lateral line organ laugh line lazuline lead line leaded gasoline ledger line leger line life line lifeline line line-at-a-time printer line-drive double line-drive single line-drive triple line-shooter line-shooting line backer line block line coach line double line drawing line drive line duty line engraving line feed line function line item line judge line management line of battle line of business line of credit line of defence line of defense line of descent line of destiny line of duty line of fate line of fire line of flight line of force line of gab line of heart line of inquiry line of latitude line of least resistance line of life line of longitude line of march line of merchandise line of poetry line of products line of questioning line of reasoning line of saturn line of scrimmage line of sight line of succession line of thought line of verse line of vision line of work line officer line organization line personnel line printer line roulette line score line single line spectrum line squall line storm line triple line worker lineage lineament linear a linear accelerator linear algebra linear b linear equation linear leaf linear measure linear operator linear perspective linear programming linear regression linear unit linearity lineation linebacker linebacker blitzing linecut lined snake lineman linemen linen linen paper linendraper liner liner train linesman lineup load line log line loop-line love line lubber's line lubber line maginot line magnetic line of force main line marline masculine mason-dixon line mason and dixon's line mason and dixon line medline melodic line mensal line mescaline methacholine midline milline minocycline moline mooring line musteline myeline mysoline nalline naphazoline neckline new line newspaper headline night-line noradrenaline nortriptyline noxiptiline off-line equipment off-line operation oil pipeline old line state on-line database opening line outline oxytetracycline party line pentoxifylline personal credit line personal line of credit phone line picket line pipeline plantagenet line plimsoll line plot line plumb line poverty line power line praline private line product line production line program line proline property line protriptyline punch line pyroxyline rail line railroad line railway line ratline reception line red line regression line rhumb line rivet line royal line running headline saline sash line scientific discipline scrimmage line self-discipline sertraline setline sewer line ship of the line shoreline short line sideline siegfried line skyline snapline snow line sonic delay line sounding line spectrum line spline squall line staff line starting line state line static line steam line steamship line stepped line storyline straight line string line succinylcholine supply line tag line tapeline telegraph line telephone line tetracycline theophylline ticket line timber line timberline tolazoline toll line top of the line touchline tourmaline towing line towline tramline trampoline trans-alaska ppipeline transit line transmission line trap line trawl line tree line trend line trip line trolley line trotline trunk line underline undiscipline unemployment line unleaded gasoline valine vaseline verse line waistline waiting line water line waterline wats line white line yardline Overview of noun line The noun line has 29 senses (first 23 from tagged texts) 1. (51) 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") 2. (20) 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") 3. (15) 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") 4. (13) line -- (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point) 5. (11) line -- (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or column or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines") 6. (10) line -- (a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum) 7. (10) line -- (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line") 8. (10) argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line -- (methodical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning") 9. (9) cable, line transmission line -- (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power) 10. (8) 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") 11. (6) line -- (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent) 12. (5) 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") 13. (4) pipeline, line -- (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport") 14. (4) line railway line rail line -- (railroad track and roadbed) 15. (3) telephone line phone line line -- (a telephone connection) 16. (3) line -- (acting in conformity; "in line with" or "he got out of line" or "toe the line") 17. (2) lineage, line line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors") 18. (2) line -- (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line") 19. (2) 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") 20. (1) line -- (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area) 21. (1) 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") 22. (1) 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") 23. (1) line -- (a commercial organization serving as a common carrier) 24. agate line line -- (space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising) 25. credit line line of credit, bank line line personal credit line personal line of credit -- (the maximum credit that a customer is allowed) 26. tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line line melodic phrase -- (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven") 27. note, short letter, line -- (a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there") 28. line dividing line demarcation, contrast -- (a conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity") 29. 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) Overview of verb line The verb line has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) line run along -- (be in line with form a line along of trees along a river, etc.) 2. (5) line -- (cover the interior of as of garments: "line the gloves") 3. trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate -- (make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand") 4. line -- (mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face") 5. line -- (mark with lines, draw lines on "The paper was lined") 6. line -- (fill plentifully; "line one's pockets") 7. line -- (reinforce with fabric; of books) Grep of adj line alkaline amygdaline anopheline aquiline borderline bubaline caroline cauline crystalline feline hard-line hardline hyaline in line lineal linear lined linelike masculine microcrystalline noncrystalline off-line on-line opaline pauline polycrystalline saline saxicoline sibylline Overview of noun line The noun line has 29 senses (first 23 from tagged texts) 1. (51) 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") 2. (20) 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") 3. (15) 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") 4. (13) line -- (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point) 5. (11) line -- (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or column or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines") 6. (10) line -- (a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum) 7. (10) line -- (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line") 8. (10) argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line -- (methodical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning") 9. (9) cable, line transmission line -- (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power) 10. (8) 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") 11. (6) line -- (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent) 12. (5) 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") 13. (4) pipeline, line -- (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport") 14. (4) line railway line rail line -- (railroad track and roadbed) 15. (3) telephone line phone line line -- (a telephone connection) 16. (3) line -- (acting in conformity; "in line with" or "he got out of line" or "toe the line") 17. (2) lineage, line line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors") 18. (2) line -- (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line") 19. (2) 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") 20. (1) line -- (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area) 21. (1) 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") 22. (1) 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") 23. (1) line -- (a commercial organization serving as a common carrier) 24. agate line line -- (space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising) 25. credit line line of credit, bank line line personal credit line personal line of credit -- (the maximum credit that a customer is allowed) 26. tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line line melodic phrase -- (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven") 27. note, short letter, line -- (a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there") 28. line dividing line demarcation, contrast -- (a conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity") 29. 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) Overview of verb line The verb line has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) line run along -- (be in line with form a line along of trees along a river, etc.) 2. (5) line -- (cover the interior of as of garments: "line the gloves") 3. trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate -- (make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand") 4. line -- (mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face") 5. line -- (mark with lines, draw lines on "The paper was lined") 6. line -- (fill plentifully; "line one's pockets") 7. line -- (reinforce with fabric; of books)
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