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
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Sense 2
line
=> cover
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Sense 3
trace, draw, line outline, describe, delineate
=> mark
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Sense 4
line
=> score, nock, mark
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Sense 5
line
=> mark
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Sense 6
line
=> fill, fill up make full
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Sense 7
line
=> reinforce, reenforce
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Grep of noun lines
linesman
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)
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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