Definition of line in English English dictionary
- A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces
This description of the old front line, as it was when the Battle of the Somme began, may some day be of use. It is hoped that this description of the line will be followed by an account of our people's share in the battle.
- The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself
A ship of the line.
- A small amount of text. Specifically:
Don't feed me a line!.
- That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode
Can we this quote? The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yes. I have a goodly heritage. — Ps. xvi. 6.
- Direction, path
the line of sight or the line of vision.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body)
I mean, the lines of my body are as well drawn as his.
- To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen
paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room.
- A letter, a written form of communication
Drop me a line.
- To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray
All the pictures fairest lined Are but black to Rosalind.
- The batter’s box
- To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper
Then again line the back, again bringing the paper a little further in than the second lining, and repeat the operation according to what you think the weight and size of the book demands in extra strength,.
- To form or enter into a line
- A number of shares taken by a jobber
- The position in which the fencers hold their swords
Thus, for example, in the line of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in the line of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Quarte).
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc
an express line.
- Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working)
the engine is in line / out of line.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. thumb|right|350px|Painting of Prussian Infantry attacking in lines during the [[w: Battle of Hohenfriedberg|Battle of Hohenfriedberg.]]
A band of brothers gathering round me, made, / Although unarmed, a steadfast front, now the line / Of war extended, to our rallying cry / As myriads flocked in love and brotherhood to die.
- Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax
Can we this quote? Garments made of line. — Spenser.
- A measure of length:
equal to one fortieth of an inch.
- Alternative name for a maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux
A magnetic flux is said to have a density of one line per square centimeter when it exerts on a unit north pole a force of one dyne.
- A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness
firefighting A hose.
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight
cricket The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- To form a line along
Knee-high garden lamps lined the path; Jim was careful to stay in their pools. Assuming he was being watched, the last thing he wanted to do was give them any reason to chase after him in the dark.
- Of a dog: to copulate with
Pliny states that the inhabitants of India take pleasure in having their dog bitches lined by the wild tigers, and to facilitate this union, they are in the habit of tieing them when in heat out in the woods, so that the male tigers may visit them.
- A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug)
Snorting it was a much slower blast off and a longer less intense buzz, that was much easier to function on. A few minutes after you snort a line you can feel the niacin rush coming up your back and washing over your head,.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark
Tangled up in blue.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation
Eden stretchd her Line / From Auran Eastward to the Royal Towrs / Of great Seleucia,.
- To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground
- To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money
to line the shelves.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection
Please speak up, the line is very faint.
- To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines
to line a copy book.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity
Can we this quote? He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. — Coleridge.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage
he rest of the history of the Old Testament derives the succession of the line of David to the Captivity, of which line was to spring the restorer of the kingdom of God.
- To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align
to line troops.
- The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc
- To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify
Line and new repair our towns of war With men of courage and with means defendant.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction
Can we this quote? Their line is gone out through all the earth. — Ps. xix. 4.
- To read or repeat line by line
to line out a hymn.
- {v} to guard within, cover over, impregnate
- {n} a string, extension in length, trench, verse, mark, equator, order, progeny, 12th of an inch
- acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line" the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed a commercial organization serving as a common carrier a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes" a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope" 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 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 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 spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line" a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring" fill plentifully; "line one's pockets" cover the interior of (garments); "line the gloves" mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face" be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank
- This is often written in the slope-intercept form as y = mx + b, in which m is the slope and b is the value where the line crosses the y-axis. Because geometrical objects whose edges are line segments are completely understood, mathematicians frequently try to reduce more complex structures into simpler ones made up of connected line segments. Digital Subscriber Line assembly line Curzon Line International Date Line line integral Line Islands Maginot Line Mason Dixon Line McMahon Line Oder Neisse Line ship of the line tangent line Eastern Air Lines Inc. Fraunhofer lines Greyhound Lines Inc
- The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad
- The equator
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed a commercial organization serving as a common carrier a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
- If you read between the lines, you understand what someone really means, or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly. Reading between the lines, it seems neither Cole nor Ledley King will be going to Japan
- A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties. the California state line. = border
- A line is the conductor (usually two wires designated tip and ring) that connects the customer's equipment (telephone, Private Branch Exchange (PBX), etc ) to the Central Office (CO) switch/switching equipment
- A one-dimensional arc defined by at least two pairs of x,y coordinates A line feature is used to depicted a geographic feature not appropriate to be represented as a polygon Lines have length but no area
- If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem. Passport checks will remain the first line of defence against terrorists
- If one object is in line with others, or moves into line with others, they are arranged in a line. You can also say that a number of objects are in line or move into line. The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever Venus, the Sun and Earth all moved into line
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- the main direction of an attack (eg , high/low, inside/outside), often equated to the parry that must be made to deflect the attack; also point in line
- be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
- The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working
- be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank
- A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies. Negotiators say they're keeping communication lines open. the guerrillas' main supply lines
- A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates. They've got to ride all the way to the end of the line I would be able to stay on the Piccadilly Line and get off the tube at South Kensington
- A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line
- You can use line to refer to the way in which someone's thoughts or activities develop, particularly if it is logical. What are some of the practical benefits likely to be of this line of research?
- a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
- The equator; usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the 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"
- An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness
- To impregnate (applied to brute animals)
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- You can use line when you are referring to a number of people who are ranked according to status. Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne the man who stands next in line for the presidency
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings
- A row of letters, words, etc
- 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"
- line and length
- the line and length of a ball considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's balls
- line art
- Artwork to be reproduced with one solid colour. Contrasted with artwork having tone or shading (halftones), or full colour (colour separations)
- line art
- Images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color)
- line bees
- to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight
- line break
- A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line
- line break
- A character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text; newline, line feed
- line break
- a break made through the opposition's defensive line
- line breaks
- plural form of line break
- line breeding
- Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother
- line code
- a code chosen for use within a communications system for transmission purposes
- line conch
- a spiral marine shell (Fasciolaria distans), of Florida and the West Indies, marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines
- line conches
- plural form of line conch
- line dance
- A dance in where a group of people perform the same dance while in a line
- line dances
- plural form of line dance
- line drive
- A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line
The line drive went straight into the shortstop's glove.
- line drives
- plural form of line drive
- line engraving
- A picture produced by printing from such an engraving
- line engraving
- Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved
- line feed
- On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one, two or one and a half lines (as set elsewhere) when executing a carriage return
- line feed
- The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display
- line feed
- To advance the page one line at a time, particularly in rapid succession
- line function
- Any primary business function that would affect customers or profits if interrupted
- line in the sand
- a defining moment, a cutoff point
- line integral
- An integral the domain of whose integrand is a curve
- line integrals
- plural form of line integral
- line item
- An item appearing on a single line in any schedule of information
- line item
- An item of revenue or expenditure in a budget or other financial statement or report
- line item
- A budget appropriation
- line items
- plural form of line item
- line manager
- The manager who is directly responsible for an employee
- line managers
- plural form of line manager
- line noise
- Data that looks random, as when outputting a binary file literally
- line noise
- Source code or a programming language that is terse and illegible. Write-only code or a write-only language
In short, Perl doesn't write illegible Perl, people do. If you can stop yourself being one of them, we can agree that Perl's reputation for looking like line noise is no more than a myth.
- line noise
- Spurious characters due to signal noise in a communications link
- line of battle
- The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver
- line of battle
- The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement
- line of beauty
- an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth)
- line of best fit
- : A line on a scatter plot that best defines or expresses the trend shown in the plotted points. It is chosen so that the sum of the squares of the distances from the points to the line is a minimum. It also illustrates the correlation (positive, negative, or zero (no) correlation) between the plotted variables
- line of centers
- A line which determines a dead center
- line of centers
- A line joining centers of figures
- line of centers
- A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers
- line of credit
- The maximum borrowable amount specified in such an agreement
- line of credit
- A financial agreement under which a bank or other lender agrees to provide a client with loans of money up to an approved limit during a predefined period. The client may borrow the entire credit amount all at once or in portions during the specified period
- line of dip
- A line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon
- line of fire
- The direction of weapons fire
- line of force
- an imaginary line in a field of force, whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the field at that point and whose number through unit area perpendicular to the field represents its intensity
- line of life
- a line on the palm of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life
- line of march
- Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching
- line of march
- Arrangement of troops for marching
- line of nodes
- The intersection of an orbiting object's orbital plane with the plane of reference
- line of operations
- that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object (H.W. Halleck)
- line of scrimmage
- Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play
- line of sight
- the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object
- line of sight
- A straight line along which an observer has a clear view
- line of succession
- An ordered sequence of named people who would succeed to a particular office upon the death, resignation or removal of the current occupant; constructed using the rules of an established order of succession
- line one's pockets
- To accumulate personal wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner
In most cases, the scofflaws didn't pay their corporate income tax or company owners lined their pockets with the IRS payroll taxes they'd collected from their employees.
- line plot
- A plotting of data above an axis to show frequency of data in each category
- line plots
- plural form of line plot
- line printer
- A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation
- line segment
- A part of a straight line bounded by two points
- line segments
- plural form of line segment
- line tub
- A tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled
- line up
- to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running
- line up
- Collectively, the members of a team
The manager fielded his strongest line-up for the game against United.
- line up
- The batting order
- line up
- A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end
- line up
- a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime
- line ups
- plural form of line up
- line weight
- The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke
- line weights
- plural form of line weight
- line-item veto
- the power of an executive in government to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually budget appropriations (without vetoing the entire legislative package)
I'm sorry the speaker isn't here, he's up on the hill on last-minute negotiations. He's going over his prenup and wants a line-item veto. (The West Wing, Season 2, Episode 18, Josh).
- line-out
- In rugby, a set piece where a player throws the ball into play, and both teams can contest for possession
- line of destiny
- A crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be; line of fate, line of Saturn, Saturn line
- line of fate
- A crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be; line of destiny, Saturn line
- line of saturn
- A crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be; line of destiny, Saturn line, line of fate
- line graph
- A graph that uses points connected by lines to show how something changes in value (as time goes by, or as something else happens)
- line management
- Administration of the line functions of an organization; administration of activities contributing directly to the organization's output
- line pitch
- Dot pitch (sometimes called line pitch, phosphor pitch or pixel pitch) is a specification for a computer display that describes the distance between phosphor dots (sub-pixels) or LCD cells of the same color on the inside of a display screen
- line segment
- In geometry, a line segment is a part of a line that is bounded by two end points, which have a finite length, and contains every point on the line between its end points. Examples of line segments include the sides of a triangle or square. More generally, when the end points are both vertices of a polygon, the line segment is either an edge (of that polygon) if they are adjacent vertices, or otherwise a diagonal
- line-dot-line
- letters in Morse code
- lined
- Simple past tense and past participle of line
- lined
- Having lines, ruled
For handwritten work Fred preferred lined paper to plain.
- lines
- Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy
- lines
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of line
- lines
- plural form of line
- lining
- A covering for the inside surface of something
The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
- lining
- Present participle of line
- lining
- The act of attaching such a covering
- lining
- {n} the inner covering of any thing
- line feed
- (Bilgisayar) Often abbreviated LF, a line feed is a code that moves the cursor on a display screen down one line. In the ASCII character set, a line feed has a decimal value of 10. On printers, a line feed advances the paper one line. Some printers have a button labeled LF that executes a line feed when pressed. (Note, however, that the printer must be in off-line mode to execute a line feed.)
- line manager
- A manager to whom an employee is directly responsible
- Line feed
- lf
- Line of Business
- lob
- Line of sight
- los
- Line of sight
- axes
- line extension
- A new product marketed by an organization that already has at least one other product being sold in that product/market area Line extensions are usually new flavors, sizes, models, applications, strengths, and so on
- line extension
- A section of electric or telephone line that a utility needs for connecting service to a new customer
- line extension
- The development of individual offerings that appeal to different market segments but are closely related to the existing product line
- line extension
- A means for providing ISDN at distances beyond the normal limit between the central office and your location
- line extension
- A form of derivative product that adds or modifies features without significantly changing the product functionality
- line extension
- A form of derivative product that adds or modifies features without significantly changing the price See: Rapid Prototyping, FDM, Stereo Lithography, SLS
- line extension
- A product that is closely related to existing products in the line, but meets different customer needs p 305
- line extension
- Using a successful brand name to introduce additional items in a given product category under the same brand name, such as new flavors, forms, colors, added ingredients, or package sizes
- line extension
- A form of derivative product that adds or modifies features without significantly changing the price
- line feed
- advance of one line
- line feed
- Printer function that advances the paper one line, generally 1/6 in
- line feed
- Part of the normal behavior of pressing the Enter key on a keyboard that causes the cursor to go to the beginning of the next line In Telnet, this behavior sometimes needs to be turned off, resulting in an option to have a carriage return (for example, the Enter key) either with or without a line feed
- line feed
- A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space
- line feed
- Sending the Line Feed control character to the printer causes the print head to advance one line On some printers it also causes the print head to return to the left of the carriage
- line feed
- the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
- line item
- -a single detail record
- line item
- an item in an appropriation bill; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets"
- line item
- (direct line item expense): an expense specified by an individual entry in a project budget
- line item
- A specific and unique identifier assigned to a product by the responsible enterprise
- line item
- Refers to any line of an appropriations act which provides for expenditure authorization
- line item
- Used interchangeably with "Account" (See ACCOUNT) Line items are the lowest and most detailed level of expenditure classification Groups of similar expenditure line items or accounts are known as budget objects
- line item
- A single line entry on a reporting form or sale document which indicates a quantity of property located at any one activity having the same description, condition code, and unit cost
- line item
- an item in an appropriation bill; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets
- line item
- A unique item from a product line on which inventory and other records are kept Usually identified with a specific number for reference
- line item
- A single item, especially of a legislative appropriations bill: Most governors have the power to veto line items of the proposed state budget
- line manager
- (1) The manager of any group that actually makes a product or performs a service (2) A functional manager
- line manager
- Your line manager is the person at work who is in charge of your department, group, or project
- line manager
- 1) The manager of any group that actually makes a product or performs a service 2) A functional manager
- line manager
- 1 The manager of any group that actually makes a product or performs a service 2 A functional manager
- line of business
- particular kind of commercial business
- line of sight
- line of direct vision, imaginary line that demonstrates what can be seen; imaginary straight line between one object and another
- line of sight
- Your line of sight is an imaginary line that stretches between your eye and the object that you are looking at. He was trying to keep out of the bird's line of sight
- line of sight
- an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
- line of sight
- (Ticaret) Network communication systems that require a direct, unblocked path to transmit data
- line up
- 1 (aka: "align") position/direct/orient the body and/or club toward an intended target 2 assessing the direction of a shot or putt Example: 1 She thought she had lined up straight but her shot was well right of the green 2 The gallery was quiet as Weir lined up his eagle putt "
- line up
- If people line up or if you line them up, they move so that they are standing in a line. The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows The gym teachers lined us up against the cement walls When he came back the sergeant had lined up the terrorists
- line up
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
- line up
- 1 ( also "align") position/direct/orient the body and/or club 2 assessing the direction of a shot or putt Example: She was lined up to the right even though she felt like she was square to the target 2 The gallery was quiet as Carmichael lined up his eagle putt
- line up
- If you line things up, you move them into a straight row. I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play He finished polishing the cocktail glasses and lined them up behind the bar
- line up
- form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly
- line up
- to place vertically -- " when one number has fewer digits than the other, it is written with the units digit lined up " (81)
- line up
- arrange in ranks; "dress troops"
- line up
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
- line up
- If you line up an event or activity, you arrange for it to happen. If you line someone up for an event or activity, you arrange for them to be available for that event or activity. She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors Bob Dylan is lining up a two-week UK tour for the New Year. see also line-up
- line up
- If you line one thing up with another, or one thing lines up with another, the first thing is moved into its correct position in relation to the second. You can also say that two things line up, or are lined up. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you Gas cookers are adjustable in height to line up with your kitchen work top Mahoney had lined up two of the crates When the images line up exactly, the projectors should be fixed in place All we have to do is to get the two pieces lined up properly. = align
- line up
- (1) The centering of the image in the camera at the film plane (2) The positioning of printed matter on a press sheet to top
- line up
- form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"
- line up
- number of suspects assembled to be identified by a witness or victim (generally at a police station); form a line
- line up
- form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"
- lined
- (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face"
- lined
- Having visible lines or wrinkles
- lined
- having a lining or liner or a liner; often used in combination; "a lined skirt"; "a silk-lined jacket"
- lined
- (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face
- lined
- If someone's face or skin is lined, it has lines on it as a result of old age, tiredness, worry, or illness. His lined face was that of an old man
- lined
- bordered by a line of things; "tree lined streets"