What is line?

More definitions of "line":

• (noun): Mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it.
  Synonyms: production line, assembly line

• (noun): A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.
  Synonyms: cable, transmission line

• (noun): A telephone connection.
  Synonyms: telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line

• (noun): A conceptual separation or demarcation.
  Example: "There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
  Synonyms: dividing line, demarcation, contrast

• (noun): A connected series of events or actions or developments.
  Synonyms: course

• (noun): A formation of people or things one beside another.
  Example: "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"

• (verb): Mark with lines.
  Example: "Sorrow had lined his face"

• (noun): Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.
  Example: "The letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

• (verb): Be in line with; form a line along.
  Example: "Trees line the riverbank"
  Synonyms: run along

• (noun): Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.
  Example: "A washing line"

• (noun): A formation of people or things one behind another.
  Example: "The line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"

• (noun): The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
  Example: "He's not in my line of business"
  Synonyms: occupation, business, job, line of work

• (noun): A mark that is long relative to its width.
  Example: "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"

• (noun): The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed.
  Synonyms: railway line, rail line

• (verb): Reinforce with fabric.
  Example: "Lined books are more enduring"

• (noun): A fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops).
  Example: "They attacked the enemy's line"

• (noun): The maximum credit that a customer is allowed.
  Synonyms: credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit

• (verb): Cover the interior of (garments).
  Example: "Line the gloves"

• (noun): A commercial organization serving as a common carrier.

• (noun): A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum.

• (noun): The methodical process of logical reasoning.
  Example: "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
  Synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning

• (verb): Fill plentifully.
  Example: "Line one's pockets"

• (verb): Make a mark or lines on a surface.
  Example: "Draw a line"
  Synonyms: trace, draw, describe, delineate

• (noun): A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.

• (noun): Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising.
  Synonyms: agate line

• (noun): A short personal letter.
  Example: "Drop me a line when you get there"
  Synonyms: note, short letter, billet

• (noun): In games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area.

• (noun): The descendants of one individual.
  Synonyms: lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

• (noun): A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point.

• (noun): A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
  Synonyms: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase

• (noun): A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.
  Synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam

• (noun): A pipe used to transport liquids or gases.
  Synonyms: pipeline

• (noun): Acting in conformity.
  Example: "In line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"

• (noun): A particular kind of product or merchandise.
  Example: "A nice line of shoes"
  Synonyms: product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business

Famous quotes containing the word line:

“When all this is over, you know what I’m going to do? I’m gonna get married, gonna have about six kids. I’ll line ‘em up against the wall and tell them what it was like here in Burma. If they don’t cry, I’ll beat the hell out of ‘em.”
—Samuel Fuller, U.S. screenwriter, and Milton Sperling. Samuel Fuller. Barney, Merrill’s Marauders (1962)

“Too many girls follow the line of least resistance—but a good line is hard to resist.”
—Raoul Walsh, U.S. screenwriter. Frisco Doll (Mae West)

“Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)