What is line?

More definitions of "line":

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

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

• (noun): Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising.
  Synonyms: agate 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): Fill plentifully.
  Example: "Line one's pockets"

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

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

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

• (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"

• (noun): (often plural) a means of communication or access.
  Synonyms: channel, communication channel

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

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

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

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

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

• (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"

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

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

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

• (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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (noun): Acting in conformity.
  Example: "In line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the 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): A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.
  Synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam

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

Famous quotes containing the word line:

“This wild night, gathering the washing as if it were flowers
animal vines twisting over the line and
slapping my face lightly, soundless merriment
in the gesticulations of shirtsleeves ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)

“Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)