What is line?

More definitions of "line":

• (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (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

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

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

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

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

• (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 behind another.
  Example: "The line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"

• (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

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

Famous quotes containing the word line:

“We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice—that is, until we have stopped saying “It got lost,” and say, “I lost it.””
—Sydney J. Harris (b. 1917)

“I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land, and my home after all was down in de old cabin quarter, wid de ole folks, and my brudders and sisters. But to dis solemn resolution I came; I was free, and dey should be free also; I would make a home for dem in de North, and de Lord helping me, I would bring dem all dere.”
—Harriet Tubman (c. 1820–1913)

“I thank heaven for a man like Adolf Hitler, who built a front line of defense against the anti-Christ of Communism.”
—Frank Buchman (1878–1961)