| Sounds | lay'n | |
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| Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... | |
| Meaning | A formation of people or things one beside another. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | chorus, chorus line | A body of dancers or singers who perform together |
| diagonal | An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard | |
| linemen | The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage | |
| lineup, police lineup, identity parade | A line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification | |
| rank | A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another | |
| rivet line | A line of rivets at a seam | |
| row | An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line | |
| Broader | formation | An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
| Spanish | columna, fila | |
| Catalan | columna, fila | |
| Meaning | A mark that is long relative to its width. | |
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| Example | "He drew a line on the chart" | |
| Narrower | ascender | (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters |
| bar line | A vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars | |
| cross hair, cross wire | Either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration | |
| descender | (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters | |
| dotted line | A line made up of dots or dashes | |
| graduation | A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | |
| guideline | A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | |
| hairline | A very thin line | |
| isometric line, isometric | A line connecting isometric points / points | |
| ledger line, leger line | A short line | |
| serif, seriph | A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | |
| shaft | A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer | |
| spectrum line | An isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency | |
| squiggle, curlicue | A short twisting line | |
| staff line | Any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff | |
| trend line | A line on a graph indicating a statistical trend | |
| Broader | mark, print | A visible indication made on a surface |
| Verbs | line | make a mark or lines on a surface |
| line | mark with lines | |
| Meaning | A formation of people or things one behind another. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | conga line | A line of people in single file performing the conga dance |
| diagonal | An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard | |
| file, single file, Indian file | A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other | |
| line of march | The arrangement of people in a line for marching | |
| line of succession | The order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position | |
| picket line | A line of people acting as pickets | |
| queue, waiting line | A line of people or vehicles waiting for something | |
| trap line | A line or series of traps | |
| Broader | formation | An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
| Spanish | cola, fila | |
| Catalan | cua, fila | |
| Verbs | line | be in line with |
| Meaning | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. | |
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| Narrower | boundary, edge, bound | A line determining the limits of an area |
| centerline, center line | A line that bisects a plane figure | |
| curve | A line on a graph representing data | |
| curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | |
| geodesic, geodesic line | (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere) | |
| perimeter | A line enclosing a plane areas | |
| straight line | A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction | |
| Broader | shape, form | The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance |
| Spanish | línea | |
| Catalan | línia | |
| Meaning | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen. | |
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| Examples |
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| Part of | letter, missive | A written message addressed to a person or organization |
| stanza | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | |
| Narrower | actor's line, speech, words | words making up the dialogue of a play |
| bottom line | The last line in an audit / audit | |
| by-line, credit line | A line giving the name of the writer of a story or article | |
| dateline | A line at the beginning of a news article giving the date / date and place of origin of the news dispatch | |
| heading, header, head | A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | |
| line of poetry, line of verse | A single line of words in a poem | |
| opening line | The first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story) | |
| orphan | The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column | |
| punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line | The point of a joke or humorous story | |
| sound bite | A very short / short speech | |
| verse, verse line | A line of metrical text | |
| Broader | text, textual matter | The words of something written |
| Spanish | frase, línea, renglón, verso | |
| Catalan | frase, línia, melodia | |
| Adjectives | interlinear, interlineal | written between lines of text |
| Meaning | A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum. | |
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| Part of | electromagnetic spectrum | The entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves |
| Broader | electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation | Radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge |
| Meaning | A fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops). | |
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| Example | "they attacked the enemy's line" | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | battle line | The line along which warring troops meet |
| battlefront, front, front line | The line along which opposing armies face each other | |
| firing line | The line from which soldiers deliver fire | |
| line of battle | A line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack | |
| Broader | military position, position | A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons |
| Spanish | línea | |
| Meaning | A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning. | |
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| Example | "I can't follow your line of reasoning" | |
| Synonyms | argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning | |
| Narrower | casuistry | argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading |
| line of inquiry, line of questioning | An ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument | |
| policy | A line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government | |
| Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought | Thinking that is coherent and logical |
| Spanish | argumentación, argumento lógico, argumento | |
| Catalan | argumentació, argument lògic, argument | |
| Meaning | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. | |
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| Synonyms | cable, transmission line | |
| Part of | cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service | A television system that transmits over cables |
| telephone system, phone system | A communication system that transmits sound between distant points | |
| Narrower | coaxial cable, coax, coax cable | A transmission line for high-frequency signals |
| electrical cable | A cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations | |
| fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable | A cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light | |
| power line, power cable | cable used to distribute electricity | |
| printer cable | A cable between a computer and a printer | |
| Broader | conductor | A device designed to transmit electricity, heat / heat, etc. |
| Spanish | cable eléctrico, cable, línea de transmisión, línea | |
| Catalan | cable, línia de transmissió | |
| Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. | |
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| Example | "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" | |
| Synonym | course | |
| Narrower | stream, flow, current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas |
| Broader | series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
| Spanish | curso, hilera, línea, transcurso, trayectoria, trazado | |
| Catalan | curs, línia, trajectòria | |
| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. | |
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| Example | "his face has many lines" | |
| Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam | |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line | A wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes |
| dermatoglyphic | The lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | |
| frown line | A facial wrinkle associated with frowning | |
| line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn | A crease on the palm | |
| line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line | A crease on the palm | |
| line of life, life line, lifeline | A crease on the palm | |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| Spanish | arruga, surco | |
| Catalan | arruga, solc | |
| Verbs | line | mark with lines |
| Meaning | A pipe used to transport liquids / liquids or gases. | |
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| Example | "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" | |
| Synonym | pipeline | |
| Instances | Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline | An oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez |
| Narrower | gas line | A pipeline used to transport / transport natural gas |
| oil pipeline | A pipeline used to transport / transport oil | |
| Broader | pipe, pipage, piping | A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. |
| Spanish | tubería de distribución, tubería | |
| Meaning | The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. | |
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| Synonyms | railway line, rail line | |
| Parts | railroad bed | A bed on which railroad track is laid |
| railroad track, railroad, railway | A line of track providing a runway for wheels | |
| Narrower | branch line, spur track, spur | A railway line connected to a trunk line |
| trunk line, trunk route | Line that is the main route on a railway | |
| Broader | road, route | An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation / transportation |
| Spanish | ferrolínea, línea férrea, línea ferroviaria, línea, vía del tren, vía | |
| Catalan | línia fèrria, línia, via del tren, via fèrria | |
| Meaning | A telephone connection. | |
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| Synonyms | telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line | |
| Narrower | WATS, WATS line | A telephone line |
| digital subscriber line, DSL | A generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds | |
| hot line | A direct telephone line between two officials | |
| land line, landline | A telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits | |
| party line | A telephone line serving two or more subscribers | |
| private line | A telephone line serving a single subscriber | |
| toll line | A telephone line for long-distance calls | |
| trunk line | A telephone line connecting two exchanges directly | |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective | An instrumentality that connects |
| Spanish | circuito telefónico, línea de teléfono, línea, línea telefónica | |
| Catalan | línia telefònica | |
| Meaning | Acting in conformity. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance | Acting according to certain accepted standards |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. | |
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| Example | "his entire lineage has been warriors" | |
| Synonyms | lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
| side | A family line of descent | |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree | successive generations of kin |
| Spanish | abolengo, árbol genealógico, ascendencia, casta, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, línea de descendencia, línea de sangre, línea, origen, parentela, parentesco, pedigrí, saga, sangre | |
| Catalan | descendència, estirp, llinatge, nissaga, origen, pedigrí | |
| Adjectives | lineal | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
| Meaning | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible. | |
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| Example | "a washing line" | |
| Parts | bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt |
| drip loop | A downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building | |
| Narrower | becket | (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other |
| cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads | |
| lanyard, laniard | (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships | |
| lifeline | Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | |
| lifeline | Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | |
| mooring, mooring line | (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place | |
| painter | A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) | |
| ratline, ratlin | (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship | |
| rope | A strong line | |
| sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | |
| shroud | A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute | |
| strand | Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | |
| towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope | (nautical) a rope used in towing | |
| trace | Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree | |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
| Spanish | línea | |
| Catalan | línia | |
| Meaning | (often plural) a means of communication or access. | |
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| Example | "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" | |
| Synonyms | channel, communication channel | |
| Narrower | back channel | An alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements / agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government) |
| lens | (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood | |
| liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication | A channel for communication between groups | |
| spiel, patter, line of gab | Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) | |
| Broader | communication, communicating | The activity of communicating |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Meaning | A particular kind of product or merchandise. | |
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| Example | "a nice line of shoes" | |
| Synonyms | product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business | |
| Parts | top of the line | The best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise |
| Narrower | sideline | An auxiliary line of merchandise |
| Broader | merchandise, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
| Meaning | A commercial organization serving as a common carrier. | |
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| Part of | transportation system, transportation, transit | A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
| Narrower | airline, airline business, airway | A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers |
| railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | |
| steamship company, steamship line | A line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships | |
| transit line | A line providing public transit | |
| Broader | carrier, common carrier | A person or firm in the business of transporting / transporting people or goods or messages |
| Spanish | línea | |
| Catalan | línia | |
| Meaning | Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising. | |
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| Synonym | agate line | |
| Broader | area unit, square measure | A system of units used to measure areas |
| Meaning | The maximum credit that a customer is allowed. | |
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| Synonyms | credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit | |
| Narrower | consumer credit | A line of credit extended for personal or household use |
| Broader | credit | money available for a client to borrow |
| Spanish | línea de crédito, línea de crédito personal | |
| Catalan | línia de crèdit, línia de crèdit personal | |
| Meaning | persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | persuasion, suasion | The act of persuading / persuading (or attempting to persuade / persuade) |
| Meaning | A short / short personal letter. | |
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| Example | "drop me a line when you get there" | |
| Synonyms | note, short letter, billet | |
| Narrower | excuse | A note explaining an absence |
| Broader | personal letter | A letter dealing with personal affairs |
| Spanish | línea | |
| Catalan | línia | |
| Meaning | A conceptual separation or distinction. | |
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| Example | "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" | |
| Synonyms | dividing line, demarcation, contrast | |
| Narrower | Rubicon, point of no return | A line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
| Broader | differentiation, distinction | A discrimination between things as different and distinct / distinct |
| Spanish | contraste, demarcación, línea divisoria, línea | |
| Catalan | línia divisòria | |
| Meaning | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. | |
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| Synonyms | production line, assembly line | |
| Part of | factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory | A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
| Parts | conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter | A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) |
| Broader | mechanical system | A system of elements that interact on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | cadena de montaje, cadena | |
| Catalan | cadena de muntatge, cadena de producció | |
| Meaning | Be in line with; form a line along. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "trees line the riverbank" | |
| Synonym | run along | |
| Narrower | rim | Run around the rim of |
| Broader | lie | Be located or situated somewhere |
| Spanish | alinearse | |
| Catalan | alinear, arrenglerar, delinear | |
| Nouns | line | a formation of people or things one behind another |
| Meaning | Cover the interior of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | babbitt | Line with a Babbitt metal |
| crib | Line with beams or planks | |
| face | Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material | |
| reline | Provide with a new lining | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Spanish | forrar | |
| Catalan | folrar | |
| Nouns | liner, lining | a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment |
| lining | the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) | |
| lining | a protective covering that protects an inside surface | |
| Meaning | make a mark or lines on a surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | trace, draw, describe, delineate | |
| Entailed by | chalk | Write, draw, or trace with chalk |
| charcoal | Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | |
| doodle | make a doodle | |
| pencil | Write, draw, or trace with a pencil | |
| Narrower | circumscribe | Draw a line around |
| circumscribe | To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | |
| construct | Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | |
| inscribe | Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible | |
| write | mark or trace on a surface | |
| Broader | mark | make or leave a mark on |
| Similar to | draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
| draw | Engage in drawing | |
| Spanish | delinear, dibujar, pintar, rayar, trazar | |
| Catalan | calcar, delinear, dibuixar, esbossar, traçar | |
| Nouns | line | a mark that is long relative to its width |
| lineation | the act of marking or outlining with lines | |
| lineation | the line that appears to bound an object | |
| Meaning | mark with lines. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "sorrow had lined his face" | |
| Narrower | crisscross | mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines |
| hatch | Draw, cut, or engrave / engrave / engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper | |
| reline | put new lines on | |
| Broader | score, nock, mark | make small marks into the surface of |
| Spanish | arrugar | |
| Nouns | line | a mark that is long relative to its width |
| line | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | |
| lineation | the act of marking or outlining with lines | |
| lineation | the line that appears to bound an object | |
| Meaning | Fill plentifully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "line one's pockets" | |
| Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| Spanish | forrar | |
| Catalan | folrar | |
| Meaning | reinforce with fabric. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "lined books are more enduring" | |
| Broader | reinforce, reenforce | make stronger |
| Spanish | revestir | |
| Catalan | revestir | |
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