line

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from , from.

Influenced in by, from. More at.

The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

Noun

 * 1) A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
 * 2)  An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
 * 3)  A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
 * 4)  An edge of a graph.
 * 5)  A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
 * 6)  The equator.
 * 7)  One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
 * 8)  The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
 * 9)  The goal line.
 * 10)  A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
 * 11) A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
 * 12) A hose or pipe, of any size.
 * 13) Direction, path.
 * 14) A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
 * In order to maintain a consistency in the defense, I will follow the line established by attorney Jacobs of allowing the prosecution to suggest motives, and then refuting them.
 * 1) The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
 * 2) A clothesline.
 * 3) A letter, a written form of communication.
 * 4) A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
 * 5)  A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
 * 6) The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
 * 7) A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
 * 8)  A measuring line or cord.
 * 9) That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
 * 10)  A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
 * 11) ; feature; figure (of one's body).
 * 12)  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.
 * 13)  The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
 * 14)  A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
 * 15)  A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare.
 * 16) A small amount of text. Specifically:
 * 17) A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
 * 18) A verse (in poetry).
 * 19) A sentence of dialogue, especially  in a play, movie, or the like.
 * 20) A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
 * 21) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
 * 22) The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
 * 23)  Information about or understanding of something.
 * 24) A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
 * 25) * 1890, Illinois State Dairymen's Association, Annual Report (volume 16, page 21)
 * Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in their lines, and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production.
 * 1)  A number of shares taken by a jobber.
 * 2) Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
 * 3)  A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
 * 4) One twelfth of an inch.
 * 5) One sixteenth of an inch.
 * 6) One fortieth of an inch.
 * 7)  A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
 * 8)  The batter's box.
 * 9)  The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
 * 10)  Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
 * 11) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
 * 12)  ; doctrine.
 * 13)  A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
 * 14) (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
 * 15)  A group of forwards that play together.
 * 16)  A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
 * 17)  A vascular catheter.
 * 1) A small amount of text. Specifically:
 * 2) A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
 * 3) A verse (in poetry).
 * 4) A sentence of dialogue, especially  in a play, movie, or the like.
 * 5) A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
 * 6) Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
 * 7) The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
 * 8)  Information about or understanding of something.
 * 9) A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
 * 10) * 1890, Illinois State Dairymen's Association, Annual Report (volume 16, page 21)
 * Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in their lines, and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production.
 * 1)  A number of shares taken by a jobber.
 * 2) Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
 * 3)  A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
 * 4) One twelfth of an inch.
 * 5) One sixteenth of an inch.
 * 6) One fortieth of an inch.
 * 7)  A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
 * 8)  The batter's box.
 * 9)  The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
 * 10)  Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
 * 11) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
 * 12)  ; doctrine.
 * 13)  A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
 * 14) (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
 * 15)  A group of forwards that play together.
 * 16)  A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
 * 17)  A vascular catheter.
 * 1)  A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
 * 2) One twelfth of an inch.
 * 3) One sixteenth of an inch.
 * 4) One fortieth of an inch.
 * 5)  A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
 * 6)  The batter's box.
 * 7)  The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
 * 8)  Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
 * 9) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
 * 10)  ; doctrine.
 * 11)  A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
 * 12) (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
 * 13)  A group of forwards that play together.
 * 14)  A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
 * 15)  A vascular catheter.
 * 1) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
 * 2)  ; doctrine.
 * 3)  A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
 * 4) (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
 * 5)  A group of forwards that play together.
 * 6)  A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
 * 7)  A vascular catheter.
 * 1)  A vascular catheter.

Quotations

 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * c. 300 BC,, ', Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885', Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid'' , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by  on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
 * A line is length without breadth.
 * A line is length without breadth.

Related terms

 * curve, point, segment

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Bashkir: бау, арҡан
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: linje
 * Dutch: ,
 * Ewe: ka
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Galician:, , tralla
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Luhya: elaini
 * Macedonian: ја́же, ко́нец, га́јтан
 * Ottoman Turkish: ایپ, خلاط, طنب, ریسمان
 * Polish:
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 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
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 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: моту́зка, шнур,
 * Welsh: lein


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: خَطّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cızıq, ,
 * Bashkir: һыҙыҡ
 * Basque: marra
 * Belarusian: лі́нія,
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: yis̈hna
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: linje
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, joon
 * Ewe: fli
 * Farefare: foole
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γραμμή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: líne
 * Istriot: reîga
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: сызық
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ເສັ້ນ, ເສັ້ນຊື່
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya: elaini
 * Macedonian: ли́нија
 * Malay:
 * Manx: linney
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: lîngne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ли́нија, цр̏та
 * Roman: ,
 * Sindhi: ريکا
 * Slovak: čiara
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sundanese:
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 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: sälyiye
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: çyzyk
 * Udi: гицӏ
 * Ukrainian:, ри́са
 * Urdu:, لائن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: lìnia, ligna, riga
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: lein
 * Yiddish: ליניע, שטריך


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: rekto
 * Ewe: fli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: γραμμή, εὐθεῖα γραμμή
 * Gujarati:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: līnea, līnea rēcta, euthīa
 * Macedonian: пра́ва, ли́нија
 * Malayalam: നേർ‌രേഖ
 * Middle Persian: 𐫐𐫢
 * Navajo: ídzo
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, linie deaptă
 * Russian: ;
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: пряма́
 * Urdu:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: yis̈hna
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: rektosegmento, streko
 * Ewe: fli
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Macedonian: о́тсечка
 * Navajo: ídzo
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: segment (de dreaptă)
 * Russian:
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 * Afrikaans:, lyn
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: грани́ця


 * Afrikaans: meridiaan, skeerkring, lyn
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: koordinaattiviiva
 * German: Breitenkreis, Längenkreis
 * Irish: líne
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: линија
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: мередіа́н


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 * Afrikaans: maatband
 * Bulgarian: роле́тка
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, , sagola
 * Macedonian: ме́тро
 * Maori: mārōrō
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: metru (de măsură)
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: руле́тка


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Italian:
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 * Afrikaans:
 * Bashkir: йүнәлеш
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian: правец, насока
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: на́прям,


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Ewe: ka
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: líne
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ли́нија
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ли́ния свя́зи,
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: телефонна лінія
 * Welsh: lein


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: rivit,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
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 * Afrikaans: verbinding
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: distributionsled


 * Afrikaans: loopgraaf
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: лі́нія зі́ткнення


 * Afrikaans: kontoer,
 * Bashkir: һыҙыҡ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Farefare: beene
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: líne
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: гра́ница
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Swahili:


 * Italian:
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: црта, ли́нија
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: змо́ршка


 * Afrikaans: lyn,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
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 * Afrikaans: lyn, ry
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: صَفّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: ilara
 * Belarusian: чарга́
 * Bulgarian: опа́шка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: fli
 * Farefare: foole
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: code
 * Galician: fila
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στίχος
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: líne
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Luhya: elaini
 * Macedonian: ред
 * Maori: rārangi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ээлж дараалал
 * Plautdietsch: Rieej
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: שורה


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: fanteria d'assalto,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ریز
 * Russian: лине́йная пехо́та
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, , linea di parentela,
 * Macedonian: ли́нија
 * Maori: takiaho
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, насле́дственная ли́ния
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: роди́нна лі́нія


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Belarusian: радо́к
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: fli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სტრიქონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στίχος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: líne, clólíne
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: ред
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
 * Slovak: riadok
 * Spanish:, , (in poetry)
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: сатр,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Udi: тӏогъ
 * Ukrainian:, стрі́чка
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: lein
 * Yiddish: שורה


 * Afrikaans: vers
 * Bulgarian: стих
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: στίχος
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: стро́фа
 * Middle English: vers
 * Old Norse: vísuorð
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tamil: பாடல் அடி, கவிதை வரி
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: купле́т


 * Afrikaans: lyn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 臺詞//台詞//台词
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: rað
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ре́пліка


 * Afrikaans: visie,, lyn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: linea di condotta,
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: ли́нија
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: ,


 * Afrikaans: produklyn,
 * Dutch:, , productlijn,
 * Finnish:, tuotelinja
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: ли́нија
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: produktlinje,
 * Ukrainian: това́рна лі́нія


 * Swahili:


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 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: rihtaus
 * Italian:
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 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Line
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: лі́нієчка


 * Finnish:, solulinja
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
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 * Afrikaans:, , , , , ,
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:, ,  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:,  ,  ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
 * 2)  To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
 * 3)  To form a line along.
 * 4)  To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
 * 5)  To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
 * 6)  To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
 * 7)  To read or repeat line by line.
 * 8)  To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
 * 9)  To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
 * 10)  To measure.
 * 1)  To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
 * 2)  To read or repeat line by line.
 * 3)  To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
 * 4)  To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
 * 5)  To measure.
 * 1)  To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
 * 2)  To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
 * 3)  To measure.
 * 1)  To measure.

Quotations

 * 1897, Daniel Webster Davis, “De Linin’ ub de Hymns”, quoted in Jerma A. Jackson, “Exuberance or Restraint: Music and Religion after Reconstruction”, in Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age, Chapel Hill, N.C.:, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8078-2860-1 , page 15:
 * De young folks say ’tain’t stylish to lin’ ’um no mo’; / Dat deys got edikashun, an’ dey wants us all to know / Dey like to hab dar singin’-books a-holin’ fore dar eyes, / An’ sing de hymns right straight along “to manshuns in de skies”.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: строявам
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: reastama, järjestama, ritta seadma
 * Finnish: asettaa jonoon
 * Hungarian:, sorba rendez
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: постро́јува, подре́дува
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: asettaa varrelle
 * Macedonian: постро́јува
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, van
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: повле́кува
 * Portuguese:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Macedonian: исцртува
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lukea rivi riviltä
 * Swahili:


 * French:
 * Swahili:


 * German: ,
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
, itself from. Likely generalized via, , etc.

Noun

 * 1)  A group of people born in a certain year.

Translations

 * Japanese:
 * Korean:

Etymology 3
From. For more information, see the entry.

Alternative forms

 * lin

Noun

 * 1)  Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.

Quotations

 * , J. C. Atkinson (ed.), North Riding Record Society (publisher), Quarter sessions records VIII p. 52 (compilation of historical records published in 1890, as quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary in 1902):
 * To spin 2 lb. of line.
 * To spin 2 lb. of line.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * 1)  To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
 * 2)  To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
 * 1)  To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
 * 1)  To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
 * 1)  To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
 * 1)  To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.

Quotations

 * 1) To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
 * 1) To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: облицовам, подплатявам
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: malekskovri
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, ausfüttern,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: поставува, обложува
 * Occitan: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: آستارلامق
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Swahili:

Etymology 4
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1)  To copulate with, to impregnate.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Welsh:

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) line management
 * 2) editing (of a TV programme/program)

Etymology 1
From, from. Some forms and meanings are from Old French.

Noun

 * , cord
 * , rule, ruler, measure
 * 1)  rule, direction, command, edict
 * , straight mark; also a fictitious line
 * 1) (written), verse

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a  (a continuous mark through two or more points; a succession of ancestors or descendants; the stated position of an individual or group)

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) a  (a strong rope, cord, string, wire)

Etymology
From, from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Wāst þū nū þæt þū leornodest on eorþcræfte be ānre līnan āwritenre andlang middes ānes þōðres?


 * 1) rope, cable
 * 2) row, series
 * 3) direction, rule

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) you, you all;

Noun

 * 1)  lineout