Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [lahyn]
- /laɪn/
- /laɪn/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [lahyn]
- /laɪn/
Definitions of line word
- noun line a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood. 1
- verb without object line to take a position in a line; range (often followed by up): to line up before the start of a parade. 1
- verb without object line Baseball. to hit a line drive. to line out. 1
- verb with object line to cover the inner side or surface of: to line the coat with blue silk. 1
- verb with object line to serve to cover: Velvet draperies lined the walls of the room. 1
- verb with object line to furnish or fill: to line shelves with provisions. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of line
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English li(g)ne cord, rope, stroke, series, guiding rule, partly < Old French ligne ≪ Latin līnea, noun use of feminine of līneus flaxen (orig. applied to string), equivalent to līn(um) flax (see line2) + -eus -eous, partly continuing Old English līne string, row, series < Latin, as above
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Line
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
line popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
line usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for line
noun line
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- channel — A channel is a television station.
- streak — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
verb line
- touch — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- adjoin — If one room, place, or object adjoins another, they are next to each other.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- rim — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
adjective line
- linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
Antonyms for line
noun line
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
verb line
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
Top questions with line
- whose line is it anyway?
- what 's my line?
- how much does line x cost?
- whose line is it anyway cast?
- how to find the slope of a line?
- how to start a clothing line?
- what s my line?
- how to find equation of a line?
- where is the mason dickson line?
- how to make a line graph in excel?
- how to insert line in word?
- what is a line segment?
- where is the mason dixon line?
- florida georgia line this is how we roll?
- how to find slope of a line?