Line

What do we mean by line?

To fit a covering to the inside surface of. transitive verb

To cover the inner surface of. transitive verb

To fill plentifully, as with money or food. transitive verb

(line (one's) pockets) To make a profit, especially by illegitimate means. idiom

A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction. noun

A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface. noun

A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface. noun

A crease in the skin, especially on the face; a wrinkle. noun

A real or imaginary mark positioned in relation to fixed points of reference. noun

A degree or circle of longitude or latitude drawn on a map or globe. noun

The equator. Used with the. noun

A border or boundary. noun

A demarcation. noun

A contour or an outline. noun

A mark used to define a shape or represent a contour. noun

Any of the marks that make up the formal design of a picture. noun

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.

A hose or pipe, of any size.

Direction, path.

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.

A clothesline.

A letter, a written form of communication.

A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.

A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.

The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.

A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.

A measuring line or cord.

That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.

Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).

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.

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.

A small amount of text. Specifically:

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.

A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

A measure of length:

A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.

(1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.

The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.

Instruction; doctrine.

Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.

(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.

A group of forwards that play together.

A vascular catheter.

Words that are spelled similarly to line:
line.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word line:
subway, trains, metro, freight, commuter, gauge, junction, sixty, terminus, railway, rail, platforms, connecting, passenger, station, connects, eighteen, those, railroad, transit, lines, tunnel, age, opened, stations, branch, connect, extension, loop, platform, succession, depot, elevated, closed, extended, avenue, none, operated, under.

Words that rhyme with line:
design, sign, pine, fein, fine, vine, benign, divine, align, wine, genuine, shine, mine, decline, assign, outline, asinine, undermine, define, online, supine, opine, streamline, pipeline, brine, malign, combine, whine, baseline, nine, byzantine, resign, incline, bovine, spine, confine, refine, deadline, concubine, shrine, canine, lifeline, tine, moonshine, grapevine, consign, stein, devine, sine, endocrine, lupine, enshrine, outshine, frontline, sunshine, thine, dine, equine, alkaline, alpine, feline, sideline, chine, twine, aline, guideline, porcupine, swine, iodine, valentine, tagline, intertwine, byline, headline, serpentine, saccharine, storyline, stine, zine, cline, borderline, spline, crystalline, airline, eglantine, turpentine, affine, dopamine, hotline, trine, quinine, punchline, underline, skyline, entwine, ballantine, palatine, rine, clementine, columbine.

Adjectives that are often used to describe line:
straight, first, long, bottom, second, last, single, horizontal, main, dotted, solid, vertical, front, direct, thin, median, third, middle, fine, continuous, sharp, lateral, curved, red, clear, hard, double, male, imaginary, centre, dark, broken, top, heavy, blue, diagonal, fourth, narrow, unbroken, female, official, thick, yard, melodic, defensive, plumb, blank, coast, royal, south, oblique, famous, wavy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective line:
system, method, systems, therapy, services, treatment, stanzas, sight, depreciation, service, analysis, processing, workers, supervisors, stanza, arguments, segments, basis, drawing, staff, options, drawings, poem, interface, control, approach, troops, voltage, access, tool, monitoring, data, managers, curve, help, segment, drugs, model, trenches, supervisor, agents, spectrum, production, diagram, tools, ups, mode, utility, version, relationship, units, distance, option, operation, program, motion, techniques, measurements, management, measurement, companies, agent, drug, argument, engraving, pattern, switch, portion, storage, applications, fishing, spectra, filter, shape, databases, business, length, computer, graph, technique, parameters, operations, package, path.

Consonant match to line:
lean, learn, loan, lien, lane, leen, lawn, loon, lone, lain, lin, loin, lan, lown, lynn, lun, lon, len, ligne, lein, linn, laine, lene, lyn, ln, layne, lyne, lunn, lynne, linne, linh, laun, lohn, lign-, lahn, lann, luhn, lehn, lehne, le in, lysne.

Words that sound like line:
line, lyne, lign, lane, lean, lawn, lime, lone, loan, lin, lynn, loon, lan, len, lyn, loin, lon, lain, lien, leen, leanne, lynne, lune, linn, lyme, lun, layne, laine, lown, lene, lein, ln, laun, linh, logn, lunn, linne, laan, lenn, lann, llin, loun, lwn, lahn, lohn, luhn, llan, leine, laune, lonn, lehn, llyn, lehne, lisne, lnw, learn, lame, lamb, align, lem, lam, lang, aline, klein, cline, leng, kline, lai, lange, lern, leam, leung, laim, langue, leem, eline, clyne, lawm, leong, lahm, kleine, lamm, alline, lambe, lemm, leme, lamme, a line, laie, -ling, lemn, b-line, leina, laam, erline, leiner, earline, leim, a-line, leeme.