Lines

Word LINES
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /laɪnz/

Definitions and meanings of "Lines"

What do we mean by lines?

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lines

The word "lines" in example sentences

For cutting lines and removing the insulation at the lines’ ends suitable tools will be employed like side cutting pliers, cable strippers, stripping tools or automatic wire stripping pliers. ❋ Werner Boschitsch (1991)

If letters or words require to be altered to make them more conspicuous a parallel line or lines must be made underneath the word or letter -- namely, for capitals, _three lines_; for small capitals, ❋ Various (N/A)

The _extent of the staff_ may be increased either above or below by the addition of short lines called _leger lines_, [4] and notes may be written on either these lines or on the spaces above and below them. ❋ Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1928)

Such lines between operators have come to be known as _trunk lines_, because of the obvious analogy to trunk lines of railways between common centers, and such a system of telephone lines may be called a ❋ George Patterson (1910)

Others extracted from the sayings of Michael Angelo the precept that serpentine undulating lines were the true _lines of beauty_. ❋ Benedetto Croce (1909)

_Suppose countless lines radiating_ from its _centre_ on every side, and it _resists_ along each of these _lines_ and _coheres_ along each of these _lines_. ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

The next step is to locate the contour lines of the land, or the lines of equal elevation, — also called the _horizontal lines_, — which serve to show the shape of the surface. ❋ Unknown (1865)

The answer was -- 'No, _all the lines on the Continent_ are now _Morse lines_.' ❋ Unknown (1831)

The term _maneuver-lines_ I apply to momentary strategic lines, often adopted for a single temporary maneuver, and which are by no means to be confounded with the real _lines of operations_. ❋ Henri Jomini (1824)

Posts: 1,155 echo "There are $lines lines in $file" ❋ Tehbing (2010)

System. out.println ( "The number of lines is:" +lines); ❋ The_Famous (2009)

This sympathy he expressed to those in power, and we believe that it was owing to his representations that one of the most splendid offers of help for our soldiers ever suggested was made by his chief, the editor of the 'Daily Mail,' when he proposed to equip, regardless of expense, an ambulance to the Soudan, organised on lines which would secure, for our sick and wounded, _skilled nursing on modern lines_, such nursing as the system in vogue at the War Office denies to them. ❋ G. W. Steevens (N/A)

Such _empathic, _ attributed, movements of lines are therefore intrinsic qualities of the shapes whose active perception has called them forth in our imagination and feeling; and being qualities of the shapes, they inevitably change with every alteration which a shape undergoes, every shape, actively perceived, having its own special _movement of lines; _ and every _movement of lines, _ or _combination of movements of lines_ existing in proportion as we go over and over again the particular shape of which it is a quality. ❋ Vernon Lee (1895)

it begins as a tiny pea seething under my skin& etches thin lines a burning collection of lines& half-letters. the flesh around it burns dark matter black. a sprouting from the inside out, feels as flowering along the way, feels as grizzled mass pit in my gut& spikes jutting as fangs of liquid sharp. my scream is ultimate animal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

_somehow nohow_, two lines here and _no lines_ there, with a great gap of water in the middle of them. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)

Just as extreme liberals are likely to see too much grey, and thus feel that crossing certain lines is perfectly acceptable, sometimes just for the sake of trying something new or trying to change something merely for the sake of change, so too are extreme conservatives likely to be overly prone to a refusal to move their world view, to CONSERVE their world view, regardless of the evidence brought against said world view. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Probing deep-water structure with light-colored jigs and small worms on thin lines is a good tactic. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So on average, a significantly greater fraction of the time spent waiting in lines is spent in slow-moving lines than in fast-moving lines. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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