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Lining

//ˈlaɪnɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A covering for the inside surface of something.

    "A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe."

  2. 2
    the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    The material used for such a covering.
  4. 4
    providing something with a surface of a different material wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of attaching such a covering.
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  1. 6
    a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment wordnet
  2. 7
    a protective covering that protects an inside surface wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of line form-of, gerund, participle, present

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