Lining
//ˈlaɪnɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) wordnet
- 3 The material used for such a covering.
- 4 providing something with a surface of a different material wordnet
- 5 The act of attaching such a covering.
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- 6 a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment wordnet
- 7 a protective covering that protects an inside surface wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of line form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Every cloud has a silver lining."
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