Line
//laɪn//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
Proper Noun
The word "line" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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Dbpedia Genre
Dbpedia Language
Derived Terms
11 lines 18-yard line A-line Armstrong line Armstrong's line Balmer line Beau's lines Blaschko's line Blaschko's lines Brighton line Brocard line Cantlie line Cayley lines Champy's line DEW line Date Line Davis Line Durand Line Euler line Frauenhofer's line Fraunhofer line Frenkel line Gergonne line Ginger Line Green Line Gunter's line Hajnal line Harris line Hart's line Hickman line International Date Line Joret line Karman line Kerley line Kármán line Line of Actual Control Lüders' line Mackie line Maginot Line Mason and Dixon line Mason's and Dixon's line Mason-Dixon line McDowell line Mendoza line Mogadishu line Nobert's lines Oder-Neisse Line Pascal lines Philo line Plimsoll line Plücker lines Q-line Schreger line Siegfried Line Simson line Soddy line Solomon's seal lines Spanish line Speyer line Surovikin Line Sylvester's line problem Thin Red Line Tinkerbell line V line V-line Virchow's line Wallace Line Weber's Line Zöllner's lines above the line above-line absorption line acanthiomeatal line accommodation line across the line address line adviceline agonic line air line airline aline along the lines of anchor line apse line art line arterial line assembly line asymmetric digital subscriber line back line backline balkline bankline bar line barline baseline bassline battle line battle-line battleline baulk line beachline beamline beardline bee-line beeline beer line below the line beltline between the lines bikini line bikini line incision birthline bitline blackline bloodline blue line blue line process blueline blur the line blur the lines body line bombline borderline bottom line bottom of the line bottom-line brake line branch line bread line breadline breast line bridgeline bright line bright-line rule bring into line broadline browline bucket line bulkhead line bungee line buntline bustline buttock line byline capital market line capline careline carline cash on the line catchline cave line cell line center line centerline centreline chalk line chat line chat-up line chatline cheatline childline chorus line chow line chowline circline clear one's lines clew line clewline cliffline clothes line clothesline cloudline coachline coastline cod line codeline codline coline color inside the lines color line color outside the lines colour inside the lines colour outside the lines come down the line command line command line interface command-line interface command-line interpreter complex line complex projective line conga line contact line containment line continuation line contour line cookline copyline cork line corkline correction line counterline countline county line coverline crane-line craze line cream line creamline credit line creekline crestline crisis line critical line cross the line crossed line crossing the line crossline crotchline crow-line cut in line cut line cutline danceline dandy line dateline datum line deadline defensive line defensive line of scrimmage delay line deline demarcation line desire line digital subscriber line disassembly line distance line dividing line domination line doorline dotted bar line dotted line double bar line double vertical line double yellow line double-line whip down line down the line down-line dragline draw a line draw a line in the sand draw a line under draw lines in the sand draw the line drip line dripperline driveline drop someone a line dropline drumline dry line dryline dyeline eddyline eigenline elevated line emission line empire line end line end of the line enemy line equiglacial line equinoctial line eyeline fall in line fall line fancy line fatherline fault line fault-line feed line feeder line feedline female line fence line fenceline field line fill line fine line finish line finishing line fireline firing line firm line first-line fishing line fishline flashline flat line flatline flight line floatline flow line flowline fly line fog line food line foreline formline forward line foul line frameline free-throw line freeline front line front-line frontline frost line fuel line full-line forcing gain line gangline gapeline gas line gateline general line germline geronimo line get a line on get across the line get in line get over the line get someone in a line girthline give someone line goal line goal-line gobline grainline greenline grey line greyline gridline grind line grounding line groundline growth arrest line guardline guide line guideline gumline gun line gunline guy line guyline gyroline hair line hairline half-court line half-line halfway line handline hard line hard lines hard-line hardline head line head-of-line headline heart line heartline heaving line bend hedgeline helpline hem-line hemline high line high-voltage transmission line highline highlining hintline hipline hit off the line hog line hog line violation hold the line hoodline hook-and-liner hoseline hot line hotline houseline hydrogen line imaginary line implied line in line in line with in the line of duty in-line in-line engine in-line expansion in-line skate in-line skater in-line skating infoline inkline inside line interline isogonal line isoline isotropic line jawline joint line joke line jugline jump the line k-line keyline kickline land line landline lash line lashline lateral line laugh line laughter lines laughter-lines laundry line lay on the line lead line lead the line leading line leadline lease line ledger line leech line leechline leger line ley line life line life-line lifeline liftline light line limbline line abreast line ahead line and length line art line bracelet line brawl line break line breeding line by line line car line card line charge line chart line cliché line code line conch line conductor line cook line crash line dance line dancing line defect line doubler line drawing line drawn in water line drawn on water line drop line edit line editing line element line engraving line feed line fish line fisher line fishing line function line gauge line graph line gun line haul line hypnosis line in line in the sand line infantry line integral line item line judge line lock line manager line marriage line noise line number line of Blaschko line of apsides line of attack line of battle line of battle ship line of beauty line of best fit line of business line of centers line of communication line of communications line of contact line of country line of credit line of dance line of dip line of duty line of fire line of force line of inquiry line of least resistance line of levels line of life line of march line of nodes line of operations line of play line of purples line of questioning line of scrimmage line of seven line of sight line of striction line of succession line of supply line of thought line of work line off line officer line one's pockets line out line out line plot line printer line scan line segment line shaft line shafting line shooting line slip line someone's pockets line spectrum line speed line storm line thrower line to gain line tub line umpire line up line up behind line up one's ducks line walker line weight line-ball line-blue line-clear line-dance line-dry line-edit line-height line-item veto line-loin merger line-of-sight line-out line-up lineable linebacker linebacking linebreeding linebroadening linecaster linecasting linecut linedrawing linefill lineflow linehaul linel lineless linelet linelike linemaker lineman linemate linemode lineoid liner lines of Blaschko linescore lineshape lineside linesman linespace linespacing linespeed linesperson linestrength linestring lineswoman linewalker linewidth linewise linework lineworker liney linotype lipline load line load water line log line logline long gray line long line long-line bra long-line brassiere longe line longline loop line loopline low line lowline lubber line lunchline lunge line magistral line main line mainline makeline male line marionette line marriage line marriage lines mass line matrilineal line median line melodic line mermaid's fishing line midline milk line misline miter line mitre line monoline mooring line morning line mother's line motherline mouthline multi-line multiline mylohyoid line nearline neat line neatline neckline neutron drip line newline nightline nine-dash line no-sky line nose line number line oblique line occult line off line offensive line offensive line of scrimmage offline old-line oldline on line on the line on the lines of one-line sky one-line whip one-liner online opening line ordinary line out of line outline over the line over-the-line overhead line overline overstep the line paceline panty line party line passenger dedicated line pathline patrilineal line payline peace line pectinate line pedal line pelvic lines penetration line penny-a-line phone line pick up line pick-up line picket line pickup line pierhead line pipeline plain line playline plot line plotline plumb line point-in-line polar line police line polyline potline poverty line power line power line communication power transmission line power-line power-line communication product line production line projective line property line pseudoline punch line punchline put one's ass on the line questline quitline racing line radical line rail line railroad line railway line raise the line ramline ratline read between the lines real line real number line receiving line red line red-line torpedo barb redline reef line reline renban line retention line reverse line feed rhumb line rhumb-line ridgeline rising line rod line roofline rope line ropeline run lines running line salt line sample line scan line scanline scare line scare-line scoreline sealine seamline secant line second line second-line security market line seedline seismic line selfline service line setline sex line shear line shearline shebang line sheetline ship of the line ship-of-the-line shoreline short line shortline shoutline shrub line side line side-line sideline sightline sign on the dotted line silverline simian line single yellow line single-line whip skip the line skyline slab line slackline slant line slash line slimline slug line smile line snakeline snapline snow line soft-liner softline somewhere along the line songline sounding line soupline space line spaceline sparkline spectral line spool-and-line spring line springing line squall line stand on line startline state line static line status line stay within the lines stemline step on someone's lines step out of line stink line story line storyline straight line strand line strandline strap line strapline streakline streamline stringline stripline subline sun line superline supply line surf line swap line sweep line swimline swingline tag line tagline tan line tangent line tapeline taut-line hitch tear line tee line telegraph line telephone line telpher line the line is busy thin blue line third-line forcing three-line whip three-point line through line through-line throughline throw line throwline tideline timber line timberline time line time-line timeline tipline toe the line toll line top line top of the line top-line topline touch line touchline tow the line towline toy line toyline trackline trade line tradeline tram line tramline transmission line transversal line trapline trash line trayline tree line tree-line trenchline trend line trilinear line trim line tripline tripping line trotline truckline trunk line trunkline try line tump line tumpline twiddling line two-line two-line English two-line brevier two-line double pica two-line great primer two-line pass two-line pica two-line whip underline underline uniline unline unnie line up line up-line vertical line von Karman line von Kármán line vortex line waistline walk a straight line walk in straight lines walk the chalk line walk the line warm line warmline wash line washing line washline water line water-line model waterline wet line wetline whale line which line goes to whip line whipline white line white line disease white line fever wild line winchline wireline woodline wordline work the line world line worry line wrack line xenoline yellow line yield line zero line zip line zip-line zipline
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Has Property
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
abidance abstract thought activity area unit artefact artifact carrier common carrier communicating communication compliance conductor conformation conformity connecter connection connective connector connexion cover credit depression differentiation distinction electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic wave family tree fill fill up form formation genealogy impression imprint lie location logical thinking make full mark mark mechanical system merchandise military position music nock nonparticulate radiation personal letter persuasion pipage pipe piping position print product reasoning reenforce reinforce road route score series shape square measure suasion text textual matter ware
Instance Of
Type Of (IsA)
artifact carrier conformity differentiation electromagnetic radiation figure formation generic path imaginary connection between two points infinite perhaps location mark merchandise military position moving slowly persuasion queue road shape software spatially continuous thing text woman's clothing
Related Terms
abode abreast adding adjustment align allot ancestor approval argument army arrangement arrow artillery batter between between points book boundary business catheter cavalry clothesline column communication conduct connect connected connected points connecting connecting points connection construct continuous continuous dot contour conveyance copulate cord cover crease curve deal with defense delineate demarcation department descendant designation dialogue dimension dimensional direction distance divider dot dotted drawing drawing straight drawings drawn drug edge enter establish euclidean geometry exaggeration faction family feature fencer fiber figure fill finish finish designation flat flat shape flax fly follow form formation fortieth fortify forward genomics geometric geometric figure geometric object geometric shape geometric straightness geometrical geometrical thing geometry glue graphs ground guards has has points hit hose illegal illustration impregnate in road inch industry infantry is straight jobber length letter lie limit line drive lineage lineal lineament linear linen long long points longer many points mark mathematical mathematical construct maxwell meaning measure merchandise militia monologue narrow network number object occupation official one dimension one side outline part path pen pen mark pencil pencil drawing pipe place point points policy portion portray position powder printed process product proper queue race railway rampart ray read reinforce repeat represent retrotransposon road roadbed rope row ruler russian security segment sentence sequence series service serving shape share shortest shortest distance side silhouette simple simple shape soliloquy state station straight straight arrow straight direction straight drawing straight drawn straight edge straight mark straight narrow straight object straight row straight segment straight string straight thin straight thing straight usually straightness streak strengthen string stripe succession supply surface swords symbol tape measure telegraphic telephone tenth text thin thread toe track trench triangle triangle side twelfth two two dimensional two points usually vascular vector verse very very straight walk walk forward walk straight wire word wrinkle writing written
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Used For
add information on spreadsheet arrange build network call out carry along street carry electricity carry gas carry liquid carry oil carry phone conversations cast in ocean cast in stream catch criminal catch fish catch up on news change minus into plus change one into seven change zero into nine change zero into ten check box on form complete 10 frames in bowling connect dots connect phone connect two dots connect two points connecting points create boundary create chart create hand writing cross out dance conga dance line dance dare to cross decide how to bet decorate definition delimit baseball field delimit football field delimit playing field demark tennis court determine breeding determine where scrimmage takes place determine who at hazard determine who gets next promotion determine who next distinguish between companies distinguish between salesmen distinguish between two things distinguish between water and shore distinguish staff from combatants dock ship draw border drop hook in water drop through mail establish family history field sobriety tests figure out like insight find common ancestor fish follow back to source follow path form military personnel geometry get into movie give perspective give punch to story give sense of direction group things for sale hang clothes hang picture hold things in moving truck hold up pants hold young tree upright imply single file indicate change indicate melody indicate part of musical piece indicate part of song indicate place along with column indicate place to cut metal indicate straight line indicate who wrote piece keep people in order locate writing on page look up transportation schedule lower submersible into water make drawing make drawings make geometric figures make line drawing make theories in physics mark place to saw move train along tracks pass sand bags at flood pass water at fire pickup pipe things play games play with cat point to project eyesight toward provide one dimension pull cart pull in from water pull out of water pull over ice pull to safety read news from rope horse or steer run from one place to another safeguard numbers on check save sell similar products at one time separate heading from body separate two parts of sentence separate two parts of writing separate two things show path show where enemies meeting stay in touch with friends straighten marching band talk about transporation route talk about transportation company tell joke tell people where to form test pen throw life preserver tie boat tie boxes tighten end of bag trace trace heritage transport water wire up
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