line

• long thin mark; row; border; domain; tactic; rope; queue; layout; contour; wrinkle; descent; plan; profession; note; bit of useful information; procedure
place in a row; mark with a line or lines; underline; cover the inside of; pad, insert a lining; fill full
a line is a long, thin mark on a surface.
the lines on someone's face are the wrinkles or creases in it.
a line of people or things is a number of them that are arranged in a row.
you can refer to a long piece of string or wire as a line when it is being used for a particular purpose.
line is also used to refer to a route along which people or things move or are sent.
you can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of something.
the lines are the set of physical defences or patrols that have been set up along the boundary of an area occupied by an army.
the line between similar things, peoples, or actions is the point at which you judge them to belong to different classes or types.
a line is also one of the rows of words in a piece of writing or a remark said by an actor in a play or film.
the particular line that someone has towards a problem or topic is the attitude or policy they have towards it.
the line in an activity is the way in which the activity develops or the method you use in doing it.
your line of business, work, or research is the kind of work or research that you do.
a line is also a type of product that a company makes or sells.
a particular line of people or things is a series of them, all connected in some way, that has existed over a period of time.
if people or things line a road or room, they are present in large numbers along its edges or sides.
if you line a container or a piece of clothing, you cover its inside surface with paper or cloth.
if something lines a container or an area inside a person, animal, or plant, it forms a layer on the inside surface.
see also lined, lining, and front line, hard line, hot line.
1. if people or cars are in line, they are in a row, one behind another. 2. if you are in line for something, you are likely to get it. 3. if one person or group is in line with others, it is doing the same thing as the othe
if people line up or if you line them up, they stand in a row or form a queue.
if something is lined up for someone, it is arranged for them.
see also line-up.