line

Etymology From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen. The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

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11 lines, 18-yard line, above-line, above the line, absorption line, acanthiomeatal line, accommodation line, across the line, address line, advanced stop line, adviceline, agonic line, airline, air line, aline, A-line, along the lines of, anchor line, apse line, Armstrong line, Armstrong's line, arterial line, art line, assembly line, asymmetric digital subscriber line, attention line, backline, back line, balkline, Balmer line, bankline, barline, bar line, baseline, bassline, battle-line, battleline, battle line, baulk line, beachline, beamline, beardline, Beau's lines, bee-line, beeline, beer line, below the line, beltline, between the lines, bikini line, bikini line incision, birthline, bitline, blackline, Blaschko's line, Blaschko's lines, bloodline, blue line, blueline, blue line process, blur the line, blur the lines, body line, bombline, borderline, bottom line, bottom-line, bottom of the line, brake line, branch line, breadline, bread line, breast line, bridgeline, bright line, bright-line rule, Brighton line, bring into line, broadline, Brocard line, browline, bucket line, bulkhead line, bungee line, buntline, bus line, bustline, buttock line, byline, Cantlie line, capital market line, capline, careline, carline, cash on the line, catchline, cave line, Cayley lines, cell line, center line, centerline, centreline, chalk line, Champy's line, chatline, chat line, chat-up line, cheatline, childline, chorus line, chowline, chow line, circline, clear one's lines, clew line, clewline, cliffline, clothesline, clothes line, cloudline, coachline, coastline, codeline, cod line, 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, crossed line, crossing the line, crossline, cross the line, crotchline, crow-line, cut in line, cutline, cut line, danceline, dandy line, Date Line, dateline, datum line, Davis Line, deadline, defensive line, defensive line of scrimmage, delay line, deline, demarcation line, Derby Line, desire line, DEW line, digital subscriber line, disassembly line, distance line, dividing line, domination line, doorline, dotted bar line, dotted line, double bar line, double-line whip, double vertical line, double yellow line, down line, down-line, down the 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, dropline, drop someone a line, drumline, dryline, dry line, Durand Line, dyeline, eddyline, eigenline, elevated line, emission line, empire line, end line, end of the line, enemy line, equiglacial line, equinoctial line, Euler line, eyeline, fall in line, fall line, fancy line, fatherline, fault-line, fault line, feeder line, feedline, feed line, female line, fenceline, fence line, field line, fill line, fine line, finishing line, finish line, fireline, firing line, firm line, first-line, fishing line, fishline, flashline, flatline, flat line, flight line, floatline, flowline, flow line, fly line, fog line, food line, foreline, formline, forward line, foul line, frameline, Frauenhofer's line, Fraunhofer line, freeline, free-throw line, Frenkel line, front line, front-line, frontline, frost line, fuel line, full-line forcing, gain line, gangline, gapeline, gas line, gateline, general line, Gergonne line, germline, geronimo line, Geronimo line, get across the line, get a line on, get in line, get over the line, get someone in a line, Ginger Line, girthline, give someone line, goal-line, goal line, gobline, grainline, greenline, green line, Green Line, greyline, grey line, gridline, grind line, grounding line, groundline, growth arrest line, guardline, guide line, guideline, gumline, gunline, gun line, Gunter's line, guyline, guy line, gyroline, hairline, hair line, Hajnal line, half-court line, half-line, halfway line, handline, hardline, hard line, hard-line, hard lines, Harris line, Hart's line, headline, head line, head-of-line, heartline, heart line, heaving line bend, hedgeline, helpline, hem-line, hemline, Hickman line, high line, highline, highlining, high-voltage transmission line, hintline, hipline, hit off the line, hog line, hog line violation, hold the line, hoodline, hook-and-liner, hoseline, hotline, hot line, houseline, hydrogen line, imaginary line, implied line, infoline, inkline, in line, in-line, in-line engine, in-line expansion, in-line skate, in-line skater, in-line skating, in line with, inside line, interline, International Date Line, in the line of duty, isogonal line, isoline, isotropic line, jawline, joint line, joke line, Joret line, jugline, jump the line, Karman line, Kármán line, Kerley line, keyline, kickline, kill line, k-line, land line, landline, lash line, lashline, lateral line, laugh line, laughter-lines, laughter lines, laundry line, lay on the line, leading line, lead line, leadline, lead the line, lease line, ledger line, leech line, leechline, leger line, ley line, life-line, lifeline, life line, liftline, light line, limbline, limit line, lineable, line abreast, line ahead, line and length, line art, linebacker, linebacking, line-ball, line-blue, line bracelet, line brawl, line break, linebreeding, line breeding, linebroadening, line by line, line car, line card, linecaster, linecasting, line charge, line chart, line-clear, line cliché, line code, line conch, line conductor, line cook, line crash, linecut, line dance, line-dance, line dancing, line defect, line doubler, linedrawing, line drawing, line drawn in water, line drawn on water, line drop, line-dry, line-edit, line edit, line editing, line element, line engraving, line feed, linefill, line fish, line fisher, line fishing, lineflow, line function, line gauge, line graph, line gun, line haul, linehaul, line-height, line hypnosis, line infantry, line integral, line in the sand, line item, line-item veto, line judge, linel, lineless, linelet, linelike, line lock, line-loin merger, linemaker, lineman, line manager, line marriage, linemate, linemode, line noise, line number, Line of Actual Control, line of apsides, line of attack, line of battle, line of battle ship, line of beauty, line of best fit, line of Blaschko, 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 officer, 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-sight, line of striction, line of succession, line of supply, line of thought, line of work, lineoid, line out, line-out, line plot, line printer, line scan, linescore, line segment, line shaft, line shafting, lineshape, line shooting, lineside, line slip, linesman, lines of Blaschko, linespace, linespacing, line spectrum, line speed, linespeed, linesperson, line storm, linestrength, linestring, lineswoman, line thrower, line to gain, line tub, line umpire, line-up, line up behind, line up one's ducks, linewalker, line walker, line weight, linewidth, linewise, linework, lineworker, liney, linotype, lipline, load line, load water line, logline, log line, longe line, long gray line, long line, longline, long-line bra, long-line brassiere, loop line, loopline, losing line, low line, lowline, lubber line, Lüders' line, lunchline, lunge line, Mackie line, Maginot Line, magistral line, mainline, main line, makeline, male line, marionette line, marriage line, marriage lines, Mason and Dixon line, Mason-Dixon line, Mason's and Dixon's line, mass line, matrilineal line, McDowell line, median line, melodic line, Mendoza line, mermaid's fishing line, midline, milk line, misline, miter line, mitre line, Mogadishu line, monoline, mooring line, morning line, motherline, mother's line, mouthline, multi-line, multiline, mylohyoid line, nearline, neat line, neatline, neckline, neutron drip line, newline, nightline, nine-dash line, Nobert's lines, nose line, no-sky line, number line, oblique line, occult line, Oder-Neisse Line, offensive line, offensive line of scrimmage, off line, offline, oldline, old-line, one-liner, one-line sky, one-line whip, online, on line, on the line, on the lines of, opening line, ordinary line, outline, out of line, overhead line, overline, overstep the line, over the line, over-the-line, paceline, panty line, party line, Pascal lines, passenger dedicated line, pathline, patrilineal line, payline, peace line, pectinate line, pedal line, pelvic lines, penetration line, penny-a-line, Philo line, phone line, picket line, pick up line, pickup line, pick-up line, pierhead line, pipeline, pipe line, plain line, playline, Plimsoll line, plotline, plot line, Plücker lines, plumb line, point-in-line, polar line, police line, polyline, potline, poverty line, power-line, power line, power line communication, power-line communication, power transmission line, production line, product line, projective line, property line, pseudoline, punchline, punch line, put one's ass on the line, Q-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, redline, red line, red-line torpedo barb, reef line, reline, renban line, retention line, reverse line feed, rhumb-line, rhumb line, ridgeline, rising line, rod line, roofline, ropeline, rope line, run lines, running line, salt line, sample line, scanline, scan line, scare line, scare-line, Schreger line, scoreline, sealine, seamline, secant line, second line, second-line, security market line, seedline, seismic line, selfline, service line, setline, sex line, shearline, shear line, shebang line, sheetline, ship-of-the-line, ship of the line, shoreline, shortline, short line, shoutline, shrub line, sideline, side line, side-line, Siegfried Line, sightline, sign on the dotted line, silverline, simian line, Simson line, single-line whip, single yellow line, skip the line, skyline, slab line, slackline, slant line, slash line, slimline, slug line, smile line, smoker's lines, snakeline, snapline, snow line, Soddy line, softline, soft-liner, Solomon's seal lines, somewhere along the line, songline, sounding line, soupline, space line, spaceline, Spanish line, sparkline, spectral line, Speyer line, spool-and-line, springing line, spring 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, stop line, storyline, story line, straight line, strand line, strandline, strapline, strap line, streakline, streamline, stringline, stripline, subline, sun line, superline, supply line, surf line, Surovikin Line, Surovikin line, swap line, sweep line, swimline, swingline, Sylvester's line problem, tag line, tagline, tangent line, tan line, tapeline, taut-line hitch, tear line, tee line, telegraph line, telephone line, telpher line, the line is busy, thin blue line, Thin Red Line, third-line forcing, three-line whip, three-point line, through-line, throughline, through line, throw line, throwline, tideline, timber line, timberline, time line, timeline, time-line, Tinkerbell line, tipline, toe the line, toll line, top-line, topline, top line, top of the line, touch line, touchline, towline, tow line, Town Line, tow the line, toy line, toyline, trackline, tradeline, trade line, 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, tumpline, tump line, twiddling line, two-line, two-line brevier, two-line double pica, two-line English, two-line great primer, two-line pass, two-line pica, two-line whip, underline, uniline, unline, unnie line, up-line, up line, vertical line, Virchow's line, V-line, V line, v-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, Wallace line, Wallace Line, warmline, warm line, washing line, wash line, washline, waterline, water line, water-line model, Weber's Line, wetline, wet line, whale line, which line goes to, whipline, whip line, 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, yoke line, zero line, zip line, zip-line, zipline, Zöllner's lines

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curve, point, segment, lineage, lineal, linear