Noun Definition

line

1.Definition: (often plural) a means of communication or access

"It must go through official channels", "Lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

Related Noun(s):channel

Category: General

2.Definition: a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a conceptual separation or distinction

"There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"

Related Noun(s):contrast, demarcation

Category: General

4.Definition: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

Related Noun(s):cable

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a connected series of events or actions or developments

"The government took a firm course", "Historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"

Related Noun(s):course

Category: General

6.Definition: a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

"I can't follow your line of reasoning"

Related Noun(s):argument, argumentation

Category: General

7.Definition: a formation of people or things one behind another

"The line stretched clear around the corner", "You must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"

Category: General

8.Definition: a formation of people or things one beside another

"The line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed", "They were arrayed in line of battle", "The cast stood in line for the curtain call"

Category: General

9.Definition: a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

"They attacked the enemy's line"

Category: Places

10.Definition: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

Category: General

11.Definition: a mark that is long relative to its width

"He drew a line on the chart"

Category: General

12.Definition: a particular kind of product or merchandise

"A nice line of shoes"

Category: Objects

13.Definition: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

"A pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

Related Noun(s):pipeline

Category: Objects

14.Definition: a short personal letter

"Drop me a line when you get there"

Related Noun(s):billet, note

Category: General

15.Definition: a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

Category: General

16.Definition: a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

"His face has many lines", "Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

Related Noun(s):crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle

Category: General

17.Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

Category: Places

18.Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Related Noun(s):air, melody, strain, tune

Category: General

19.Definition: a telephone connection

Category: Objects

20.Definition: acting in conformity

"In line with", "He got out of line", "Toe the line"

Category: General

21.Definition: in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

Category: Places

22.Definition: mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

Category: Objects

23.Definition: persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

"`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line", "He has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it", "That salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"

Category: General

24.Definition: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

"A washing line"

Category: Objects

25.Definition: space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

Category: General

26.Definition: text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

"The letter consisted of three short lines", "There are six lines in every stanza"

Category: General

27.Definition: the descendants of one individual

"His entire lineage has been warriors"

Related Noun(s):ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Category: General

28.Definition: the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

Category: General

29.Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

"He's not in my line of business"

Related Noun(s):business, job, occupation

Category: General

30.Definition: the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

Category: Objects