A Quick and Simple Dictionary

line

1. Noun.  A path through two or more points (''compare ‘segment’''); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. .
2. Noun.  A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
3. Noun.  Direction, path.
4. Noun.  The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
5. Noun.  A letter, a written form of communication.
6. Noun.  A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
7. Noun.  (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
8. Noun.  The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
9. Noun.  A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
10. Noun.  Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
11. Noun.  A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. (defdate, from mid-16th c.) .
12. Noun.  (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery(,) etc.
13. Noun.  A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare ''lineage''.
14. Noun.  A small amount of text. Specifically:.
15. Noun.  Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. (defdate, from earlier 17th c.) .
16. Noun.  The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. (defdate, from later 19th c.) .
17. Noun.  The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. (defdate, from earlier 19th c.) .
18. Noun.  (context, stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
19. Noun.  A measure of length:.
20. Noun.  (context, historical) Alternative name for a maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
21. Noun.  (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
22. Noun.  (context, fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords. .
23. Noun.  Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
24. Noun.  A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
25. Verb.  (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
26. Verb.  (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
27. Verb.  To form a line along.
28. Verb.  (transitive) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
29. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
30. Verb.  (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
31. Verb.  (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
32. Verb.  (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
33. Noun.  (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
34. Verb.  (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
35. Verb.  To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
36. Verb.  (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
37. Verb.  (transitive, now) Of a dog: to copulate with.