Line synonyms
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The definition of length is how long something is, or the amount of vertical space or time it takes up.
(Chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard [the corresponding term for a vertical line is "file"].
A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
A large collection.
The number of elements in a finite group.
A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
An arrangement is defined as a combination of things that make up a design or that are laid out in a certain way.
Furrow is defined as a shallow trench or a deep wrinkle.
A long, narrow high-pressure area on a weather map
A group or series of things extending in a line or row, especially a row or chain of mountains.
A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.
The definition of a border is an edge or dividing line.
(Rhetoric) A group of successive coordinate elements of a sentence
An order of succession; an arrangement.
A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
A number of stores, restaurants, etc. owned by one company, specif., such a group of franchised businesses having the same name
(Sports) A group of players ranked according to ability within a team:
(Ecol.) The major unit of vegetation usually extending over a large area, as the prairie, deciduous forest, tundra, etc.
An area of government or corporate activity organized as an administrative or functional unit.
Any of various compartments attached to machines, used for storing or supplying necessary material.
A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor. Trenches form when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone. The Marianas Trench, located in the western Pacific east of the Philippines, is the deepest known trench (10,924 m or 35,831 ft) and the deepest area in the ocean.
Any channel or rut cut or worn in a surface
The definition of a drain is a pipe or channel that lets something run off.
A number, letter, or symbol used to indicate various grades of academic achievement:
(Botany) A mark indicating a former attachment, as of a leaf to a stem.
A fine, stringy length of syrup or other viscous material
The process of splitting or separating; division.
A sharp snapping sound, such as the report of a firearm.
A summary of a subject, consisting of a systematic listing of its most important points
The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
A printed line in a graphic character that resembles such a mark.
(Anatomy) A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon:
The fine metal wire in a lightbulb, which becomes incandescent when heated by an electric current
steel tape
A rope
The fact or process of being derived or developing from a source:
The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
Lineage is defined as the descendants of a common ancestor.
The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
Street is defined as a road or paved passageway to get from one place to another, or is slang referring to the common people or a city environment.
A narrow country road.
The definition of a path is a trail, route, course or a line of movement.
Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something:
A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
A complete body of prescribed studies constituting a curriculum:
A street with a line of buildings on either side, specif. one with occupants or establishments of a specified kind
Matter printed in a row of type
front-line
A line or position of direct and immediate contact or confrontation as with an enemy
A putting in order or being put in order; arrangement
(Music) The arrangement of the notes of a chord with respect to their relative closeness or distance apart
A direct line between two telephone switchboards.
A subsidiary line of merchandise.
mainline
The principal road, course, etc.
steamship line
An organization supplying transportation
A system or company for moving freight and passengers by aircraft
bus company
An organization supplying transportation
materials
Plural form of material
The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.
The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
(Countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
prepared speech
*Talk intended to influence another
Language peculiar to a group, class, etc., and not generally understood by outsiders; cant; jargon
The ability or power to persuade:
To fit (a garment) with an interlining.
To cover or coat with or as if with a crust:
To fill the inside of (something); pack
To compress into a wad:
To cover or furnish with panels.
reinforce the back of
To provide a lining
To stuff, cover, or line with a pad or padding
To quilt is to stitch and join together different kinds of fabric to create a decorative blanket or bed cover.
To fill is defined as to put as much as possible or to occupy.
(Printing) To put an overlay on.
Trace means to follow along a route, to a copy something by following along or to find something or someone.
To trace the outline of; sketch out
(Cricket) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
To put or form a rim on or around
To move along the edge of or pass around rather than through
fall into line
To be in a line
To fringe means to create or form a border on fabric or other objects or things.
To occur or be evident as a consequence; result:
The definition of align is to get a person, place, or thing put into a straight line.
To apply medication, bandages, or other therapeutic materials to an area of the body such as a wound.
face in
To arrange in a line
Arrange is defined as to handle the details of an event, or to plan or cause some event to happen.
bring into a line with others
To arrange in a line
To offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered
list space
To arrange in a line
line right
To arrange in a line
line left
To arrange in a line
disarrange (antonym)
To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
disperse (antonym)
To disperse is defined as to break up and spread in many directions.
scatter (antonym)
To be strewn over or across:
rope (related)
Such a cord, or a noose made of it, for hanging a person
wire (related)
(Informal) A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram.
heredity (related)
All the characteristics inherited genetically by an individual
boundary (related)
Something that indicates a border or limit.
route (related)
A highway:
plan (related)
A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit:
policy (related)
The definition of a policy is a written contract or agreement.
copy (related)
The definition of a copy is an exact duplicate of someone or something.
front (related)
A field of activity:
railroad (related)
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
track (related)
The physical track on a record.
transportation (related)
A means or system of conveyance
business (related)
(Informal) Strong verbal criticism; scolding:
industry (related)
Any large-scale business activity
commodity (related)
Any tangible good or product that is the subject of sale or barter.
material (related)
A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity:
conversation (related)
Familiar talk; verbal exchange of ideas, opinions, etc.
speech (related)
(Uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
face (related)
To occupy a position with the face toward:
draw (related)
(Archaic) To draw up (a document).
succeed (related)
To follow another into office, possession, etc., as by election, appointment, or inheritance
coaxial
Having or mounted on a common axis.
collinear
Containing a common line; coaxial.
In the direct line of descent from an ancestor
The definition of linear is consisting of or using lines.
Having or marked with lines; streaked
(Geometry, art) Formed from straight lines.
A line through the optical center of a lens that is perpendicular to both its surfaces.
Any part or extension of a main body or system
A cable length.
(Geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure
collineation
The act of collineating; collimation
The outline of such a shape
cordon
A cord, ribbon, or braid worn as a decoration or badge
A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge:
A formation of troops in which each unit is positioned successively to the left or right of the rear unit to form an oblique or steplike line.
One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.
hairline
(Historical) A line, cord, etc. made of hair
The process of decorating with such lines.
A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.
linearity
The definition of linearity is the property of having only one dimension.
lineation
(Literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
A CDP in Pennsylvania
(Military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
The outside surface of an object.
The act of regimenting.
reticule
A woman's small handbag, originally made of netting and usually having a drawstring
secant
A straight line or ray that intersects a curve, especially a circle, at two or more points.
(Informal) A brief run or stretch, as of luck.
A long, narrow band, mark, or streak, differing in color, texture, or material from the surrounding area
Tangent is something or a thought that touches but doesn't intersect, or is irrelevant.
An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene.
To add an enlivening or altering element to:
To have a common boundary:
To send as a message:
To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.
To mark with straight parallel lines.
To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through.
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
To join together with or as with sutures
To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
To draw up into wrinkles; pucker:
fun (antonym)
The definition of fun is something that brings pleasure, joy or playfulness.
entertainment (antonym)
An entertaining or being entertained
unline (antonym)
To take the lining out of.
strip (antonym)
To clear of a natural covering or growth; make bare:
free-throw (related)
(Basketball) A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition.
A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
A rustling or crackling sound
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
A method or procedure:
A way of doing or accomplishing something
The part of a sail, such as the weather clew of a course, to which this rope is fastened.
(Uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill. [from 19th c.]
A plan or system of nonacademic extracurricular activities:
Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
A job or occupation.
The definition of career is what you do for a living and how you advance through a profession or company.
An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.
(Economics) The number or percentage of people at work
A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
métier
Activity pursued as a livelihood
Pursuit is the act of following something, either to catch it or to engage in a specific activity.
Vocation is defined as a call to do something, especially regarding religious work.
One's place of employment:
The state of being an employee; employment.
(Slang) Incriminating information or evidence:
(In the plural) See wares.
Ancestral descent or lineage.
(Countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
Parental heritage; family line; lineage
Origin; lineage:
Ancestry:
Of or pertaining to one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
Seeds considered as a group:
Also used with up: align
To place in or form a line or lines.
smooth (related)
Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
means (related)
(Countable, singular and plural) An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
planned (related)
An official or prescribed plan or course of action
action (related)
Manner of movement:
matter (related)
The definition of matter is what something is made of, what all physical things are made of, or something important or a problem.
transactions (related)
Plural form of transaction
kin (related)
A relative or family member:
precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
A pair of such rails; a railway track
rail-line
the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
a particular kind of product or merchandise
a particular kind of product or merchandise
a particular kind of product or merchandise
a particular kind of product or merchandise
a particular kind of product or merchandise
The definition of a pipeline is a line of pipes, or a channel or method to carry something from one place to another.
A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.
In many factories, an arrangement whereby each worker performs a specialized operation in assembling the work as it is passed along, often on a slowly moving belt or track
Short for telephone line
a telephone connection
a telephone connection
a conceptual separation or distinction
A separation or distinction
(Countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
When debating a topic, argumentation is defined as stating opinions using facts and/or reasons to back them up.
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
(Mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
communication channel
(often plural) a means of communication or access
A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
a short personal letter
A song.
Musical quality:
Public utterance; vent:
Stress or force
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
the descendants of one individual
the descendants of one individual
A scroll recording the genealogy of an ancient Roman family; a family tree.
A printed acknowledgment of work done or assistance given, as on a newspaper article or film
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
agate line
A measure of space, usually one column wide and114 of an inch deep, used especially for classified advertisements.
To trace the form or outline of:
run along
To leave.
A series of names, words, numbers, etc. set forth in order; catalog, roll, etc.
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