An English and Scottish surname.
A path or mark that can be straight or curved, has length but not breadth or thickness, can refer to a segment of a figure, an edge of a graph, a circle of latitude or longitude, the equator, the horizontal strokes for musical notes, the path of a ball in cricket, the goal line in soccer, or a path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
A hose or pipe, of any size.
Direction, path.
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
A clothesline.
A letter, a written form of communication.
A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
(military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
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.
(military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
(music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
A small amount of text, such as a row of letters or words, a verse in poetry, a sentence of dialogue, or a lie or exaggeration.
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
(slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
(stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
An ill-defined unit of length that varies according to country, discipline, industry, and date of application, with various measurements such as a tsarist-era russian unit, one twelfth of an inch, one sixteenth of an inch, and one fortieth of an inch.
(advertising) Short for agate line.
(historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
(baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
(fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
(engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
(genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
(ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
(Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
(medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
(South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
(transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
(transitive) To form a line along.
(transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
(rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
(transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
(transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
(transitive) To measure.
(transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
(transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
(transitive, now rare, of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.