Crossword-Solution: LINE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Line | n. | Flax; linen. |
| Line | n. | The longer and finer fiber of flax. |
| Line | v. t. | To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. |
| Line | v. t. | To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. |
| Line | v. t. | To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. |
| Line | v. t. | To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. |
| Line | n. | A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. |
| Line | n. | A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. |
| Line | n. | The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. |
| Line | n. | Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. |
| Line | n. | A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. |
| Line | n. | A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. |
| Line | n. | A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. |
| Line | n. | Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. |
| Line | n. | That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. |
| Line | n. | The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. |
| Line | n. | A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. |
| Line | n. | Lineament; feature; figure. |
| Line | n. | A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. |
| Line | n. | A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. |
| Line | n. | A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. |
| Line | n. | A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. |
| Line | n. | The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line. |
| Line | n. | A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. |
| Line | n. | A measuring line or cord. |
| Line | n. | That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. |
| Line | n. | Instruction; doctrine. |
| Line | n. | The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. |
| Line | n. | The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. |
| Line | n. | A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column. |
| Line | n. | The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. |
| Line | n. | A trench or rampart. |
| Line | n. | Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. |
| Line | n. | Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. |
| Line | n. | One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. |
| Line | n. | A number of shares taken by a jobber. |
| Line | n. | A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. |
| Line | n. | The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. |
| Line | n. | The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. |
| Line | n. | A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. |
| Line | v. t. | To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. |
| Line | v. t. | To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. |
| Line | v. t. | To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. |
| Line | v. t. | To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LINE | anagram | ELIN, LEIN, LENI, LIEN, NEIL, NIEL, NILE |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with LINE (5)
Rapidly and silently Hook gave his orders: one man to each tree, and the others to arrange themselves in a line two yards apart.
VIII Hiawatha’s Fishing Forth upon the Gitche Gumee, On the shining Big-Sea-Water, With his fishing-line of cedar, Of the twisted bark of cedar, Forth to catch the sturgeon Nahma, Mishe-Nahma, King of Fishes, In his birch canoe exulting All alone went Hiawatha.
And for the Heav’ns wide Circuit, let it speak The Makers high magnificence, who built So spacious, and his Line stretcht out so farr; That Man may know he dwells not in his own; An Edifice too large for him to fill, Lodg’d in a small partition, and the rest Ordain’d for uses to his Lord best known.
The response was unanimous and in thunder-tones—“NO!” “Will you succor and protect him as a brother-man—a resident of the old Bay State?” “YES!” shouted the whole mass, with an energy so startling, that the ruthless tyrants south of Mason and Dixon’s line might almost have heard the mighty burst of feeling, and recognized it as the pledge of an invincible determination, on the part of those who gave it, never to betray him that wanders, but to hide the outcast, and firmly to abide the consequences.
The six big work-horses that drew, or rather pushed, the header, went abreast at a rapid walk, and as they were still green at the work they required a good deal of management on Amédée’s part; especially when they turned the corners, where they divided, three and three, and then swung round into line again with a movement that looked as complicated as a wheel of artillery.
Quotes with LINE (3)
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.
There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 941 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).