- (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
- (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends or which a person aims to reach or attain.
- (n.) A base, station or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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