What is the meaning of line?

noun

• A formation of people or things one beside another.
  • usage: "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call"
• A mark that is long relative to its width.
  • usage: "He drew a line on the chart"
• A formation of people or things one behind another.
  • usage: "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
• A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point.
• Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.
  • usage: "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
• A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum.
• A fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops. )
  • usage: "they attacked the enemy's line"
• A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning.
  • usage: "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
  • synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning
• A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.
  • synonyms: cable, transmission line
• A connected series of events or actions or developments.
  • usage: "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
  • synonyms: course
• A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent.
• A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.
  • usage: "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
  • synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam
• A pipe used to transport liquids or gases.
  • usage: "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
  • synonyms: pipeline
• The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed.
  • synonyms: railway line, rail line
• A telephone connection.
  • synonyms: telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line
• Acting in conformity.
  • usage: "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
• The descendants of one individual.
  • usage: "his entire lineage has been warriors"
  • synonyms: lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
• Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.
  • usage: "a washing line"
• The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
  • usage: "he's not in my line of business"
  • synonyms: occupation, business, job, line of work
• In games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area.
• Often plural. ( a means of communication or access)
  • usage: "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
  • synonyms: channel, communication channel
• A particular kind of product or merchandise.
  • usage: "a nice line of shoes"
  • synonyms: product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
• A commercial organization serving as a common carrier.
• Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising.
  • synonyms: agate line
• The maximum credit that a customer is allowed.
  • synonyms: credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit
• A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
  • usage: "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
  • synonyms: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase
• Persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress.
  • usage: "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"
• A short personal letter.
  • usage: "drop me a line when you get there"
  • synonyms: note, short letter, billet
• A conceptual separation or distinction.
  • usage: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
  • synonyms: dividing line, demarcation, contrast
• Mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it.
  • synonyms: production line, assembly line

verb

• Be in line with; form a line along.
  • usage: "trees line the riverbank"
  • synonyms: run along
• Cover the interior of.
  • usage: "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"
• Make a mark or lines on a surface.
  • usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • synonyms: trace, draw, describe, delineate
• Mark with lines.
  • usage: "sorrow had lined his face"
• Fill plentifully.
  • usage: "line one's pockets"
• Reinforce with fabric.
  • usage: "lined books are more enduring"