HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of LINE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | lay'n |
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| Rhymes | airline, align, aline, and 138 more rhymes in ayn... |
| Meaning | A formation of people or things one beside another. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Broader | formation |
| Narrower | rivet line; chorus, chorus line; diagonal; linemen; lineup; row; rank |
| Meaning | A mark that is long relative to its width. |
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| Examples | "He drew a line on the chart" |
| Broader | mark, print |
| Narrower | cross hair, cross wire; dotted line; ascender; bar line; descender; squiggle, curlicue; spectrum line; trend line; isometric line, isometric; graduation; guideline; hairline; shaft; serif, seriph; staff line; ledger line, leger line |
| Verbs | line; line |
| Meaning | A formation of people or things one behind another. |
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| Examples | "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter" |
| Broader | formation |
| Narrower | diagonal; file, single file, Indian file; line of march; line of succession; picket line; conga line; trap line; queue, waiting line |
| Verbs | line |
| Meaning | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness. The trace of a moving point. |
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| Broader | shape, form |
| Narrower | curve; curve, curved shape; straight line; geodesic, geodesic line; perimeter; centerline, center line; boundary, edge, bound |
| Meaning | Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen. |
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| Examples | "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| Part of | letter, missive; stanza |
| Broader | text, textual matter |
| Narrower | opening line; heading, header, head; line of poetry, line of verse; by-line, credit line; dateline; verse, verse line; punch line, laugh line, gag line, tag line; actor's line, speech, words; orphan; spiel, patter, line of gab; sound bite; bottom line |
| Adjectives | interlinear, interlineal |
| Meaning | A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum. |
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| Part of | electromagnetic spectrum |
| Broader | electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation |
| Meaning | A fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops). |
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| Examples | "they attacked the enemy's line" |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Broader | military position, position |
| Narrower | firing line; battlefront, front, front line; line of battle; battle line |
| Meaning | The methodical process of logical reasoning. |
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| Examples | "I can't follow your line of reasoning" |
| Synonyms | argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning |
| Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought |
| Narrower | line of inquiry, line of questioning; casuistry; policy |
| Meaning | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. |
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| Synonyms | cable, transmission line |
| Part of | cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service; telephone system, phone system |
| Broader | conductor |
| Narrower | coaxial cable, coax, coax cable; electrical cable; fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable; power line, power cable; printer cable |
| Meaning | A connected series of events or actions or developments. |
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| Examples | "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| Synonyms | course |
| Broader | series |
| Narrower | stream, flow, current |
| Meaning | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
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| Broader | location |
| Narrower | part, parting; axis; aclinic line, magnetic equator; agonic line; isogonic line, isogonal line, isogone; crest; timber line, timberline, tree line; snow line; fault line; great circle; hemline; hipline; hipline; horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline; isogram, isopleth, isarithm; flight line; line of sight, line of vision; latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel; lunar latitude; path, route, itinerary; quadrant, quarter-circle; rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome; danger line; side; waterline, water line, water level; water line, watermark; watershed, water parting, divide; path, track, course; line of force, field line |
| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. |
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| Examples | "his face has many lines" |
| Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint |
| Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line; dermatoglyphic; frown line; line of life, life line, lifeline; line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line; line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn |
| Verbs | line |
| Meaning | A pipe used to transport liquids or gases. |
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| Examples | "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" |
| Synonyms | pipeline |
| Broader | pipe, pipage, piping |
| Narrower | gas line; oil pipeline |
| Instances | Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline |
| Meaning | The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. |
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| Synonyms | railway line, rail line |
| Parts | railroad bed; railroad track, railroad, railway |
| Broader | road, route |
| Narrower | branch line, spur track, spur; trunk line, trunk route |
| Meaning | A telephone connection. |
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| Synonyms | telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
| Narrower | digital subscriber line, DSL; hot line; land line, landline; party line; private line; toll line; trunk line; WATS, WATS line |
| Meaning | Acting in conformity. |
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| Examples | "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" |
| Broader | conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. |
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| Examples | "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
| Synonyms | lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side |
| Meaning | Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible. |
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| Examples | "a washing line" |
| Parts | bitter end; drip loop |
| Broader | artifact, artefact |
| Narrower | becket; cord; lanyard, laniard; lifeline; lifeline; mooring, mooring line; painter; ratline, ratlin; rope; sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud; shroud; strand; towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope; trace |
| Meaning | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. |
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| Examples | "he's not in my line of business" |
| Synonyms | occupation, business, job, line of work |
| Broader | activity |
| Narrower | confectionery; sport; farming, land; game, biz; career, calling, vocation; employment, work; appointment; position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation; treadmill, salt mine; trade, craft; profession; metier, medium; accountancy, accounting; photography; catering |
| Meaning | In games or sports. A mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area. |
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| Broader | mark, print |
| Narrower | balkline, baulk-line, string line; finishing line, finish line; foul line; foul line; foul line; baseline; goal line; red line; scrimmage line, line of scrimmage; service line, baseline; sideline, out of bounds; start, starting line; yard line |
| Meaning | (often plural) a means of communication or access. |
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| Examples | "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
| Synonyms | channel, communication channel |
| Usage | plural, plural form |
| Broader | communication, communicating |
| Narrower | back channel; lens; liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication |
| Meaning | A particular kind of product or merchandise. |
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| Examples | "a nice line of shoes" |
| Synonyms | product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business |
| Parts | top of the line |
| Broader | merchandise, ware, product |
| Narrower | sideline |
| Meaning | A commercial organization serving as a common carrier. |
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| Part of | transportation system, transportation, transit |
| Broader | carrier, common carrier |
| Narrower | airline, airline business, airway; railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system; steamship company, steamship line; transit line |
| Meaning | Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising. |
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| Synonyms | agate line |
| Broader | area unit, square measure |
| Meaning | The maximum credit that a customer is allowed. |
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| Synonyms | credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit |
| Broader | credit |
| Narrower | consumer credit |
| Meaning | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. |
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| Synonyms | tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase |
| Parts | phrase, musical phrase |
| Broader | music |
| Narrower | flourish, fanfare, tucket; glissando; roulade; leitmotiv, leitmotif; theme song; signature, signature tune, theme song; theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea; part, voice |
| Meaning | A short personal letter. |
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| Examples | "drop me a line when you get there" |
| Synonyms | note, short letter, billet |
| Broader | personal letter |
| Narrower | excuse |
| Meaning | A conceptual separation or distinction. |
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| Examples | "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" |
| Synonyms | dividing line, demarcation, contrast |
| Broader | differentiation, distinction |
| Narrower | Rubicon, point of no return |
| Meaning | Mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. |
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| Synonyms | production line, assembly line |
| Part of | factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory |
| Parts | conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter |
| Broader | mechanical system |
| Meaning | Be in line with. Form a line along. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "trees line the riverbank" |
| Synonyms | run along |
| Broader | lie |
| Narrower | rim |
| Nouns | line |
| Meaning | Cover the interior of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
| Broader | cover |
| Narrower | reline; face; crib; babbitt |
| Nouns | lining; liner, lining; lining |
| Meaning | Make a mark or lines on a surface. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
| Synonyms | trace, draw, describe, delineate |
| Similar to | draw; draw |
| Broader | mark |
| Narrower | construct; inscribe; circumscribe; circumscribe; write |
| Entailed by | pencil; chalk; charcoal; doodle |
| Nouns | lineation; line; lineation |
| Meaning | Mark with lines. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "sorrow had lined his face" |
| Broader | score, nock, mark |
| Narrower | reline; hatch; crisscross |
| Nouns | lineation; line; line; lineation |
| Meaning | Fill plentifully. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "line one's pockets" |
| Broader | fill, fill up, make full |
| Meaning | Reinforce with fabric. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "lined books are more enduring" |
| Broader | reinforce, reenforce |
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