Synonym: arrangement, boundary, brand, confine, cord, dash, edge, kind, limit, make, mark, rope, row, sequence, series, sort, streak, string, stripe, stroke, type, wire. Similar words: online, line up, outline, in line, decline, airline, headline, deadline. Meaning: [laɪn] n. 1. a formation of people or things one beside another 2. a mark that is long relative to its width 3. a formation of people or things one behind another 4. a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point 5. text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen 6. a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum 7. a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) 8. the methodical process of logical reasoning 9. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power 10. a connected series of events or actions or developments 11. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent 12. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface 13. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases 14. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed 15. a telephone connection 16. acting in conformity 17. the descendants of one individual 18. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible 19. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money 20. in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area 21. (often plural) a means of communication or access 22. a particular kind of product or merchandise 23. a commercial organization serving as a common carrier 24. space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising 25. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed 26. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence 27. a short personal letter 28. a conceptual separation or distinction 29. mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. v. 1. be in line with; form a line along 2. cover the interior of 3. make a mark or lines on a surface 4. mark with lines 5. fill plentifully 6. reinforce with fabric.
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61. Let's construct a square on this line.
62. Pick up line one. It's Mr. Peck.
63. Line up these men and see if the witness can recognize the criminal.
64. Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle.
65. Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed.
66. How many days you heal the wounded and rescue the dying, fighting in the first line.
67. The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.
68. Workers were subjected to intimidation as they crossed the picket line.
69. We've struggled on for as long as we could, but now we're at the end of the line.
70. People dramatically cross very thin line between life and death.
71. A specialist in ergonomics will work with the team designing the production line in our new factory.
72. For help on crime prevention, call our 24-hour advice line.
73. We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose.
74. Draw a straight line across the top of the page.
75. I'd be laying my career/life on the line by giving you that information.
76. Finally he returned to the official line from which he had swerved.
77. miss you so deeply that my love just like a kite has broken its line and won't stop flying until it reaches you at last.
78. The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.
79. The production line involves a high degree of specialization of labour.
80. The radio station had an open line on which listeners could call up to discuss various issues.
81. A long line of people formed outside the doctor's office.
82. The number of passengers by this line fell off slightly in January.
83. Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.
84. The end of the summer, the who. Memory such as a line, who stumbled.
85. These issues have created a stark fault line within the Peace Process.
86. Slowly the fisherman reeled in his line,(http://sentencedict.com/line.html) bringing the fish ashore.
87. He was trying to keep out of the bird's line of sight.
88. His voice came down the line as clear as a bell.
89. So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line.
90. The government wants to take a hard line against the strikers.