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4-letter words (2 found)

LIEN,LINE,

3-letter words (5 found)

LEI,LIE,LIN,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from line according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of line

line ilne lnie nlie inle nile lien ilen lein elin ieln eiln lnei nlei leni elni neli enli inel niel ienl einl neil enil

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Definitions and meaning of line

line

Pronunciation

  • enPR: līn, IPA(key): /laɪn/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /lɑɪn/, [lɑe̯n]
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).

Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen.

The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

Noun

line (plural lines)

  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
    • c. 300 BC, Euclid, Elements, Book I, Definition ii; translated in 1885, Casey, John (ed. and trans.), The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid […] , London: Longman, Green, & Co, third edition; republished by Project Gutenberg on April 14, 2007, ebook #21076, updated July 18, 2022, page 2.
      A line is length without breadth.
    1. (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
      Synonym: straight line
    2. (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
      Synonym: line segment
    3. (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
    4. (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
    5. (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
    6. (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
    7. (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
    8. (soccer) The goal line.
    9. (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
  2. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
  3. A hose or pipe, of any size.
  4. Direction, path.
  5. A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
    In order to maintain a consistency in the defense, I will follow the line established by attorney Jacobs of allowing the prosecution to suggest motives, and then refuting them.
  6. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
  7. A clothesline.
  8. A letter, a written form of communication.
    Synonyms: epistle, letter, note
  9. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  10. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
  11. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
  12. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
  13. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
  14. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
  16. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
  17. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
  19. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]
    Synonyms: (Canada) lineup, (UK, Ireland) queue
    1. (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
  20. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
  21. (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
  23. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
  24. A small amount of text. Specifically:
    1. A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
      Synonym: row
    2. A verse (in poetry).
    3. A sentence of dialogue, especially [from late 19th c.] in a play, movie, or the like.
    4. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
  25. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [from earlier 17th c.]
  26. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]
  27. (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
  28. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. [from early 19th c.]
    • 1890, Illinois State Dairymen's Association, Annual Report (volume 16, page 21)
      Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in their lines, and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production.
  29. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  30. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
    1. (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
    2. One twelfth of an inch.
    3. One sixteenth of an inch.
    4. One fortieth of an inch.
  31. (advertising) Short for agate line.
  32. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
  33. (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
  34. (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
    Synonym: line of engagement
  35. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
  36. A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
  37. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
  38. (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
  39. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
  40. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
  41. (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
  42. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • (geometry) curve, point, segment
  • lineage
  • lineal
  • linear
Descendants
  • → Scottish Gaelic: loidhne
Translations

Verb

line (third-person singular simple present lines, present participle lining, simple past and past participle lined)

  1. (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
  3. (transitive) To form a line along.
  4. (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
  5. (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
  7. (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
    • 1897, Daniel Webster Davis, “De Linin’ ub de Hymns”, quoted in Jerma A. Jackson, “Exuberance or Restraint: Music and Religion after Reconstruction”, in Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8078-2860-1, page 15:
      De young folks say ’tain’t stylish to lin’ ’um no mo’; / Dat deys got edikashun, an’ dey wants us all to know / Dey like to hab dar singin’-books a-holin’ fore dar eyes, / An’ sing de hymns right straight along “to manshuns in de skies”.
  8. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
  9. (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
  10. (transitive) To measure.
Derived terms
  • line up
  • underline
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Korean 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), itself from English line. Likely generalized via hyung line, maknae line, etc.

Noun

line (plural lines)

  1. (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).

Etymology 3

From Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen.

Alternative forms

  • lin

Noun

line (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
    • a. 1818, J. C. Atkinson (ed.), North Riding Record Society (publisher), Quarter sessions records VIII p. 52 (compilation of historical records published in 1890, as quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary in 1902):
      To spin 2 lb. of line.
Translations

Verb

line (third-person singular simple present lines, present participle lining, simple past and past participle lined)

  1. (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  2. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
  3. (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
Derived terms

(terms derived from the verb "line"):

  • line one's pockets
Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Middle French ligner.

Verb

line (third-person singular simple present lines, present participle lining, simple past and past participle lined)

  1. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.
Translations

Gallery

References

“line”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • LEIN, Neil, Niel, Nile, lien

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English line.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajn/
  • Rhymes: -ajn

Noun

line f (invariable)

  1. line management
  2. editing (of a TV programme/program)

Related terms

  • off-line
  • on-line

Anagrams

  • lenì

Latin

Verb

line

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of linō

References

  • line in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lyne, lin, lyene
  • ligne (influenced by Old French ligne)

Etymology 1

From Old English līne, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ. Some forms and meanings are from Old French ligne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːn(ə)/

Noun

line (plural lines)

  1. rope, cord
  2. line, rule, ruler, measure
  3. (figurative) rule, direction, command, edict
  4. line, straight mark; also a fictitious line
  5. (written) line, verse
Descendants
  • English: line

References

  • “līne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English līn.

Noun

line (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of lyne

References

  • “lin,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːnə/

Etymology 1

From Latin linea.

Alternative forms

  • linje

Noun

line f (definite singular lina, indefinite plural liner, definite plural linene)

  1. a line (a continuous mark through two or more points; a succession of ancestors or descendants; the stated position of an individual or group)
Derived terms
  • kystline
  • skiljeline

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lína.

Noun

line f (definite singular lina, indefinite plural liner, definite plural linene)

  1. a line (a strong rope, cord, string, wire)

References

  • “line” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Akin to Old High German līna (“line”) (German Leine (“rope”)), Middle Dutch līne (“rope, cord”) (Dutch lijn (“rope”)), Old Norse līna (“cord, rope”) (Danish line (“rope, cord”)), Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.ne/

Noun

līne f

  1. line
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. rope, cable
  3. row, series
  4. direction, rule

Declension

Related terms

  • līn
  • līnen, linnen

Descendants

  • Middle English: lyne, lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny
    • English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)
    • Yola: leen

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

liné

  1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Spanish

Noun

line m (plural lines)

  1. (rugby) lineout

Source: wiktionary.org