(law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
(obsolete) A tendon.
(uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.
verb
(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain
line
line
noun
(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.
(South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
(advertising) Short for agate line.
(baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
(cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
(engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
(fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
(genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
(geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
(geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
(geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
(graph theory) An edge of a graph.
(historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
(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.
(ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
(medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
(military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
(military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
(military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
(motoring) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
(music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
(music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
(obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
(obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
(obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
(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.)
(soccer) The goal line.
(stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
A clothesline.
A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
A hose or pipe, of any size.
A letter, a written form of communication.
A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
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.
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
A verse (in poetry).
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.
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:
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
Direction, path.
Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
One fortieth of an inch.
One sixteenth of an inch.
One twelfth of an inch.
That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
(rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
(transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
(transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
(transitive) To form a line along.
(transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
(transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
(transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
(transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
(transitive, now rare, of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.
(transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
neil
niel
niel
Proper noun
town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.
