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A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: washing line
Antonyms: none provided
A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To knock (a person) over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm, mimicking the motion of running into a low clothesline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, US, informal, transitive
Examples
- The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cord
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
zivə
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Central Bikol:
balaybayan
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Central Bikol:
sablayan
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Catalan:
estenedor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Catalan:
fil d'estendre
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Chinese Mandarin:
曬衣繩 /晒衣绳
(shàiyīshéng)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Chinese Mandarin:
晾衣繩 /晾衣绳
(liàngyīshéng)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Danish:
tøjsnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Danish:
tørresnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Dutch:
wasdraad
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Dutch:
waslijn
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Finnish:
pyykkinaru
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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French:
corde à linge
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Galician:
tendal
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Galician:
tarandeira
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Georgian:
სამკერვალო
(samḳervalo)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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German:
Wäscheleine
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Greek:
σκοινί για άπλωμα ρούχων
(skoiní gia áploma roúchon)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Hebrew:
חבל־כביסה
(khevel-kvisa)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Hungarian:
szárítókötél
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Hungarian:
ruhaszárító kötél
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Icelandic:
þvottasnúra
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Icelandic:
snúra
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Irish:
líne éadaigh
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Italian:
linea di vestiti
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Japanese:
物干し綱
(monohoshizuna)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Japanese:
物干し
(monohoshi)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Jeju:
세답배
(sedapbae)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Kazakh:
киім сызығы
(kiım syzyğy)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Korean:
빨랫줄
(ppallaetjul)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Kyrgyz:
кийим-сап
(kiyim-sap)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Malay:
ampaian baju
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Māori:
tārawa kākahu horoi
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Māori:
tārawa horoi
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Mongolian:
хувцасны гэц
(xuvcasny gec)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norman:
corde à lînge
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
klessnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tørkestativ
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kledesnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
klesnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
klessnor
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tørkestativ
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Polish:
sznur do suszenia bielizny
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Portuguese:
varal
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Portuguese:
estendal
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Portuguese:
estendedouro
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Portuguese:
tendal
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Russian:
бельева́я верёвка
(belʹjevája verjóvka)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Spanish:
cuerda para tender la ropa
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Spanish:
tendal
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Spanish:
tendedero
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Spanish:
tenderete
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Swedish:
tvättlina
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Tagalog:
yangyangan
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Tamil:
கொடி
(koṭi)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Tausug:
buwaran
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Uzbek:
kiyim liniyasi
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
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Yiddish:
גרעטשטריק
(gretshtrik)
— a rope or cord for drying clothes
