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intj · name · noun · verb · 114 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • līn
  • /laɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /lɑɪn/
  • Australian: [lɑe̯n]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /lʌɪn/
  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: L AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their dialogue and needs to be prompted with it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: acting, broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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2

name

Meaning 2

An English and Scottish surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The arrow descended in a curved line.

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: straight line

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: line segment

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

An edge of a graph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

The equator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: 'the line' or 'equinoctial line'

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

The goal line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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12

noun

Meaning 12

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a brake line
  • the main water line to the house

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Direction, path.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the line of sight
  • the line of vision

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16

noun

Meaning 16

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • line of thinking
  • 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.

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17

noun

Meaning 17

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
  • a dedicated line; a shared line
  • Please speak up, the line is very faint.

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Synonyms: none provided

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18

noun

Meaning 18

A clothesline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.

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19

noun

Meaning 19

A short letter, a written form of communication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Drop me a line.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: epistle, letter, note

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a line of stages
  • an express line

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Synonyms: none provided

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21

noun

Meaning 21

A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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22

noun

Meaning 22

The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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23

noun

Meaning 23

A conceptual division or distinction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • fine line

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24

noun

Meaning 24

A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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25

noun

Meaning 25

A measuring line or cord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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26

noun

Meaning 26

That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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27

noun

Meaning 27

A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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28

noun

Meaning 28

Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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29

noun

Meaning 29

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • get in line
  • The line forms on the right.
  • There is a line of houses.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lineup, queue, tail

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

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.

Ellipsis of line of battle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lineup, queue, tail

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Synonyms: none provided

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32

noun

Meaning 32

A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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33

noun

Meaning 33

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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34

noun

Meaning 34

A small amount of text. Specifically:

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: row

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

A small amount of text. Specifically:

A verse (in poetry).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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36

noun

Meaning 36

A small amount of text. Specifically:

A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
  • "It is what it is" was one of his more annoying lines.

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Synonyms: none provided

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37

noun

Meaning 37

A small amount of text. Specifically:

A lie, exaggeration, or spin, especially one said to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Don't feed me a line!

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38

noun

Meaning 38

A small amount of text. Specifically:

A lie, exaggeration, or spin, especially one said to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.

Ellipsis of pick-up line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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39

noun

Meaning 39

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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40

noun

Meaning 40

The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Remember, your answers must match the party line.

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41

noun

Meaning 41

Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • Judy gave me a line on a lawyer who's supposed to be the best in the business.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

noun

Meaning 42

A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • line of business, product line
  • How many buses does the line have?
  • The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.

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Synonyms: none provided

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43

noun

Meaning 43

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance, stock-exchange

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44

noun

Meaning 44

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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45

noun

Meaning 45

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:

A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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46

noun

Meaning 46

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:

One twelfth of an inch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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47

noun

Meaning 47

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:

One sixteenth of an inch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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48

noun

Meaning 48

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:

One fortieth of an inch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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49

noun

Meaning 49

Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: advertising, business, marketing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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50

noun

Meaning 50

A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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51

noun

Meaning 51

The batter's box.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, with-definite-article

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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52

noun

Meaning 52

The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: line of engagement

Antonyms: none provided

53

noun

Meaning 53

Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • the engine is in line / out of line

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54

noun

Meaning 54

A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • I watched him take a line of cocaine.

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55

noun

Meaning 55

Instruction; doctrine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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56

noun

Meaning 56

A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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57

noun

Meaning 57

a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: perfusion line

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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58

noun

Meaning 58

A group of forwards that play together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

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59

noun

Meaning 59

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Australian rules football

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60

noun

Meaning 60

A vascular catheter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • patient had a line inserted
  • line sepsis

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Synonyms: none provided

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61

noun

Meaning 61

A group of people born in a certain year (liners).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: South Korean idol fandom

Examples

  • maknae line; hyung line; 97 line

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62

noun

Meaning 62

Flax, linen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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63

noun

Meaning 63

The longer fiber(s) of flax.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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64

noun

Meaning 64

Acronym of long interspersed nuclear element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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65

noun

Meaning 65

A close quarters combat system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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66

verb

Meaning 66

To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to line troops
  • They lined up the books against the wall.

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67

verb

Meaning 67

To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to line works with soldiers

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68

verb

Meaning 68

To form a line along.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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69

verb

Meaning 69

To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to line a copy book

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70

verb

Meaning 70

To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Examples

  • The dispatcher lined the switches at Pickle interlocking for the freight turnout to clear the train into the passing track before the express arrived.

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71

verb

Meaning 71

To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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72

verb

Meaning 72

To read or repeat line by line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, transitive

Qualifier: now more often line out

Examples

  • to line out a hymn

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Synonyms: none provided

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73

verb

Meaning 73

To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.

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Synonyms: none provided

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74

verb

Meaning 74

To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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75

verb

Meaning 75

To measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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76

verb

Meaning 76

To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to line a cloak with silk or fur
  • to line a box with paper or tin
  • The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
  • Paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room.

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Synonyms: none provided

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77

verb

Meaning 77

To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to line the shelves

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78

verb

Meaning 78

To copulate with, to impregnate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

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79

noun

Meaning 79

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he's not in my line of business

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: occupation, business, job, line of work

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: 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

80

noun

Meaning 80

acting in conformity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in line with
  • he got out of line
  • toe the line

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance

81

noun

Meaning 81

a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cable, transmission line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conductor

Narrower terms: coaxial cable, coax, coax cable, electrical cable, fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable, power line, power cable, printer cable

82

noun

Meaning 82

something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a washing line

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artifact, artefact

Narrower terms: becket, cord, lanyard, laniard, lifeline, mooring, mooring line, painter, ratline, ratlin, rope, sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud, strand, towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope, trace

83

noun

Meaning 83

the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: railway line, rail line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: road, route

Narrower terms: branch line, spur track, spur, trunk line, trunk route

84

noun

Meaning 84

a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carrier, common carrier

Narrower terms: airline, airline business, airway, railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system, steamship company, steamship line, transit line

85

noun

Meaning 85

a particular kind of product or merchandise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a nice line of shoes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchandise, ware, product

Narrower terms: sideline

86

noun

Meaning 86

a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pipeline

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pipe, pipage, piping

Narrower terms: gas line, oil pipeline, Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline

87

noun

Meaning 87

mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: production line, assembly line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mechanical system

88

noun

Meaning 88

a telephone connection

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

Narrower terms: digital subscriber line, DSL, hot line, land line, landline, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line, WATS, WATS line

89

noun

Meaning 89

a conceptual separation or distinction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dividing line, demarcation, contrast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: differentiation, distinction

Narrower terms: Rubicon, point of no return

90

noun

Meaning 90

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I can't follow your line of reasoning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought

Narrower terms: line of inquiry, line of questioning, casuistry, policy

91

noun

Meaning 91

(often plural) a means of communication or access

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it must go through official channels
  • lines of communication were set up between the two firms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: channel, communication channel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communication, communicating

Narrower terms: back channel, lens, liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication, spiel, patter, line of gab

92

noun

Meaning 92

a short personal letter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • drop me a line when you get there

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: note, short letter, billet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: personal letter

Narrower terms: excuse

93

noun

Meaning 93

a mark that is long relative to its width

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He drew a line on the chart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mark, print

Narrower terms: 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

94

noun

Meaning 94

text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the letter consisted of three short lines
  • there are six lines in every stanza

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: text, textual matter

Narrower terms: 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, sound bite, bottom line

95

noun

Meaning 95

persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line
  • he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it
  • that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: persuasion, suasion

96

noun

Meaning 96

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was humming an air from Beethoven

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: music

Narrower terms: flourish, fanfare, tucket, glissando, roulade, leitmotiv, leitmotif, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea, part, voice

97

noun

Meaning 97

the descendants of one individual

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his entire lineage has been warriors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: genealogy, family tree

Narrower terms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry, side

98

noun

Meaning 98

a connected series of events or actions or developments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the government took a firm course
  • historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: course

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: series

Narrower terms: stream, flow, current

99

noun

Meaning 99

a formation of people or things one behind another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the line stretched clear around the corner
  • you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: formation

Narrower terms: diagonal, file, single file, Indian file, line of march, line of succession, picket line, conga line, trap line, queue, waiting line

100

noun

Meaning 100

a formation of people or things one beside another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: formation

Narrower terms: rivet line, chorus, chorus line, diagonal, linemen, lineup, row, rank

101

noun

Meaning 101

a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

Narrower terms: 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, 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, watermark, watershed, water parting, divide, track, course, line of force, field line

102

noun

Meaning 102

in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mark, print

Narrower terms: balkline, baulk-line, string line, finishing line, finish line, foul line, baseline, goal line, red line, scrimmage line, line of scrimmage, service line, sideline, out of bounds, start, starting line, scratch, scratch line, yard line

103

noun

Meaning 103

a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they attacked the enemy's line

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military position, position

Narrower terms: firing line, battlefront, front, front line, line of battle, battle line

104

noun

Meaning 104

a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation

105

noun

Meaning 105

the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: credit

Narrower terms: consumer credit

106

noun

Meaning 106

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agate line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area unit, square measure

107

noun

Meaning 107

a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

Narrower terms: curve, curved shape, straight line, geodesic, geodesic line, perimeter, centerline, center line, boundary, edge, bound

108

noun

Meaning 108

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his face has many lines
  • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: depression, impression, imprint

Narrower terms: 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

109

verb

Meaning 109

reinforce with fabric

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lined books are more enduring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reinforce, reenforce

110

verb

Meaning 110

fill plentifully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • line one's pockets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full

111

verb

Meaning 111

cover the interior of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • line the gloves
  • line a chimney

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover

Narrower terms: reline, face, crib, babbitt

112

verb

Meaning 112

mark with lines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sorrow had lined his face

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score, nock, mark

Narrower terms: reline, hatch, crisscross

113

verb

Meaning 113

make a mark or lines on a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • draw a line
  • trace the outline of a figure in the sand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trace, draw, describe, delineate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mark

Narrower terms: construct, inscribe, circumscribe, write

114

verb

Meaning 114

be in line with; form a line along

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • trees line the riverbank

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: run along

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lie

Narrower terms: rim

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line 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.

From the Middle English surname, derived from the Anglo-Norman suffix -line found in names such as Adeline and Madeline.

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

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

Borrowed from Middle French ligner.

Across languages

Translations

827 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lyn — rope, cord, or string
  • Albanian: pe — rope, cord, or string
  • Albanian: litar — rope, cord, or string
  • Asturian: filu — rope, cord, or string
  • Asturian: llinia — rope, cord, or string
  • Bashkir: бау (baw) — rope, cord, or string
  • Bashkir: арҡан (arqan) — rope, cord, or string
  • Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — rope, cord, or string
  • Bulgarian: шнур (šnur) — rope, cord, or string
  • Danish: linje — rope, cord, or string
  • Dutch: lijn — rope, cord, or string
  • Dutch: touw — rope, cord, or string
  • Ewe: ka — rope, cord, or string
  • Finnish: naru — rope, cord, or string
  • Finnish: nuora — rope, cord, or string
  • Finnish: nyöri — rope, cord, or string
  • Finnish: liina — rope, cord, or string
  • Galician: fío — rope, cord, or string
  • Galician: liña — rope, cord, or string
  • Galician: tralla — rope, cord, or string
  • German: Leine — rope, cord, or string
  • Greek: σπάγκος (spágkos) — rope, cord, or string
  • Hindi: रस्सी (rassī) — rope, cord, or string
  • Hindi: डोरी (ḍorī) — rope, cord, or string
  • Irish: dorú — rope, cord, or string
  • Italian: corda — rope, cord, or string
  • Italian: fune — rope, cord, or string
  • Italian: cima — rope, cord, or string
  • Luhya: elaini — rope, cord, or string
  • Macedonian: ја́же (jáže) — rope, cord, or string
  • Macedonian: ко́нец (kónec) — rope, cord, or string
  • Macedonian: га́јтан (gájtan) — rope, cord, or string
  • Polish: lina — rope, cord, or string
  • Portuguese: fio — rope, cord, or string
  • Portuguese: linha — rope, cord, or string
  • Romanian: funie — rope, cord, or string
  • Romanian: frânghie — rope, cord, or string
  • Romanian: sfoară — rope, cord, or string
  • Romanian: șnur — rope, cord, or string
  • Romanian: ață — rope, cord, or string
  • Russian: верёвка (verjóvka) — rope, cord, or string
  • Russian: шнур (šnur) — rope, cord, or string
  • Russian: линь (linʹ) — rope, cord, or string
  • Russian: ле́ска (léska) — rope, cord, or string
  • Southern Altai: буу (buu) — rope, cord, or string
  • Southern Altai: аркан (arkan) — rope, cord, or string
  • Spanish: hilo — rope, cord, or string
  • Spanish: línea — rope, cord, or string
  • Swahili: mstari — rope, cord, or string
  • Swedish: lina — rope, cord, or string
  • Turkish: hat — rope, cord, or string
  • Turkish: çizgi — rope, cord, or string
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایپ (ip) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ottoman Turkish: خلاط (halat) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ottoman Turkish: طنب (tunub) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ottoman Turkish: ریسمان (risman) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ukrainian: моту́зка (motúzka) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ukrainian: шнур (šnur) — rope, cord, or string
  • Ukrainian: ни́тка (nýtka) — rope, cord, or string
  • Welsh: lein — rope, cord, or string
  • Afrikaans: lyn — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Albanian: linjë — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Arabic: خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Arabic: خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Armenian: գիծ (gic) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Asturian: llinia — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Azerbaijani: cızıq — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Azerbaijani: cizgi — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Azerbaijani: xətt — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Bashkir: һыҙыҡ (hıźıq) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Basque: marra — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Belarusian: лі́нія (línija) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Belarusian: ры́са (rýsa) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Bengali: রেখা (rekha) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Bengali: লাইন (lain) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Bhojpuri: रेखा (rēkhā) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Bulgarian: ли́ния (línija) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Burmese: လိုင်း (luing:) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Catalan: línia — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Chamicuro: yis̈hna — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直線 /直线 (zhíxiàn) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 (xiàn) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Czech: čára — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Czech: lajna — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Danish: linje — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Dutch: rechte — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Dutch: lijn — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Dutch: streep — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Esperanto: linio — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Estonian: liin — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Estonian: joon — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Ewe: fli — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Farefare: foole — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Finnish: viiva — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • French: ligne — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • French: trait — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Galician: liña — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Georgian: ხაზი (xazi) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • German: Linie — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Ancient Greek: γραμμή (grammḗ) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Hebrew: קַו (kav) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Hindi: रेखा (rekhā) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Hungarian: vonal — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Icelandic: lína — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Indonesian: baris — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Indonesian: garis — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Irish: líne — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Istriot: reîga — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Italian: linea — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Italian: riga — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Japanese: 線 (sen) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Japanese: ライン (rain) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Kazakh: сызық (syzyq) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Khmer: បន្ទាត់ (bɑɑbɑntŏət) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Korean: 줄 (jul) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Korean: 선 (seon) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Korean: 라인 (rain) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Kumyk: гьыз (hız) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Kumyk: ёл (yol) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Kumyk: бой (boy) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Northern Kurdish: xet — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Northern Kurdish: hêl — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Kyrgyz: сызык (sızık) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Lao: ເສັ້ນ (sen) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Lao: ເສັ້ນຊື່ (sen sư̄) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Latvian: līnija — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Lithuanian: linija — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Luhya: elaini — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Malay: garisan — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Manx: linney — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Mongolian: шугам (šugam) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Norman: lîngne — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Norwegian: linje — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Norwegian Bokmål: linje — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Persian: خَطّ (xatt) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Persian: کَش (kaš) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Pohnpeian: lain — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Polish: linia — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Portuguese: linha — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Portuguese: risco — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Portuguese: traço — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Russian: черта́ (čertá) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Russian: штрих (štrix) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Sanskrit: रेखा (rekhā) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли́нија — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Serbo-Croatian: цр̏та — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Serbo-Croatian: línija — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȑta — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Sindhi: ريکا (rekhā) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Slovak: čiara — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Slovene: črta — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Southern Altai: чийӱ (čiyü) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Southern Altai: айры (ayrï) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Southern Altai: јол (ǰol) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Spanish: línea — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Spanish: rasgo — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Spanish: trazo — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Spanish: vírgula — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Sundanese: gurat — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Swahili: mstari — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Swedish: linje — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Tagalog: linya — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Tajik: хат (xat) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Telugu: గీత (gīta) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Thai: เส้น (sên) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Thai: เส้นตรง (sên-dtrong) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Tocharian B: sälyiye — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Turkish: çizgi — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Turkmen: çyzyk — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Udi: гицӏ (gic̣) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Ukrainian: лі́нія (línija) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Ukrainian: ри́са (rýsa) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Urdu: خَط (xat) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Urdu: لائن (lāin) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Uzbek: chiziq — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Uzbek: xat — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Venetan: lìnia — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Venetan: ligna — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Venetan: riga — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Vietnamese: đường — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Welsh: lein — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Yiddish: ליניע (linye) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Yiddish: שטריך (shtrikh) — path through two or more points, threadlike mark
  • Afrikaans: lyn — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Bulgarian: ли́ния (línija) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Catalan: recta — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Czech: přímka — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Dutch: rechte — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Dutch: lijn — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Esperanto: rekto — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Ewe: fli — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Finnish: suora — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • French: droite — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • German: Gerade — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Ancient Greek: γραμμή (grammḗ) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Ancient Greek: εὐθεῖα γραμμή (eutheîa grammḗ) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Gujarati: રેખા (rekhā) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Hindi: रेखा (rekhā) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Hindi: सरल रेखा (saral rekhā) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Hungarian: egyenes — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Italian: linea — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Khmer: ខ្សែ (khsae) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Latin: līnea — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Latin: līnea rēcta — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Latin: euthīa — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Macedonian: пра́ва (práva) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Malayalam: നേർരേഖ (nēṟrēkha) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Navajo: ídzo — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Persian: خَطّ (xatt) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Persian: کَش (kaš) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Middle Persian: 𐫐𐫢 — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Pohnpeian: lain — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Polish: prosta — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Portuguese: reta — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Romanian: dreaptă — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Romanian: linie deaptă — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Russian: пряма́я (prjamája) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Spanish: recta — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Swahili: mstari — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Swedish: linje — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Tagalog: guhit — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Turkish: doğru — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Ukrainian: пряма́ (prjamá) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Urdu: خَط (xaṭ) — geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure
  • Bulgarian: отсе́чка (otséčka) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Catalan: segment — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Chamicuro: yis̈hna — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Czech: úsečka — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Dutch: lijnstuk — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Dutch: rechte — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Dutch: lijn — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Esperanto: rektosegmento — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Esperanto: streko — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Ewe: fli — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Finnish: jana — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • German: Strecke — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Greek: ευθύγραμμο τμήμα (efthýgrammo tmíma) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Hungarian: szakasz — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Italian: segmento — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Khmer: ខ្សែ (khsae) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Macedonian: о́тсечка (ótsečka) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Navajo: ídzo — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Polish: odcinek — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Portuguese: segmento — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Romanian: segment (de dreaptă) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Russian: отре́зок (otrézok) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Swahili: mstari — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Swedish: linje — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Ukrainian: відрі́зок (vidrízok) — geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure
  • Afrikaans: kant — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Afrikaans: lyn — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Dutch: kant — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Dutch: lijn — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Finnish: viiva — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • German: Kante — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Italian: linea — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Italian: riga — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Italian: bordo — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Polish: krawędź — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Portuguese: aresta — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Portuguese: arco — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Romanian: muchie — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Romanian: cant — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Spanish: línea — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Swahili: mstari — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Ukrainian: грани́ця (hranýcja) — graph theory: edge of a graph
  • Afrikaans: meridiaan — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Afrikaans: skeerkring — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Afrikaans: lyn — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Dutch: meridiaan — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Dutch: lijn — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Finnish: koordinaattiviiva — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • German: Breitenkreis — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • German: Längenkreis — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Irish: líne — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Italian: meridiana — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Italian: meridiano — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Macedonian: линија (linija) — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Portuguese: linha — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Romanian: latitudine — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Romanian: longitudine — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Swahili: mstari — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Ukrainian: мередіа́н (meredián) — geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map
  • Dutch: regel — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Finnish: viiva — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • German: Linie — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • German: Taktstrich — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Hungarian: vonal — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Italian: linea — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Polish: linia — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Portuguese: linha — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Romanian: linie de portativ — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Russian: лине́йка (linéjka) — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Spanish: línea — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Swahili: mstari — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Ukrainian: лі́нія (línija) — music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed
  • Afrikaans: maatband — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Bulgarian: роле́тка (rolétka) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Dutch: regel — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Dutch: meetlat — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Finnish: mittanauha — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Italian: corda — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Italian: gomena — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Italian: sagola — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Macedonian: ме́тро (métro) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Māori: mārōrō — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Polish: miara — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Polish: metr — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Portuguese: fita — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Romanian: metru (de măsură) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Russian: сантиме́тр (santimétr) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Russian: руле́тка (rulétka) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Spanish: cinta métrica — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Swahili: mstari — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Ukrainian: руле́тка (rulétka) — long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline
  • Afrikaans: lyn — cricket: horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman
  • Italian: linea — cricket: horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman
  • Swahili: mstari — cricket: horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman
  • Afrikaans: rigting — direction, path
  • Bashkir: йүнәлеш (yünəleş) — direction, path
  • Dutch: richting — direction, path
  • Dutch: gezichtspunt — direction, path
  • Finnish: linja — direction, path
  • Finnish: suunta — direction, path
  • Macedonian: правец (pravec) — direction, path
  • Macedonian: насока (nasoka) — direction, path
  • Portuguese: caminho — direction, path
  • Romanian: direcție — direction, path
  • Romanian: linie directoare — direction, path
  • Russian: направле́ние (napravlénije) — direction, path
  • Swahili: mstari — direction, path
  • Ukrainian: на́прям (náprjam) — direction, path
  • Ukrainian: на́прямок (náprjamok) — direction, path
  • Afrikaans: lyn — telephone or network connection
  • Arabic: خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) — telephone or network connection
  • Bulgarian: ли́ния (línija) — telephone or network connection
  • Czech: vedení — telephone or network connection
  • Dutch: lijn — telephone or network connection
  • Dutch: aansluiting — telephone or network connection
  • Dutch: verbinding — telephone or network connection
  • Ewe: ka — telephone or network connection
  • Finnish: linja — telephone or network connection
  • French: ligne — telephone or network connection
  • German: Leitung — telephone or network connection
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — telephone or network connection
  • Hebrew: קַו (kav) — telephone or network connection
  • Irish: líne — telephone or network connection
  • Italian: linea — telephone or network connection
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — telephone or network connection
  • Polish: linia — telephone or network connection
  • Portuguese: linha — telephone or network connection
  • Romanian: linie — telephone or network connection
  • Russian: ли́ния свя́зи (línija svjázi) — telephone or network connection
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — telephone or network connection
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — telephone or network connection
  • Spanish: línea — telephone or network connection
  • Swahili: mstari — telephone or network connection
  • Swedish: anslutning — telephone or network connection
  • Swedish: linje — telephone or network connection
  • Turkish: hat — telephone or network connection
  • Ukrainian: телефонна лінія (telefonna linija) — telephone or network connection
  • Welsh: lein — telephone or network connection
  • Dutch: brief — letter, written form of communication
  • Dutch: regel — letter, written form of communication
  • Finnish: rivit — letter, written form of communication
  • Finnish: kirje — letter, written form of communication
  • Italian: riga — letter, written form of communication
  • Portuguese: carta — letter, written form of communication
  • Swahili: mstari — letter, written form of communication
  • Afrikaans: verbinding — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Dutch: verbinding — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Finnish: linja — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Hebrew: קַו (kav) — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Italian: linea — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Spanish: línea — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Swahili: mstari — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Swedish: distributionsled — connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • Afrikaans: loopgraaf — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Dutch: loopgraaf — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Finnish: linja — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Hungarian: vonal — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Swahili: mstari — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Ukrainian: лі́нія зі́ткнення (línija zítknennja) — fortifications: trench or rampart
  • Afrikaans: kontoer — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Afrikaans: grens — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Bashkir: һыҙыҡ (hıźıq) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Bulgarian: конту́р (kontúr) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Bulgarian: очерта́ние (očertánie) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Dutch: contour — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Dutch: grens — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Farefare: beene — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Finnish: raja — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Irish: líne — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Italian: confine — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Italian: contorno — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Macedonian: гра́ница (gránica) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Portuguese: contorno — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Russian: черта́ (čertá) — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Swahili: mstari — exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline
  • Italian: partizione — bible: that which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart
  • Swahili: mstari — bible: that which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart
  • Afrikaans: lyn — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Bulgarian: ли́ния (línija) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Dutch: lijn — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Dutch: rimpel — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Finnish: viiva — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Finnish: uurre — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • French: ride — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • German: Falte — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Hebrew: קַו (kav) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Italian: linea — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Italian: ruga — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Macedonian: црта (crta) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Portuguese: linha — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Russian: морщи́на (morščína) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Spanish: línea — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Swahili: mstari — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Swedish: linje — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Ukrainian: змо́ршка (zmórška) — threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark — see also wrinkle
  • Afrikaans: lyn — lineament; feature; figure
  • Afrikaans: kenmerk — lineament; feature; figure
  • Bulgarian: черта́ (čertá) — lineament; feature; figure
  • Dutch: lijn — lineament; feature; figure
  • Dutch: kenmerk — lineament; feature; figure
  • Finnish: piirre — lineament; feature; figure
  • Italian: lineamento — lineament; feature; figure
  • Russian: черта́ (čertá) — lineament; feature; figure
  • Spanish: lineamento — lineament; feature; figure
  • Spanish: lineamiento — lineament; feature; figure
  • Swahili: mstari — lineament; feature; figure
  • Afrikaans: lyn — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Afrikaans: ry — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Arabic: صَفّ (ṣaff) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Arabic: صَفّ (ṣaff) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Azerbaijani: cərgə — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Basque: ilara — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Belarusian: чарга́ (čarhá) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Bulgarian: опа́шка (opáška) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排隊 /排队 (páiduì) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Czech: fronta — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Dutch: rij — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Dutch: file — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Dutch: lijn — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Egyptian: i-t:r:t (jtrt) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Esperanto: vico — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Ewe: fli — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Farefare: foole — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Finnish: jono — straight sequence of people, queue
  • French: file — straight sequence of people, queue
  • French: queue — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Friulian: code — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Galician: fila — straight sequence of people, queue
  • German: Schlange — straight sequence of people, queue
  • German: Reihe — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Greek: ουρά (ourá) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Ancient Greek: στίχος (stíkhos) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Hebrew: תּוֹר (tor) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Hebrew: שׁוּרָה (shurá) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Hindi: पंक्ति (paṅkti) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Hungarian: sor — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Irish: líne — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Italian: coda — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Italian: fila — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Italian: linea — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Japanese: 列 (retsu) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Khmer: កន្ទុយ (kɑntuy) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Northern Kurdish: dor — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Northern Kurdish: rêz — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Northern Kurdish: xet — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Lithuanian: eilė — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Luhya: elaini — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Macedonian: ред (red) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Māori: rārangi — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Mongolian: ээлж дараалал (eelž daraalal) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Plautdietsch: Rieej — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Polish: kolejka — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Polish: szereg — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Polish: rząd — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Portuguese: fila — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Portuguese: linha — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Portuguese: fileira — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Romanian: coadă — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Russian: о́чередь (óčeredʹ) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Russian: шере́нга (šerénga) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Serbo-Croatian: red — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Spanish: fila — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Spanish: hilera — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Spanish: cola — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Swahili: mstari — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Swedish: kö — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Swedish: led — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Telugu: వరస (varasa) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Turkish: kuyruk — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Turkish: sıra — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Ukrainian: черга́ (čerhá) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Urdu: قِطَارْ (qitār) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Vietnamese: hàng — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Yiddish: שורה (shure) — straight sequence of people, queue
  • Finnish: jalkaväki — military: regular infantry of an army
  • German: Linieninfanterie — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Greek: πεζικό (pezikó) — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Italian: fanteria d'assalto — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Italian: reggimento — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Central Kurdish: ریز (rîz) — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Russian: лине́йная пехо́та (linéjnaja pexóta) — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Swahili: mstari — military: regular infantry of an army
  • Afrikaans: lyn — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Dutch: lijn — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Finnish: linja — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Finnish: sukulinja — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • French: lignée — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Galician: liña — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Greek: καταγωγή (katagogí) — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Italian: stirpe — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Italian: discendenza — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Italian: linea di parentela — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Italian: lignaggio — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Māori: takiaho — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Portuguese: linhagem — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Russian: насле́дственная ли́ния (naslédstvennaja línija) — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Spanish: línea — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Swahili: mstari — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Swedish: linje — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Ukrainian: роди́нна лі́нія (rodýnna línija) — series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person
  • Afrikaans: lyn — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Arabic: سَطْر (saṭr) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Arabic: خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Armenian: տող (toġ) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Azerbaijani: sətir — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Azerbaijani: xətt — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Azerbaijani: misra — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Belarusian: радо́к (radók) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Bulgarian: ред (red) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行 (hong4) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行 (háng) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Czech: řádek — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Dutch: regel — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Dutch: lijn — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Esperanto: linio — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Ewe: fli — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Finnish: rivi — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • French: ligne — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Galician: liña — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Georgian: სტრიქონი (sṭrikoni) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • German: Zeile — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Ancient Greek: στίχος (stíkhos) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Hebrew: שׁוּרָה (shurá) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Hungarian: sor — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Irish: líne — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Irish: clólíne — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Italian: riga — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Japanese: 行 (gyō) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Kazakh: жол (jol) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Korean: 행 (haeng) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Lithuanian: eilutė — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Macedonian: ред (red) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шорик (šorik) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Persian: سَطر (satr) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Persian: خَطّ (xatt) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Polish: wiersz — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Polish: wers — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Portuguese: linha — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Russian: строка́ (stroká) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Russian: стро́чка (stróčka) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: loidhne — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Slovak: riadok — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Spanish: renglón — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Spanish: línea — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Swahili: mstari — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Swedish: rad — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Tajik: сатр (satr) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Tajik: хат (xat) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Telugu: వరస (varasa) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Turkish: satır — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Udi: тӏогъ (ṭoɣ) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Ukrainian: рядо́к (rjadók) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Ukrainian: стрі́чка (stríčka) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Uzbek: satr — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Uzbek: yoʻl — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Vietnamese: dòng — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Vietnamese: hàng — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Welsh: lein — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Yiddish: שורה (shure) — single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.
  • Afrikaans: vers — poetic: verse
  • Bulgarian: стих (stih) — poetic: verse
  • Dutch: vers — poetic: verse
  • Dutch: regel — poetic: verse
  • Dutch: stanza — poetic: verse
  • Finnish: rivi — poetic: verse
  • Finnish: säe — poetic: verse
  • German: Zeile — poetic: verse
  • Greek: στίχος (stíchos) — poetic: verse
  • Ancient Greek: στίχος (stíkhos) — poetic: verse
  • Hungarian: sor — poetic: verse
  • Italian: verso — poetic: verse
  • Macedonian: стро́фа (strófa) — poetic: verse
  • Middle English: vers — poetic: verse
  • Old Norse: vísuorð — poetic: verse
  • Polish: wers — poetic: verse
  • Russian: строфа́ (strofá) — poetic: verse
  • Swahili: mstari — poetic: verse
  • Tamil: பாடல் அடி, கவிதை வரி (pāṭal aṭi, kavitai vari) — poetic: verse
  • Turkish: dize — poetic: verse
  • Turkish: mısra — poetic: verse
  • Ukrainian: купле́т (kuplét) — poetic: verse
  • Afrikaans: lyn — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Bulgarian: ре́плика (réplika) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臺詞 /台詞 /台词 (táicí) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Dutch: lijn — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Finnish: vuorosana — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Finnish: rivi — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Finnish: repliikki — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • French: réplique — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • German: Zeile — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Icelandic: rað — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Italian: verso — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Italian: riga — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Italian: battuta — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Japanese: 台詞 (serifu) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Polish: kwestia — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Portuguese: fala — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Romanian: replică — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Russian: ре́плика (réplika) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Russian: слова́ (slová) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Spanish: labia — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Spanish: frase ganadora — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Swahili: mstari — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Swedish: replik — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Turkish: replik — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Ukrainian: ре́пліка (réplika) — sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay
  • Afrikaans: visie — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Afrikaans: metode — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Afrikaans: lyn — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Bulgarian: ли́ния (línija) — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Dutch: visie — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Dutch: methode — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Dutch: lijn — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Finnish: linjaus — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • French: ligne de conduite — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Italian: linea di condotta — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Italian: comportamento — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Russian: курс (kurs) — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Swahili: mstari — course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy
  • Bulgarian: курс (kurs) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Dutch: lijn — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Finnish: linja — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Finnish: mielipide — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Finnish: näkökanta — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • German: Linie — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • German: Parteilinie — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Greek: γραμμή (grammí) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Italian: linea — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Italian: posizione — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Russian: курс (kurs) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Swahili: mstari — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Ukrainian: лі́нія (línija) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Ukrainian: пози́ція (pozýcija) — official, stated position of an individual or political faction
  • Afrikaans: produklyn — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Afrikaans: maatskappy — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Dutch: gamma — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Dutch: aanbod — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Dutch: productlijn — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Dutch: maatschappij — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Finnish: linja — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Finnish: tuotelinja — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • French: ligne — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • German: Linie — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Hebrew: קַו (qav) — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Italian: linea — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Italian: ramo — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Italian: gamma — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Macedonian: ли́нија (línija) — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Russian: лине́йка (linéjka) — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Swahili: mstari — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Swedish: produktlinje — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Swedish: sortiment — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Ukrainian: това́рна лі́нія (továrna línija) — products or services sold by a business, or the business itself
  • Swahili: mstari — stock exchange: number of shares taken by a jobber
  • Finnish: linja — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • German: Linie — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Portuguese: linha — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Spanish: línea — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Swahili: mstari — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Ukrainian: лі́нія (línija) — measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent
  • Swahili: mstari — baseball: batter’s box
  • Swahili: mstari — fencing: position in which the fencers hold their swords
  • Dutch: uitlijning — engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts
  • Finnish: rihtaus — engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts
  • Italian: fase — engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts
  • Swahili: mstari — engineering: proper relative position or adjustment of parts
  • Catalan: clenxa — amount of powdery drug
  • Finnish: viiva — amount of powdery drug
  • German: Line — amount of powdery drug
  • Hebrew: שׁוּרָה (shurá) — amount of powdery drug
  • Portuguese: carreira — amount of powdery drug
  • Russian: доро́жка (doróžka) — amount of powdery drug
  • Ukrainian: лі́нієчка (líniječka) — amount of powdery drug
  • Finnish: linja — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • Finnish: solulinja — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • French: lignée — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • Italian: linea — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • Portuguese: linhagem — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • Russian: ли́ния (línija) — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • Spanish: línea — population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup
  • French: ligne — perfusion line
  • Italian: linea — perfusion line
  • Portuguese: linha — perfusion line
  • Spanish: línea — perfusion line
  • Japanese: ライン (rain) — group of people born in a certain year
  • Korean: 라인 (rain) — group of people born in a certain year
  • Dutch: lijn — obsolete: flax, linen — see also flax, linen
  • Finnish: liina — obsolete: flax, linen — see also flax, linen
  • Swahili: mstari — obsolete: flax, linen — see also flax, linen
  • Finnish: aivina — longer fiber of linen
  • Bulgarian: строявам (strojavam) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Dutch: opstellen — to place (objects) into a line
  • Dutch: uitlijnen — to place (objects) into a line
  • Estonian: reastama — to place (objects) into a line
  • Estonian: järjestama — to place (objects) into a line
  • Estonian: ritta seadma — to place (objects) into a line
  • Finnish: asettaa jonoon — to place (objects) into a line
  • Hungarian: sorba állít — to place (objects) into a line
  • Hungarian: sorba rendez — to place (objects) into a line
  • Italian: allineare — to place (objects) into a line
  • Japanese: 並べる (naraberu) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Macedonian: постро́јува (postrójuva) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Macedonian: подре́дува (podréduva) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Portuguese: enfileirar — to place (objects) into a line
  • Russian: выстра́ивать (vystráivatʹ) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Russian: вы́строить (výstroitʹ) — to place (objects) into a line
  • Swahili: mstari — to place (objects) into a line
  • Swedish: rada upp — to place (objects) into a line
  • Turkish: sıralamak — to place (objects) into a line
  • Bulgarian: подреждам (podreždam) — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Dutch: versterken — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Finnish: asettaa varrelle — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Macedonian: постро́јува (postrójuva) — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Russian: выстра́ивать (vystráivatʹ) — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Russian: вы́строить (výstroitʹ) — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Swahili: mstari — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Swedish: rada upp — to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense
  • Bulgarian: очертавам (očertavam) — to mark with a line
  • Dutch: tekenen — to mark with a line
  • Dutch: van lijnen voorzien — to mark with a line
  • Finnish: linjata — to mark with a line
  • Macedonian: повле́кува (povlékuva) — to mark with a line
  • Portuguese: traçar — to mark with a line
  • Swahili: mstari — to mark with a line
  • Swedish: linjera — to mark with a line
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — to mark with a line
  • Dutch: tekenen — obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray
  • Macedonian: исцртува (iscrtuva) — obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray
  • Swahili: mstari — obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray
  • Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — obsolete: to represent by lines; delineate; portray
  • Dutch: opzeggen — to read or repeat line by line
  • Finnish: lukea rivi riviltä — to read or repeat line by line
  • Swahili: mstari — to read or repeat line by line
  • French: ligne — baseball: to hit a line drive
  • Swahili: mstari — baseball: to hit a line drive
  • Bulgarian: облицовам (oblicovam) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Bulgarian: подплатявам (podplatjavam) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Catalan: folrar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Dutch: voeren — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Dutch: bedekken — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Dutch: bekleden — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Esperanto: malekskovri — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Finnish: vuorata — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • French: fourrer — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • French: doubler — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Galician: forrar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • German: füttern — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • German: ausfüttern — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • German: auskleiden — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Hungarian: bélel — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Italian: foderare — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Macedonian: поставува (postavuva) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Macedonian: обложува (obložuva) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Occitan: doblar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Occitan: forrar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Polish: wypełniać — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Polish: wyściełać — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Portuguese: forrar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Russian: выстила́ть (vystilátʹ) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Russian: вы́стелить (výstelitʹ) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Spanish: forrar — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Swahili: mstari — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Swedish: fodra — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Swedish: täcka — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Turkish: astarlamak — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Ottoman Turkish: آستارلامق (astarlamak) — cover the inside surface of (something)
  • Dutch: vullen — to fill or supply, as a purse with money
  • Finnish: täyttää — to fill or supply, as a purse with money
  • Swahili: mstari — to fill or supply, as a purse with money
  • Dutch: (laten) dekken — of a dog: impregnate
  • Finnish: astua — of a dog: impregnate
  • French: croiser — of a dog: impregnate
  • French: accoupler — of a dog: impregnate
  • Swahili: mstari — of a dog: impregnate
  • Welsh: cyplu â — of a dog: impregnate