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line

noun

  1. one-dimensional geometric object
  2. group of people waiting for service or goods
  3. subdivision of a text file
  4. tactical formation of soldiers
  5. subdivision of a poem
  6. ornamental element on an artwork
  7. in graphics, narrow field between two points
  8. wire, cord
L1313 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. form a line (esp. "line up")
  2. provide a lining, accompany in line-like fashion
  3. puts lines on
L5224 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /laɪn/ / /lɑɪn/ / [lɑe̯n]

intj

Etymology: 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.

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

name

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

  1. An English and Scottish surname.

noun

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

  1. Flax, linen.
  2. The longer fiber(s) of flax.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French lignerbor. English line Borrowed from Middle French ligner.

  1. To copulate with, to impregnate.