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(verb) reinforce with fabric; of books |
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Related Words: reenforce, reinforce |
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(verb) fill plentifully; "line one's pockets" |
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Related Words: fill, fill up, make full |
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(verb) mark with lines, draw lines on; "The paper was lined" |
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Related Words: mark, reline |
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(noun) acting in conformity; "in line with" or "he got out of line" or "toe the line" |
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Related Words: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity |
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(verb) cover the interior of, as of garments: :lined gloves" |
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Related Words: babbitt, cover, crib, face, reline |
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(verb) mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face" |
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Related Words: crisscross, mark, nock, score |
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(verb) be in line with; form a line along; of trees along a river, etc. |
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Synonyms: run along |
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Related Words: lie, rim |
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(noun) something long and thin and flexible |
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Related Words: artefact, artifact, cord, laniard, lanyard, lifeline, mainsheet, mooring, mooring line, ratlin, ratline, sheet, shroud, strand, tack, towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope, trace, weather sheet |
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(noun) railroad track and roadbed |
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Synonyms: rail line, railway line |
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Related Words: branch line, railroad track, railway, spur, spur track, trunk line, trunk route |
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(noun) a commercial organization serving as a common carrier |
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Related Words: airline, airline business, airway, carrier, common carrier, railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system, short line, steamship company, steamship line, transit line |
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(noun) a particular kind of product; "a nice line of shoes" |
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Synonyms: business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line |
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Related Words: commodity, goods, sideline |
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(noun) a conceptual separation or demarcation: "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" |
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Synonyms: contrast, demarcation, dividing line |
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Related Words: Rubicon, differentiation, distinction, point of no return |
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(noun) a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope" |
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Related Words: bar line, contour, contour line, cross hair, cross wire, curlicue, guideline, hairline, ledger line, leger line, mark, serif, seriph, shaft, spectrum line, squiggle, staff line, trend line |
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(noun) a linear string of words expressing some idea; "the letter consisted of three short lines" |
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Related Words: actor's line, bottom line, by-line, credit line, dateline, gag line, head, heading, laugh line, line of gab, line of poetry, line of verse, linguistic string, opening line, patter, punch line, sound bite, speech, spiel, string, string of words, tag line, verse, verse line, word string, words |
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(noun) a formation of people or things one after another; "the line stretched clear around the corner" |
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Related Words: Indian file, conga line, file, formation, line of march, line of succession, picket line, queue, rivet line, single file, trap line, waiting line |
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(noun) a formation of people or things beside one another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle" |
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Related Words: chorus, chorus line, formation, linemen, lineup, rank, row |
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(noun) a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
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Related Words: aclinic line, agonic line, apparent horizon, axis, course, crest, danger line, divide, field line, flight line, great circle, hemline, hipline, horizon, isarithm, isogonal line, isogone, isogonic line, isogram, isopleth, latitude, line of force, line of latitude, line of sight, line of vision, location, loxodrome, lunar latitude, magnetic equator, parallel, parallel of latitude, part, path, quadrant, quarter-circle, rhumb, rhumb line, route, sensible horizon, side, skyline, snow line, timber line, timberline, track, tree line, visible horizon, water level, water line, water parting, waterline, watermark, watershed |
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(noun) in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area |
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Related Words: balkline, baseline, baulk line, finish line, finishing line, foul line, goal line, line of scrimmage, mark, out of-bounds, red line, scrimmage line, sideline, start, starting line, string line, yardline |
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(noun) a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line" |
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Related Words: battle line, battlefront, firing line, front, front line, line of battle, military position, position |
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(noun) a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum |
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Related Words: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave |
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(noun) a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point |
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Related Words: bound, boundary, center line, centerline, curve, curved shape, edge, form, geodesic, geodesic line, perimeter, shape, straight line |
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(noun) a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" |
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Synonyms: pipeline |
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Related Words: Alaskan pipeline, gas line, oil pipeline, pipage, pipe, piping, trans-Alaska ppipeline |
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(noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock |
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Related Words: breed, family, family line, family tree, folk, genealogy, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side |
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(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course" or "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
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Synonyms: course |
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Related Words: current, flow, series, stream |
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(noun) space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising |
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Synonyms: agate line |
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Related Words: area unit, square measure |
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(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape" |
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Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, outline, trace |
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Related Words: circumscribe, construct, inscribe, mark, write |
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(noun) an electrical conductor connecting telephones or television or power stations |
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Synonyms: cable, electrical cable, transmission line |
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Related Words: coax, coax cable, coaxial cable, conductor, fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable, power cable, power line, printer cable |
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(noun) a factory system in which an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it |
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Synonyms: assembly line, production line |
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Related Words: system, unit |
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(noun) a telephone connection |
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Synonyms: phone line, telephone line |
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Related Words: WATS, WATS line, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, hot line, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line |
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(noun) (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
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Synonyms: channel, communication channel |
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Related Words: communicating, communication, contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link |
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(noun) a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" |
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Synonyms: note, short letter |
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Related Words: personal letter |
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(noun) the principal activity in your life; "he's not in my line of business" |
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Synonyms: business, line of work, occupation |
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Related Words: accountancy, accounting, activity, biz, calling, career, catering, craft, employment, farming, game, job, land, medium, metier, photography, profession, sport, trade, vocation, work |
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(noun) methodical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning" |
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Synonyms: argumentation, line of reasoning, logical argument |
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Related Words: abstract thought, casuistry, line of inquiry, line of questioning, logical thinking, policy, reasoning |
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(noun) the maximum credit that a customer is allowed |
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Synonyms: bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit |
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Related Words: consumer credit, credit |
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(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
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Synonyms: air, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
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Related Words: fanfare, flourish, glissando, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, music, musical theme, part, signature, signature tune, theme, theme song, voice |
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(noun) a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "His face has many wrinkles" |
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Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle |
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Related Words: crow's feet, crow's foot, depression, heart line, impression, imprint, laugh line, life line, lifeline, line of Saturn, line of destiny, line of fate, line of heart, line of life, love line, mensal line |
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