FromMiddle English line lyne Old English līne ( “ line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *līnā Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ( “ line, rope, flaxen cord, thread ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *līną ( “ flax, linen ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *līno- ( “ flax ” ) .Influenced inMiddle English Middle French ligne ( “ line ” ) , fromLatin linea linen
The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.
line (plural lines
Apath through two or morepoints (compare ‘segment ’ ); a continuous mark, including as made by apen ; anypath , curved or straight.The arrow descended in a curvedline .
( geometry ) infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has nocurvature ; one that haslength but notbreadth orthickness .Synonym: straight line ( geometry , informal ) line segment ; acontinuous finite segment of such a figure.Synonym: line segment ( graph theory ) edge of agraph .( geography ) circle oflatitude or oflongitude , as represented on amap .( geography , 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') equator .( music ) horizontal andparallel prolongedstrokes on and between which thenotes are placed.( cricket ) horizontal path of aball towards thebatsman (see alsolength ).( soccer ) goal line .2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1-2 St Johnstone ”, inBBC Sport :St Johnstone's Liam Craig had to clear off theline before Steven Anderson sent a looping header into his own net for the equaliser on 36 minutes.
( automotive ) vehicle when driving abend orcorner in the road.2021 February,The Road Ahead , Brisbane, page10 , column 3:"I guess it's like race cars - if you get the rightline you can come out at top speed."
Arope ,cord ,string ,thread , orcable , of any thickness. Ahose ,tube , orpipe , of any size.a brakeline
the main waterline to the house
Direction ,path .theline of sight
theline of vision
Aprocession , eitherphysical orconceptual , which results from theapplication oreffect of a givenrationale or other controlling principles ofbelief ,opinion ,practice , orphenomenon .In order to maintain a consistency in the defense, I will follow theline established by attorney Jacobs of allowing the prosecution to suggest motives, and then refuting them.
Thewire connecting onetelegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: atelephone ornetwork connection .I tried to make a call, but theline was dead.
a dedicatedline ; a sharedline
Please speak up, theline is very faint.
Aclothesline .We need to take the clothes off theline . The news reported afront is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybehail . 1985 Share House Blues , Boolarong Publications, page26 :She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from theline [.]
Aletter , a written form ofcommunication .Synonyms: epistle letter note Drop me aline .
Aconnected series of publicconveyances , as aroadbed orrailway track ; and hence, anestablished arrangement for forwardingmerchandise , etc.; arailroad line ,railway line ,Elizabeth Line etc.aline of stages
an expressline
( especially military ) trench orrampart , or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.The exteriorlimit of a figure or territory: aboundary ,contour , oroutline ; ademarcation .1674 John Milton ,Paradise Lost Eden stretch'd herLine / FromAuran Eastward to the Royal Towrs / Of greatSeleucia ,
A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; atape measure . ( obsolete ) 1611 The Holy Bible, [ … ] King James Version ), London: [ … ] Robert Barker , [ … ] →OCLC Isaiah 44:13 :The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with aline ; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence,allotted place ofabode . A threadlikecrease orwrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark. Lineament feature ;figure (of one's body). A more-or-lessstraight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as aqueue orcolumn and often waiting to beprocessed ordealt with , or arrangedabreast of one another in arow (and contrasted with acolumn ), as in a militaryformation .[from mid-16th c.] Synonyms: ( Canada ) lineup ( UK, Ireland ) queue tail get inline
Theline forms on the right.
There is aline of houses.
1817 Percy Shelley ,The Revolt of Islam A band of brothers gathering round me, made, / Although unarmed, a steadfast front[ …] line / Of war extended, to our rallying cry / As myriads flocked in love and brotherhood to die.
( military , nautical ) Ellipsis ofline of battle ( military ) infantry of anarmy , as distinguished frommilitia ,guards , volunteer corps,cavalry ,artillery , etc.( music ) notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.2015 Kodály in the Third Grade Classroom :Students and the instructor sing the harmonyline while the instructor plays the melodyline on the piano.
Aseries orsuccession ofancestors ordescendants of a given person; afamily orrace ; comparelineage A small amount of text. Specifically:Awritten orprinted row ofletters ,words ,numbers , or othertext , especially a row of words extending across a page orcolumn , or a blank in place of such text.Synonym: row The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the thirdline of the accompanying text.
Averse (in poetry). Asentence ofdialogue , especially[from late 19th c.] in a play, movie, or the like.He was perfecting his pickuplines for use at the bar.
"It is what it is" was one of his more annoyinglines .
2010 Actor training , page138 :Anyone who has worked with Littlewood will wince at the memory of going over singlelines time and time again, each actor in turn speaking theline until the valid intonation, phasing and emphasis emerged.
2026 January 29, Angela Haupt, “Can I Ask Someone if They’re on Ozempic?”, inTIME [1] the original on1 February 2026 :Many have reported success shutting down the conversation withlines like these: “I'm making healthier choices. I'm going to the gym. I'm being mindful of what I'm eating, or I'm working with a health care professional.”
Alie orexaggeration , especially one told to gain another'sapproval or prevent losing it.Don't feed me aline !
Course ofconduct , thought,occupation , orpolicy ; method ofargument ;department ofindustry , trade, or intellectual activity.[from earlier 17th c.] 1823 April 27Samuel Taylor Coleridge , “Kean —SirJames Mackintosh —SirH. Davy —Robert Smith[ Robert Percy Smith ?] Canning —National Debt—Poor Laws”, inH[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge] , editor,Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. [ … ] , volume I, London:John Murray , [ … ] 1835 ,→OCLC page25 :He [Mackintosh] is uncommonly powerful in his ownline ; but it is not theline of a first-rate man.
1950 Norman Lindsay ,Dust or Polish? 77 :"What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoringline ."
Theofficial ,stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religiousfaction .[from later 19th c.] Remember, your answers must match the partyline .
( slang ) Information about orunderstanding of something.(Mostly restricted to the expressionsget a line on ,have a line on , andgive a line on .) Judy gave me aline on a lawyer who's supposed to be the best in the business.
1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, inSaturday Evening Post [2] She's got the bestline on Hickey. Maybe she knows a way to put the heart back into him.
A set ofproducts orservices sold by abusiness , or by extension, the business itself.[from early 19th c.] line of business, productline
How many buses does theline have?
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
1890 , Illinois State Dairymen's Association,Annual Report (volume 16, page 21)Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in theirlines , and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production. ( stock exchange ) shares taken by ajobber .Any of an ill-defined set ofunits oflength , varying according to the country,discipline , industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:1847 On Diseases of the Skin. Second edition :Withof estimates that the hair of the beard grows one line (French) in the course of a week, let us call it one line and a half (Engish); this would amount to six inches and a half yearly...
( historical ) Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to onetenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.Onetwelfth of aninch .1883 The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence :The cut is measured in thickness from a quarter of aline to aline and a half (aline is one-twelfth of an inch).
Onesixteenth of an inch. Onefortieth of an inch.1922 Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate , page5337 :In case any of the committee do not understand what is meant by a rate perline , I may say that buttons, being very small, are not measured by the foot or inch, but by the line, a line being one-fortieth of an inch. For example, that is a 27-line button [ …]
( advertising ) Ellipsis ofagate line 1912 Miscellaneous Series , numbers7-11 , page25 :Advertising rates, line contract, less than 500 agate lines, 12 cents per line; 1,000 to 2,000 lines, 7 cents; 5,000 to 10,000 lines, 5 cents.
( historical ) maxwell , a unit ofmagnetic flux .( baseball , slang , 1800s, with "the") batter 'sbox .( fencing ) position in which thefencers hold theirswords .Synonym: line of engagement 1861 Foil Practice, with a Review of the Art of Fencing , page12 :Thus, for example, in theline of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the oppositeline (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in theline of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the oppositeline (that of Quarte).
( engineering ) Proper relativeposition oradjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).the engine is inline / out ofline
( informal ) portion orserving of apowdery recreational drug , especiallycocaine , formed into a line on a flat surface inpreparation forsnorting .I watched him take aline of cocaine.
( obsolete ) Instruction doctrine .( genetics ) population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter. ( ice hockey ) forwards that play together.( Australian rules football ) ( medicine , colloquial ) vascular catheter .patient had aline inserted
line sepsis
11 lines 18-yard line above-line above the line absorption line acanthiomeatal line accommodation line across the line address line adviceline agonic line airline air line aline A-line along the lines of anchor line apse line Armstrong line Armstrong's line arterial line art line assembly line asymmetric digital subscriber line backline back line balkline Balmer line bankline barline bar line baseline bassline battle-line battleline battle line baulk line beachline beamline beardline Beau's lines beeline bee-line beer line below the line beltline between the lines bikini line bikini line incision birthline bitline blackline Blaschko's line Blaschko's lines bloodline blueline blue line blue line process blur the line blur the lines body line bombline borderline bottom line bottom-line bottom of the line brake line branch line bread line breadline breast line bridgeline bright line bright-line rule Brighton line bring into line broadline Brocard line browline bucket line bulkhead line bungee line buntline bus line bustline buttock line byline Cantlie line capital market line capline careline carline cash on the line catchline cave line Cayley lines cell line centerline center line centreline chalk line Champy's line chatline chat line chat-up line cheatline childline chorus line chow line chowline circline clear one's lines clewline clew line cliffline clothes line clothesline cloudline coachline coastline codeline cod line codline coline color inside the lines color line color outside the lines colour inside the lines colour outside the lines come down the line command line command line interface command-line interface command-line interpreter complex line complex projective line conga line contact line containment line continuation line contour line cookline copyline corkline cork line correction line counterline countline county line coverline crane-line craze line cream line creamline credit line creekline crestline crisis line critical line crossed line crossing the line crossline cross the line crotchline crow-line cut in line cut line cutline danceline dandy line Date Line dateline datum line Davis Line deadline defensive line defensive line of scrimmage delay line deline demarcation line desire line DEW line digital subscriber line disassembly line distance line dividing line domination line doorline dotted bar line dotted line double bar line double-line whip double vertical line double yellow line down line down-line down the line dragline draw a line draw a line in the sand draw a line under draw lines in the sand draw the line drip line dripperline driveline dropline drop someone a line drumline dry line dryline Durand Line dyeline eddyline eigenline elevated line emission line empire line end line end of the line enemy line equiglacial line equinoctial line Euler line eyeline fall in line fall line fancy line fatherline fault-line fault line feeder line feedline feed line female line fenceline fence line field line fill line fine line finishing line finish line fireline firing line firm line first-line fishing line fishline flashline flatline flat line flight line floatline flow line flowline fly line fog line food line foreline formline forward line foul line frameline Frauenhofer's line Fraunhofer line freeline free-throw line Frenkel line front-line frontline front line frost line fuel line full-line forcing gain line gangline gapeline gas line gateline general line Gergonne line germline geronimo line Geronimo line get across the line get a line on get in line get over the line get someone in a line Ginger Line girthline give someone line goal-line goal line gobline grainline greenline Green Line green line greyline grey line gridline grind line grounding line groundline growth arrest line guardline guide line guideline gumline gun line gunline Gunter's line guy line guyline gyroline hairline hair line Hajnal line half-court line half-line halfway line handline hard-line hardline hard line hard lines Harris line Hart's line head line headline head-of-line heartline heart line heaving line bend hedgeline helpline hem-line hemline Hickman line highline high line highlining high-voltage transmission line hintline hipline hit off the line hog line hog line violation hold the line hoodline hook-and-liner hoseline hotline hot line houseline hydrogen line imaginary line implied line infoline inkline in line in-line in-line engine in-line expansion in-line skate in-line skater in-line skating in line with inside line interline International Date Line in the line of duty isogonal line isoline isotropic line jawline joint line joke line Joret line jugline jump the line Kármán line Karman line Kerley line keyline kickline k-line landline land line lash line lashline lateral line laugh line laughter lines laughter-lines laundry line lay on the line leading line leadline lead line lead the line lease line ledger line leech line leechline leger line ley line life line life-line lifeline liftline light line limbline lineable line abreast line ahead line and length line art linebacker linebacking line-ball line-blue line bracelet line brawl line break linebreeding line breeding linebroadening line by line line car line card linecaster linecasting line charge line chart line-clear line cliché line code line conch line conductor line cook line crash linecut line dance line-dance line dancing line defect line doubler linedrawing line drawing line drawn in water line drawn on water line drop line-dry line-edit line edit line editing line element line engraving line feed linefill line fish line fisher line fishing lineflow line function line gauge line graph line gun linehaul line haul line-height line hypnosis line infantry line integral line in the sand line item line-item veto line judge linel lineless linelet linelike line lock line-loin merger linemaker lineman line manager line marriage linemate linemode line noise line number Line of Actual Control line of apsides line of attack line of battle line of battle ship line of beauty line of best fit line of Blaschko line of business line of centers line of communication line of communications line of contact line of country line of credit line of dance line of dip line of duty line officer line of fire line of force line of inquiry line of least resistance line of levels line of life line of march line of nodes line of operations line of play line of purples line of questioning line of scrimmage line of seven line of sight line-of-sight line of striction line of succession line of supply line of thought line of work lineoid line out line-out line plot line printer line scan linescore line segment line shaft line shafting lineshape line shooting lineside line slip linesman lines of Blaschko linespace linespacing line spectrum line speed linespeed linesperson line storm linestrength linestring lineswoman line thrower line to gain line tub line umpire line-up line up behind line up one's ducks linewalker line walker line weight linewidth linewise linework lineworker liney linotype lipline load line load water line logline log line longe line long gray line long line longline long-line bra long-line brassiere loop line loopline lowline low line lubber line Lüders' line lunchline lunge line Mackie line Maginot Line magistral line mainline main line makeline male line marionette line marriage line marriage lines Mason and Dixon line Mason-Dixon line Mason's and Dixon's line mass line matrilineal line McDowell line median line melodic line Mendoza line mermaid's fishing line midline milk line misline miter line mitre line Mogadishu line monoline mooring line morning line motherline mother's line mouthline multi-line multiline mylohyoid line nearline neat line neatline neckline neutron drip line newline nightline nine-dash line Nobert's lines nose line no-sky line number line oblique line occult line Oder-Neisse Line offensive line offensive line of scrimmage off line offline oldline old-line one-liner one-line sky one-line whip online on line on the line on the lines of opening line ordinary line outline out of line overhead line overline overstep the line over the line over-the-line paceline panty line party line Pascal lines passenger dedicated line pathline patrilineal line payline peace line pectinate line pedal line pelvic lines penetration line penny-a-line Philo line phone line picket line pick-up line pickup line pick up line pierhead line pipeline plain line playline Plimsoll line plot line plotline Plücker lines plumb line point-in-line polar line police line polyline potline poverty line power line power-line power line communication power-line communication power transmission line production line product line projective line property line pseudoline punchline punch line put one's ass on the line Q-line questline quitline racing line radical line rail line railroad line railway line raise the line ramline ratline read between the lines real line real number line receiving line redline red line red-line torpedo barb reef line reline renban line retention line reverse line feed rhumb line rhumb-line ridgeline rising line rod line roofline ropeline rope line run lines running line salt line sample line scan line scanline scare line scare-line Schreger line scoreline sealine seamline secant line second line second-line security market line seedline seismic line selfline service line setline sex line shear line shearline shebang line sheetline ship of the line ship-of-the-line shoreline shortline short line shoutline shrub line side-line side line sideline Siegfried Line sightline sign on the dotted line silverline simian line Simson line single-line whip single yellow line skip the line skyline slab line slackline slant line slash line slimline slug line smile line snakeline snapline snow line Soddy line softline soft-liner Solomon's seal lines somewhere along the line songline sounding line soupline spaceline space line Spanish line sparkline spectral line Speyer line spool-and-line springing line spring line squall line stand on line startline state line static line status line stay within the lines stemline step on someone's lines step out of line stink line storyline story line straight line strandline strand line strapline strap line streakline streamline stringline stripline subline sun line superline supply line surf line Surovikin line Surovikin Line swap line sweep line swimline swingline Sylvester's line problem tag line tagline tangent line tan line tapeline taut-line hitch tear line tee line telegraph line telephone line telpher line the line is busy thin blue line Thin Red Line third-line forcing three-line whip three-point line through-line throughline through line throwline throw line tideline timberline timber line time-line timeline time line Tinkerbell line tipline toe the line toll line topline top-line top line top of the line touch line touchline towline tow line tow the line toy line toyline trackline tradeline trade line tramline tram line transmission line transversal line trapline trash line trayline tree-line tree line trenchline trend line trilinear line trim line tripline tripping line trotline truckline trunk line trunkline try line tumpline tump line twiddling line two-line two-line brevier two-line double pica two-line English two-line great primer two-line pass two-line pica two-line whip underline uniline unline unnie line up line up-line vertical line Virchow's line V line V-line v-line von Karman line von Kármán line vortex line waistline walk a straight line walk in straight lines walk the chalk line walk the line Wallace Line Wallace line warmline warm line washing line wash line washline water line waterline water-line model Weber's Line wetline wet line whale line which line goes to whip line whipline white line white line disease white line fever wild line winchline wireline woodline wordline work the line world line worry line wrack line xenoline yellow line yield line yoke line zero line zip-line zipline zip line Zöllner's lines line (third-person singular simple present lines present participle lining simple past and past participle lined
( transitive ) place (objects) into aline (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; toalign .toline troops
Theylined up the books against the wall.
( transitive ) place persons or things along the side of forsecurity ordefense ; tostrengthen byadding ; tofortify .toline works with soldiers
( transitive ) form aline along.( transitive ) mark with aline orlines ; to cover withlines .toline a copy book
( rail transport ) align (one or moreswitches ) to direct atrain onto a particulartrack .The dispatcherlined the switches at Pickle interlocking for the freight turnout to clear the train into the passing track before the express arrived.
( transitive , obsolete ) represent bylines ; todelineate ; toportray .( transitive , dated , now more oftenline out ) read orrepeat line byline .toline out a hymn
( intransitive , baseball ) hit aline drive ; to hit aline drive which is caught for anout . Comparefly andground .Joneslined to left in his last at-bat.
( transitive ) track (wild bees) to theirnest byfollowing theirline offlight .( transitive ) measure .Borrowed fromKorean 라인 ( rain ,“ members with a shared characteristic ” ) , itself fromEnglish line hyung line maknae line
line (plural lines
( South Korean idol fandom ) liners group of people born in a certain year
FromOld English līn ( “ flax, linen, cloth ” ) . For more information, see the entrylinen
line (uncountable
( obsolete ) Flax ,linen .Thelonger fiber (s) offlax . line (third-person singular simple present lines present participle lining simple past and past participle lined
( transitive ) cover the innersurface of (something), originally especially withlinen .toline a cloak with silk or fur
toline a box with paper or tin
The birdlines its nest with soft grass.
Paintingslined the walls of the cavernous dining room.
( transitive ) fill orsupply (something), as a purse with money.toline the shelves
1602 Richard Carew , edited by Thomas Tonkin,Carew's Survey of Cornwall [3] 1811 , page34 :because the charge amounteth mostly very high for any one man's purse, exceptlined beyond ordinary, to reach unto
Toreinforce (the back of abook ) withglue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper. 1891 English mechanics and the world of science , volume52 , page306 :[ …] lined the bands are put on if the style of binding admits of this operation.
1895 The British Printer , volume VIII, page94 :Then againline the back, again bringing the paper a little further in than the second lining, and repeat the operation according to what you think the weight and size of the book demands in extra strength,[ …]
( terms derived from the verb "line" ) :
cover the inside surface of (something)
Bulgarian:облицовам ( oblicovam ) ,подплатявам ( podplatjavam ) Catalan:folrar (ca) Dutch:voeren (nl) ,bedekken (nl) ,bekleden (nl) ,bekleden (nl) ( of a baking tin for example ) Esperanto:malekskovri Finnish:vuorata (fi) French:fourrer (fr) ,doubler (fr) Galician:forrar (gl) German:füttern (de) ,ausfüttern auskleiden (de) Hungarian:bélel (hu) Italian:foderare (it) Macedonian:поставува ( postavuva ) ,обложува ( obložuva ) Occitan:doblar (oc) ,forrar (oc) Polish:wypełniać (pl) ,wyściełać (pl) Portuguese:forrar (pt) Russian:выстила́ть (ru) impf ( vystilátʹ ) ,вы́стелить (ru) pf ( výstelitʹ ) Spanish:forrar (es) Swahili:mstari (sw) Swedish:fodra (sv) ,täcka (sv) Turkish:astarlamak (tr) Ottoman Turkish:آستارلامق ( astarlamak )
to fill or supply, as a purse with money
Borrowed fromMiddle French ligner
line (third-person singular simple present lines present participle lining simple past and past participle lined
( transitive , now rare , of a dog) copulate with, toimpregnate .1825 The Modern Farrier :A bitchlined by a mangy dog is very liable to produce mangy puppies, and the progeny of a mangy bitch is certain to become affected some time or other.
1855 The Dog :Pliny states that the inhabitants of India take pleasure in having their dog bitcheslined by the wild tigers, and to facilitate this union, they are in the habit of tieing them when in heat out in the woods, so that the male tigers may visit them.
1868 The Country Gentleman's Magazine , page292 :Bedlamite was a black dog, and although it may be safely asserted that helined upwards of 100 bitches of all colours, red, white, and blue, all his produce were black.
Sixlines (drawn paths).
Stretford End of
Old Trafford in Manchester (1992). In
soccer , the
goal line is the boundary of the smaller rectangle that touches the
goal as seen in the picture.
Multiple telephone
poles and
lines .
A letter.
Assuming the yellow
taxi is moving
backwards , it is in the process of
lining up with other taxis.
“line ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC
Borrowed fromEnglish line
line f invariable
line management editing (of a TV programme/program)line
second-person singular present active imperative oflinō FromOld English līne Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Old French ligne
line plural lines
rope cord line rule ,ruler ,measure ( figurative ) rule ,direction ,command ,edict line straight mark ; also a fictitious line(written)line verse line
alternative form oflyne FromLatin linea
line f definite singular lina indefinite plural liner definite plural linene
aline a continuous mark through two or more points; a succession of ancestors or descendants; the stated position of an individual or group ) FromOld Norse lína
line f definite singular lina indefinite plural liner definite plural linene
aline a strong rope, cord, string, wire ) “line” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-Germanic *līnǭ ( “ line, rope, flaxen cord, thread ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *līną ( “ flax, linen ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *līno- ( “ flax ” ) . Akin toOld High German līna ( “ line ” ) (German Leine ( “ rope ” ) ),Middle Dutch līne ( “ rope, cord ” ) (Dutch lijn ( “ rope ” ) ),Old Norse līna ( “ cord, rope ” ) (Danish line ( “ rope, cord ” ) ),Old English līn ( “ flax, linen, cloth ” ) .
līne f
line rope ,cable row ,series direction ,rule Weakn -stem:
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liné
you , you all;second-person plural absolute pronoun. line m plural lines
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