LINE

A formation of people or things one beside another

Example: "The line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"

• formation  14

• rivet line
• chorus  11
• chorus line
• diagonal  10
• • linemen  9
  • identity parade
  • lineup  8
  • police lineup
  • row  6
  • rank  8
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A mark that is long relative to its width

Example: "He drew a line on the chart"

• mark  10
• print  7

• cross hair
• cross wire
• dotted line
• ascender  11
• • bar line
  • descender  13
  • curlicue  12
  • squiggle  19
  • spectrum line
  • trend line
  • isometric  13
  • isometric line
  • graduation  12
  • guideline  11
  • hairline  11
  • shaft  11
  • serif  8
  • seriph  11
  • staff line
  • ledger line
  • leger line
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A formation of people or things one behind another

Example: "The line stretched clear around the corner"

• formation  14

• diagonal  10
• file  7
• indian file
• single file
• • line of march
  • line of succession
  • picket line
  • conga line
  • trap line
  • queue  14
  • waiting line
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A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• form  9
• shape  10

• curve  10
• curve  10
• curved shape
• straight line
• • geodesic  12
  • geodesic line
  • perimeter  13
  • center line
  • centerline  12
  • bound  8
  • boundary  14
  • edge  6
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Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

Example: "The letter consisted of three short lines"

• text  11
• textual matter

• opening line
• head  8
• header  10
• heading  12
• • line of poetry
  • line of verse
  • by-line
  • credit line
  • dateline  9
  • verse  8
  • verse line
  • gag line
  • laugh line
  • punch line
  • tag line
  • actor's line
  • speech  13
  • words  9
  • orphan  11
  • sound bite
  • bottom line
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A single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

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

Example: "They attacked the enemy's line"

• military position
• position  10

• firing line
• battlefront  16
• front  8
• front line
• • line of battle
  • battle line
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A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

Example: "I can't follow your line of reasoning"

• argument  11
• argumentation  16
• line of reasoning
• logical argument

• abstract thought
• logical thinking
• reasoning  10

• line of inquiry
• line of questioning
• casuistry  14
• policy  13

A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• cable  9
• transmission line

• conductor  14

• coax  13
• coax cable
• coaxial cable
• electrical cable
• • fiber optic cable
  • fibre optic cable
  • power cable
  • power line
  • printer cable
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A connected series of events or actions or developments

Example: "The government took a firm course"

• course  8

• series  6

• current  9
• flow  10
• stream  8

A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• location  10

• part  6
• parting  10
• axis  11
• aclinic line
• • magnetic equator
  • agonic line
  • isogonal line
  • isogone  8
  • isogonic line
  • crest  7
  • timber line
  • timberline  14
  • tree line
  • snow line
  • fault line
  • great circle
  • hemline  12
  • hipline  12
  • hipline  12
  • apparent horizon
  • horizon  19
  • sensible horizon
  • skyline  14
  • visible horizon
  • isarithm  13
  • isogram  10
  • isopleth  13
  • flight line
  • line of sight
  • line of vision
  • latitude  9
  • line of latitude
  • parallel  10
  • parallel of latitude
  • lunar latitude
  • itinerary  12
  • path  9
  • route  5
  • quadrant  18
  • quarter-circle
  • loxodrome  19
  • rhumb  12
  • rhumb line
  • danger line
  • side  5
  • water level
  • water line
  • waterline  12
  • water line
  • watermark  18
  • divide  11
  • water parting
  • watershed  16
  • course  8
  • path  9
  • track  11
  • field line
  • line of force
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A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

Example: "His face has many lines"

• crease  8
• crinkle  13
• furrow  12
• seam  6
• wrinkle  14

• depression  13
• impression  14
• imprint  11

• crow's feet
• crow's foot
• laugh line
• dermatoglyphic  28
• • frown line
  • life line
  • lifeline  11
  • line of life
  • heart line
  • line of heart
  • love line
  • mensal line
  • line of destiny
  • line of fate
  • line of saturn
  • head line
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A pipe used to transport liquids or gases

Example: "A pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

• pipeline  12

• pipage  11
• pipe  8
• piping  11

• gas line
• oil pipeline

The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• rail line
• railway line

• road  5
• route  5

• branch line
• spur  6
• spur track
• trunk line
• • trunk route
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A telephone connection

• phone line
• subscriber line
• telephone circuit
• telephone line

• connecter  13
• connection  14
• connective  17
• connector  13
• connexion  18

• digital subscriber line
• dsl
• hot line
• land line
• • landline  9
  • party line
  • private line
  • toll line
  • trunk line
  • wats  7
  • wats line
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Acting in conformity

Example: "In line with"

The hereditary derivation of an individual

Example: "His entire lineage has been warriors"

• ancestry  13
• blood  8
• blood line
• bloodline  12
• descent  10
• line of descent
• lineage  8
• origin  7
• parentage  12
• pedigree  12
• stemma  10
• stock  11

• family tree
• genealogy  14

• family  14
• family line
• folk  11
• kinfolk  18
• • kinsfolk  19
  • phratry  15
  • sept  6
  • side  5
  • breed line
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Something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

Example: "A washing line"

• artefact  13
• artifact  13

• becket  14
• cord  7
• laniard  8
• lanyard  11
• • lifeline  11
  • lifeline  11
  • mooring  10
  • mooring line
  • painter  9
  • ratlin  6
  • ratline  7
  • rope  6
  • mainsheet  14
  • sheet  8
  • shroud  10
  • tack  10
  • weather sheet
  • shroud  10
  • strand  7
  • towing line
  • towing rope
  • towline  10
  • towrope  12
  • trace  7
  • handline
  • reef line
  • reef point
  • reefing line
  • heaving line
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The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Example: "He's not in my line of business"

• business  10
• job  12
• line of work
• occupation  16

• activity  16

• confectionery  23
• sport  7
• farming  13
• land  5
• • biz  14
  • game  7
  • calling  10
  • career  8
  • vocation  13
  • employment  19
  • work  11
  • appointment  17
  • berth  10
  • office  14
  • place  9
  • position  10
  • post  6
  • situation  9
  • salt mine
  • treadmill  12
  • craft  10
  • trade  6
  • profession  15
  • medium  11
  • metier  8
  • accountancy  20
  • accounting  15
  • photography  25
  • catering  11
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In games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• mark  10
• print  7

• balkline  14
• baulk-line
• string line
• finish line
• • finishing line
  • foul line
  • foul line
  • foul line
  • baseline  10
  • goal line
  • red line
  • line of scrimmage
  • scrimmage line
  • baseline  10
  • service line
  • sideline  9
  • scratch  14
  • scratch line
  • start  5
  • starting line
  • yard line
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(often plural) a means of communication or access

Example: "It must go through official channels"

• channel  12
• communication channel

• communicating  22
• communication  21

• lens  4
• contact  11
• inter-group communication
• liaison  7
• • link  8
  • line of gab
  • patter  8
  • spiel  7
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A particular kind of product or merchandise

Example: "A nice line of shoes"

• business line
• line of business
• line of merchandise
• line of products
• product line

• merchandise  19
• product  12
• ware  7

• sideline  9
• fashion collection

A commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• carrier  9
• common carrier

• airline  7
• airline business
• airway  12
• railroad  9
• • railroad line
  • railway  13
  • railway line
  • railway system
  • steamship company
  • steamship line
  • transit line
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Space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• agate line

The maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• bank line
• credit line
• line of credit
• personal credit line
• personal line of credit

• credit  9

• consumer credit

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Example: "She was humming an air from beethoven"

• air  3
• melodic line
• melodic phrase
• melody  12
• strain  6
• tune  4

• music  9

• fanfare  13
• flourish  14
• tucket  12
• glissando  11
• • roulade  8
  • leitmotif  14
  • leitmotiv  14
  • theme song
  • signature  10
  • signature tune
  • theme song
  • idea  5
  • melodic theme
  • musical theme
  • theme  10
  • part  6
  • voice  10
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Persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

Example: "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"

A short personal letter

Example: "Drop me a line when you get there"

• billet  8
• note  4
• short letter

• personal letter

• excuse  15

A conceptual separation or distinction

Example: "There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"

• contrast  10
• demarcation  16
• dividing line

• differentiation  22
• distinction  14

• point of no return
• rubicon  11

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

• assembly line
• production line