LINES

A formation of people or things one beside another

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

A mark that is long relative to its width

Example: "He drew a line on the chart"

A formation of people or things one behind another

Example: "The line stretched clear around the corner"

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

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

Example: "The letter consisted of three short lines"

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"

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"

A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

A connected series of events or actions or developments

Example: "The government took a firm course"

A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

Example: "His face has many lines"

A pipe used to transport liquids or gases

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

The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

A telephone connection

Acting in conformity

Example: "In line with"

The hereditary derivation of an individual

Example: "His entire lineage has been warriors"

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

Example: "A washing line"

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

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

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

(often plural) a means of communication or access

Example: "It must go through official channels"

A particular kind of product or merchandise

Example: "A nice line of shoes"

A commercial organization serving as a common carrier

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

The maximum credit that a customer is allowed

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Example: "She was humming an air from beethoven"

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"

A conceptual separation or distinction

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

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