1.  line(n = noun.group) - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call"
is a kind of formation
has particulars: rivet line, chorus, chorus line, diagonal, linemen, lineup, row, rank

2.  line(n = noun.communication) - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"
is a kind of mark, print
has particulars: cross hair, cross wire, dotted line, ascender, bar line, descender, curlicue, squiggle, spectrum line, trend line, isometric, isometric line, graduation, guideline, hairline, shaft, serif, seriph, staff line, ledger line, leger line
Derived forms verb line₄, verb line₃

3.  line(n = noun.group) - a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
is a kind of formation
has particulars: diagonal, file, indian file, single file, line of march, line of succession, picket line, conga line, trap line, queue, waiting line
Derived form verb line₁

4.  line(n = noun.shape) - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point;
is a kind of form, shape
has particulars: curve, curve, curved shape, straight line, geodesic, geodesic line, perimeter, center line, centerline, bound, boundary, edge

5.  line(n = noun.communication) - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
is a kind of text, textual matter
is a part of letter, missive, stanza
has particulars: opening line, head, header, heading, line of poetry, line of verse, by-line, credit line, dateline, verse, verse line, gag line, laugh line, punch line, tag line, actor's line, speech, words, orphan, sound bite, bottom line

6.  line(n = noun.phenomenon) - a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum;
is a kind of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
is a part of electromagnetic spectrum

7.  line(n = noun.location) - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
is a kind of military position, position
has particulars: firing line, battlefront, front, front line, line of battle, battle line

8.  line(n = noun.cognition) argument, argumentation, line of reasoning, logical argument - a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
is a kind of abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning
has particulars: line of inquiry, line of questioning, casuistry, policy

9.  line(n = noun.artifact) cable, transmission line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power;
is a kind of conductor
is a part of cable, cable system, cable television, cable television service, phone system, telephone system
has particulars: coax, coax cable, coaxial cable, electrical cable, fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable, power cable, power line, printer cable

10.  line(n = noun.group) course - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
is a kind of series
has particulars: current, flow, stream

11.  line(n = noun.location) - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent;
is a kind of location
has particulars: part, parting, axis, aclinic line, magnetic equator, agonic line, isogonal line, isogone, isogonic line, crest, timber line, timberline, tree line, snow line, fault line, great circle, hemline, hipline, hipline, apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon, isarithm, isogram, isopleth, flight line, line of sight, line of vision, latitude, line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude, lunar latitude, itinerary, path, route, quadrant, quarter-circle, loxodrome, rhumb, rhumb line, danger line, side, water level, water line, waterline, water line, watermark, divide, water parting, watershed, course, path, track, field line, line of force
Derived form adjective lineal₂

12.  line(n = noun.shape) crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
is a part of cutis, skin, tegument
has particulars: crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line, dermatoglyphic, frown line, life line, lifeline, line of life, heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line, line of destiny, line of fate, line of saturn
Derived form verb line₄

13.  line(n = noun.artifact) pipeline - a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
is a kind of pipage, pipe, piping
has particulars: gas line, oil pipeline

14.  line(n = noun.artifact) rail line, railway line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed;
is a kind of road, route
has parts: railroad bed, railroad, railroad track, railway
has particulars: branch line, spur, spur track, trunk line, trunk route

15.  line(n = noun.artifact) phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line - a telephone connection;
is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
has particulars: digital subscriber line, dsl, hot line, land line, landline, party line, private line, toll line, trunk line, wats, wats line

16.  line(n = noun.act) - acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
is a kind of abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity

17.  line(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
is a kind of family tree, genealogy
has particulars: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side
Derived form adjective lineal₁

18.  line(n = noun.artifact) - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
is a kind of artefact, artifact
has parts: bitter end, drip loop
has particulars: becket, cord, laniard, lanyard, lifeline, lifeline, mooring, mooring line, painter, ratlin, ratline, rope, mainsheet, sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet, shroud, strand, towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope, trace

19.  line(n = noun.act) business, job, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
is a kind of activity
has particulars: confectionery, sport, farming, land, biz, game, calling, career, vocation, employment, work, appointment, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot, salt mine, treadmill, craft, trade, profession, medium, metier, accountancy, accounting, photography, catering

20.  line(n = noun.location) - in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area;
is a kind of mark, print
has particulars: balkline, baulk-line, string line, finish line, finishing line, foul line, foul line, foul line, baseline, goal line, red line, line of scrimmage, scrimmage line, baseline, service line, out of bounds, sideline, scratch, scratch line, start, starting line, yard line

21.  line(n = noun.communication) channel, communication channel - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
is a kind of communicating, communication
has particulars: back channel, lens, contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link, line of gab, patter, spiel

22.  line(n = noun.artifact) business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line - a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
is a kind of merchandise, product, ware
has parts: top of the line
has particulars: sideline

23.  line(n = noun.artifact) - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier;
is a kind of carrier, common carrier
is a part of transit, transportation, transportation system
has particulars: airline, airline business, airway, railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system, steamship company, steamship line, transit line

24.  line(n = noun.quantity) agate line - space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising;
is a kind of area unit, square measure

25.  line(n = noun.possession) bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit - the maximum credit that a customer is allowed;
is a kind of credit
has particulars: consumer credit

26.  line(n = noun.communication) air, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
is a kind of music
has parts: musical phrase, phrase
has particulars: fanfare, flourish, tucket, glissando, roulade, leitmotif, leitmotiv, theme song, signature, signature tune, theme song, idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme, part, voice

27.  line(n = noun.communication) - persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress; "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"
is a kind of persuasion, suasion

28.  line(n = noun.communication) billet, note, short letter - a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
is a kind of personal letter
has particulars: excuse

29.  line(n = noun.cognition) contrast, demarcation, dividing line - a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
is a kind of differentiation, distinction
has particulars: point of no return, rubicon

30.  line(n = noun.artifact) assembly line, production line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it;
is a kind of mechanical system
is a part of factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill
has parts: conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter

1.  line(v = verb.stative) run along - be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
is one way to lie
Derived form noun line₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

2.  line(v = verb.contact) - cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun liner₃, noun lining₄, noun lining₂, noun lining₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

3.  line(v = verb.contact) delineate, describe, draw, trace - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
is one way to mark
Derived forms noun line₂, noun lineation₂, noun lineation₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

4.  line(v = verb.contact) - mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
is one way to mark, nock, score
Derived forms noun line₂, noun line₁₂, noun lineation₂, noun lineation₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

5.  line(v = verb.change) - fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"
is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

6.  line(v = verb.change) - reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"
is one way to reenforce, reinforce
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  Flax; linen. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2.  The longer and finer fiber of flax. [1913 Webster]

1.  To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. [1913 Webster]
"The inside lined with rich carnation silk." [1913 Webster]

2.  To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money. [1913 Webster]
"The charge amounteth very high for any one man's purse, except lined beyond ordinary, to reach unto." [1913 Webster]
"Till coffee has her stomach lined." [1913 Webster]

3.  To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. [1913 Webster]
"Line and new repair our towns of war
With men of courage and with means defendant." [1913 Webster]

4.  To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals. Creech. [1913 Webster]

1.  A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. [1913 Webster]
"Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls." [1913 Webster]

2.  A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. [1913 Webster]

3.  The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. [1913 Webster]

4.  Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. [1913 Webster]

5.  A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. [1913 Webster]

6.  A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. [1913 Webster]

7.  A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. [1913 Webster]
"In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa." [1913 Webster]

8.  Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [1913 Webster]
"He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man." [1913 Webster]

9.  That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. [1913 Webster]

10.  The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. [1913 Webster]
"Eden stretched her line
From Auran eastward to the royal towers
Of great Seleucia." [1913 Webster]

11.  A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. [1913 Webster]
"Though on his brow were graven lines austere." [1913 Webster]
"He tipples palmistry, and dines
On all her fortune-telling lines." [1913 Webster]

12.  Lineament; feature; figure. Shak. [1913 Webster]

13.  A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. [1913 Webster]
"Unite thy forces and attack their lines." [1913 Webster]

14.  A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. [1913 Webster]
"Of his lineage am I, and his offspring
By very line, as of the stock real." [1913 Webster]

15.  A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. [1913 Webster]

16.  A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. [1913 Webster]

17.  A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. [1913 Webster]

18.  A measuring line or cord. [1913 Webster]
"He marketh it out with a line."
"The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage."
"Their line is gone out through all the earth." [1913 Webster]

19.  The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. [1913 Webster]

20.  The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. [1913 Webster]

21.  A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column. [1913 Webster]

22.  A trench or rampart. [1913 Webster]

23.  Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. [1913 Webster]

24.  One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. [1913 Webster]

25.  A number of shares taken by a jobber. [1913 Webster]

26.  A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. McElrath. [1913 Webster]

27.  The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. [1913 Webster]

28.  The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [1913 Webster]

29.  A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. [1913 Webster]

1.  To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book. [1913 Webster]
"He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety." [1913 Webster]

2.  To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.  To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn. [1913 Webster]
"This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called “deaconing” the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity." [1913 Webster]

4.  To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops. [1913 Webster]

line, n. & v.
--n.
1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line).
2 use of lines in art, esp. draughtsmanship or engraving (boldness of line).
3 a thing resembling such a mark esp. a furrow or wrinkle.
4 Mus. a each of (usu. five) horizontal marks forming a stave in musical notation. b a sequence of notes or tones forming an instrumental or vocal melody.
5 a a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth. b the track of a moving point.
6 a a contour or outline, esp. as a feature of design (admired the sculpture's clean lines; this year's line is full at the back; the ship's lines). b a facial feature (the cruel line of his mouth).
7 a (on a map or graph) a curve connecting all points having a specified common property. b (the Line) the Equator.
8 a a limit or boundary. b a mark limiting the area of play, the starting or finishing point in a race, etc. c the boundary between a credit and a debit in an account.
9 a a row of persons or things. b a direction as indicated by them (line of march). c US a queue.
10 a a row of printed or written words. b a portion of verse written in one line.
11 (in pl.) a a piece of poetry. b the words of an actor's part. c a specified amount of text etc. to be written out as a school punishment.
12 a short letter or note (drop me a line).
13 (in pl.) = marriage lines.
14 a length of cord, rope, wire, etc., usu. serving a specified purpose, esp. a fishing-line or clothes-line.
15 a a wire or cable for a telephone or telegraph. b a connection by means of this (am trying to get a line).
16 a a single track of a railway. b one branch or route of a railway system, or the whole system under one management.
17 a a regular succession of buses, ships, aircraft, etc., plying between certain places. b a company conducting this (shipping line).
18 a connected series of persons following one another in time (esp. several generations of a family); stock, succession (a long line of craftsmen; next in line to the throne).
19 a a course or manner of procedure, conduct, thought, etc. (did it along these lines; don't take that line with me). b policy (the party line). c conformity (bring them into line).
20 a direction, course, or channel (lines of communication).
21 a department of activity; a province; a branch of business (not in my line).
22 a class of commercial goods (a new line in hats).
23 colloq. a false or exaggerated account or story; a dishonest approach (gave me a line about missing the bus).
24 a a connected series of military fieldworks, defences, etc. (behind enemy lines). b an arrangement of soldiers or ships side by side; a line of battle (ship of the line). c (prec. by the) regular army regiments (not auxiliary forces or Guards).
25 each of the very narrow horizontal sections forming a television picture.
26 a narrow range of the spectrum that is noticeably brighter or darker than the adjacent parts.
27 the level of the base of most letters in printing and writing.
28 (as a measure) one twelfth of an inch.
--v.
1 tr. mark with lines.
2 tr. cover with lines (a face lined with pain).
3 tr. & intr. position or stand at intervals along (crowds lined the route).

Idiom:
all along the line at every point. bring into line make conform. come into line conform. end of the line the point at which further effort is unproductive or one can go no further. get a line on colloq. learn something about. in line for likely to receive. in the line of in the course of (esp. duty). in (or out of) line with in (or not in) accordance with. lay (or put) it on the line speak frankly. line-drawing a drawing in which images are produced from variations of lines. line of fire the expected path of gunfire, a missile, etc. line of force Physics an imaginary line which represents the strength and direction of a magnetic, gravitational, or electric field at any point. line of march the route taken in marching. line of vision the straight line along which an observer looks. line-out (in Rugby Football) parallel lines of opposing forwards at right angles to the touchline for the throwing in of the ball. line printer a machine that prints output from a computer a line at a time rather than character by character. line up
1 arrange or be arranged in a line or lines.
2 have ready; organize (had a job lined up).
line-up n.
1 a line of people for inspection.
2 an arrangement of persons in a team or nations etc. in an alliance.
on the line
1 at risk (put my reputation on the line).
2 speaking on the telephone.
3 (of a picture in an exhibition) hung with its centre about level with the spectator's eye. out of line not in alignment; discordant.

line, v.tr.
1 a cover the inside surface of (a garment, box, etc.) with a layer of usu. different material. b serve as a lining for.
2 cover as if with a lining (shelves lined with books).
3 colloq. fill, esp. plentifully.

Idiom:
line one's pocket (or purse) make money, usu. by corrupt means.

Etymology:
ME f. obs. line flax, with ref. to the use of linen for linings

N  writing, chirography, stelography, cerography, penmanship, craftmanship, quill driving, typewriting, writing, manuscript, MS, literae scriptae, these presents, stroke of the pen, dash of the pen, coupe de plume, line, headline, pen and ink, letter, uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic, contraction, Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari, script, shorthand, stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy, secret writing, writing in cipher, cryptography, stenography, phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography, copy, transcript, rescript, rough copy, fair copy, handwriting, signature, sign manual, autograph, monograph, holograph, hand, fist, calligraphy, good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand, cacography, griffonage, barbouillage, bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand, scribble, pattes de mouche, ill-formed letters, pothooks and hangers, stationery, pen, quill, goose quill, pencil, style, paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table, blackboard, ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well, typewriter, transcription, inscription, superscription, graphology, composition, authorship, cacoethes scribendi, graphoidea, graphomania, phrenoia, writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver, stenographer, typewriter, typist, writer for the press, writing, written, in writing, in black and white, under one's hand, uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical, currente calamo, pen in hand, audacter et sincere, le style est l'homme meme, nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill, scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons, that mighty instrument of little men, the pen became a clarion.

N  poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon, Pierides, Pierian spring, versification, rhyming, making verses, prosody, orthometry, poem, epic, epic poem, epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy, amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode, dramatic poetry, lyric poetry, opera, posy, anthology, disjecta membra poetae song, ballad, lay, love song, drinking song, war song, sea song, lullaby, music, nursery rhymes, doggerel, Hudibrastic verse, prose run mad, macaronics, macaronic verse, leonine verse, runes, canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain, strophe, antistrophe, verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm, accentuation, dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest, hexameter, pentameter, Alexandrine, anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus, elegiacs, elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry, poet, poet laureate, laureate, bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour, trouvere, minstrel, minnesinger, meistersinger, improvisatore, versifier, sonneteer, rhymer, rhymist, rhymester, ballad monger, runer, poetaster, genus irritabile vatum, poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, a catalectin, elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic, amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic, Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric, a poem round and perfect as a star, Dichtung und Wahrheit, furor poeticus, his virtues formed the magic of his song, I do but sing because I must, I learnt life from the poets, licentia vatum, mutum est pictura poema, O for a muse of fire!, sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge, the true poem is the poet's mind, Volk der Dichter und Denker, wisdom married to immortal verse.

N  business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about, affair, concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore, errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part, role, cue, province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round, routine, race, career, office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living, situation, berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft, mystery, handicraft, trade, exercise, work, avocation, press of business, businesslike, workaday, professional, official, functional, busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands, afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting, in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally Adj, a business with an income at its heels, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, par negotiis neque supra.

N  connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.

N  continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file, continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

N  paternity, parentage, consanguinity, parent, father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba, genitor, progenitor, procreator, ancestor, grandsire, grandfather, great- grandfather, fathership, fatherhood, mabap, house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan, genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry, forefathers, forbears, patriarchs, motherhood, maternity, mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias, grandmother, paternal, parental, maternal, family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal, avi numerantur avorum, happy he with such a mother, hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo, philosophia stemma non inspicit.

N  posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat, family, grandchildren, heirs, great-grandchild, child, son, daughter, butcha, bantling, scion, acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch, off-shoot, off- set, ramification, descendant, heir, heiress, heir-apparent, heir- presumptive, chip off the old block, heredity, rising generation, straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture, filial, diphyletic, the child is father of the man, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, like father, like son.

N  length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft, length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.

N  narrowness, thinness, narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction, narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c (expand), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular.

N  filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.

VB  line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.

N  direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

N  concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.

N  measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize, estimate, estimation, dead reckoning, reckoning, gauging, horse power, metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic, measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers, gage, gauge, meter, line, rod, check, dividers, velo, flood mark, high water mark, Plimsoll line, index, scale, graduation, graduated scale, nonius, vernier, bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c, barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter, landmark, balance, scale, marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph, rain gauge, rain gage, voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps), spectrophotometer (light absorbance), mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass), geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity), pycnometer (liquid density), graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume), radar gun (velocity), radar (distance), side-looking radar, (shape, topography), sonar (depth in water), light meter (light intensity), clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time), anemometer (wind velocity), densitometer (color intensity), measurability, computability, determinability, coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth, geometry, stereometry, hypsometry, metage, surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodesia, orthometry, altimetry, cadastre, astrolabe, armillary sphere, land surveyor, geometer, measuring, metric, metrical, measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable, geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical.

N  indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.

aclinic line, acoustic delay line, actor's line, adonic line, agate line, agonic line, air line, assembly line, bank line, bar line, battle line, bee line, blood line, bottom line, boundary line, branch line, bread line, bus line, business line, center line, chalk line, checkout line, chorus line, chow line, city line, color line, colour line, command line, command line interface, conga line, contour line, county line, credit line, danger line, date line, delay line, demarcation line, digital subscriber line, direct line, district line, dividing line, dotted line, draw a line, draw the line, drive line, drive line system, drop a line, drop line, electrical line of force, electromagnetic delay line, equinoctial line, equity credit line, fall in line, family line, fault line, feeder line, fence line, field line, finish line, finishing line, firing line, fishing line, flight line, foul line, front line, frown line, fuel line, gag line, gas line, geodesic line, get a line, goal line, green line, gunter's line, hand line, hanoverian line, hard line, harpoon line, heart line, hold the line, hook line and sinker, hot line, in line, in line with, international date line, isoclinic line, isogonal line, isogonic line, isometric line, keep in line, lancastrian line, land line, lateral line, lateral line organ, laugh line, lay on the line, lead line, ledger line, leger line, life line, line backer, line block, line coach, line double, line drawing, line drive, line duty, line engraving, line feed, line function, line item, line judge, line management, line of battle, line of business, line of control, line of credit, line of defence, line of defense, line of descent, line of destiny, line of duty, line of fate, line of fire, line of flight, line of force, line of gab, line of heart, line of inquiry, line of latitude, line of least resistance, line of life, line of longitude, line of march, line of merchandise, line of poetry, line of products, line of questioning, line of reasoning, line of saturn, line of scrimmage, line of sight, line of succession, line of thought, line of verse, line of vision, line of work, line officer, line one's pockets, line organisation, line organization, line personnel, line printer, line roulette, line score, line single, line spectrum, line squall, line storm, line triple, line up, line worker, load line, log line, love line, lubber line, lubber's line, maginot line, magnetic line of force, main line, mason and dixon line, mason and dixon's line, mason-dixon line, melodic line, mensal line, mooring line, new line, old line, old line state, opening line, out of line, party line, personal credit line, personal line of credit, phone line, picket line, pipe line, plantagenet line, plimsoll line, plot line, plumb line, poverty line, power line, private line, product line, production line, program line, property line, punch line, put on the line, rail line, railroad line, railway line, reception line, red line, regression line, rhumb line, rivet line, royal line, sash line, scrimmage line, service line, sewer line, ship of the line, shoot a line, short line, side line, siegfried line, snap line, snow line, sonic delay line, sounding line, spectrum line, squall line, staff line, starting line, state line, static line, stay in line, steam line, steamship line, stepped line, straight line, stream line, streetcar line, string line, subscriber line, supply line, tag line, telegraph line, telephone line, ticket line, timber line, toe the line, toll line, top of the line, towing line, transit line, transmission line, trap line, trawl line, tree line, trend line, trip line, trolley line, trunk line, unemployment line, verse line, vortex line, waiting line, water line, wats line, white line, yard line