| the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"
Synonyms: occupation, business, job, line of work,
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| acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
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| a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Synonyms: cable, transmission line,
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| something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
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| the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
Synonyms: railway line, rail line,
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| a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
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| a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
Synonyms: product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business,
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| a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
Synonyms: pipeline,
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| mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
Synonyms: production line, assembly line,
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| a telephone connection
Synonyms: telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line,
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| a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
Synonyms: dividing line, demarcation, contrast,
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| 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"
Synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning,
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| (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
Synonyms: channel, communication channel,
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| a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
Synonyms: note, short letter, billet,
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| a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"
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| 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"
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| 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"
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| a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
Synonyms: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase,
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| the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Synonyms: lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock,
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| 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"
Synonyms: course,
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| 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"
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| 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"
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| a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
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| in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
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| a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy''s line"
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| a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
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| the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
Synonyms: credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit,
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| space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
Synonyms: agate line,
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| a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
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| a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
Synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam,
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