line
/laɪn/ verb B2- To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. · to line troops· They lined up the books against the wall.
- To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. · to line works with soldiers
- To form a line along.
- To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines. · to line a copy book
- To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- To read or repeat line by line. · to line out a hymn
- To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground. · Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
- To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
He/she/it lines · Past lined · Past participle lined · -ing form lining
Verb forms
- Base form
- line
- He/she/it
- lines
- Past
- lined
- Past participle
- lined
- -ing form
- lining
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings.
This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countless bottles.
He was a man of twenty-five or six, and held a piece of cloth, which, being a tailor, he was about to make into a coat-lining.
“Here, as you perceive, is the inner pocket prolonged into the lining in such fashion as to give ample space for the truncated fowling piece.
Other matches
- line A path through two or more points A1
- line To cover the inner surface of C2
- line A group of people born in a certain year C2
- line The longer fiber C2
- line Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their ... C2
- line in To finish a sketch or outline by using a perman...
- line off To mark off using lines.
- line out To appear in a lineout.
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