Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: line
Definition: acting in conformity
Usage: in line with; he got out of line; toe the line
Similar words: compliance, abidance, conformation, conformity
Definition: acting according to certain accepted standards
Usage: their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
Synonyms: cable, transmission line, line
Definition: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Similar words: conductor
Definition: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
Synonyms: line
Definition: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
Usage: a washing line
Synonyms: line, rail line, railway line
Definition: the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
Synonyms: line
Definition: a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
Similar words: carrier, common carrier
Definition: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Synonyms: line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, business line
Definition: a particular kind of product or merchandise
Usage: a nice line of shoes
Similar words: merchandise, product, ware
Definition: commodities offered for sale
Usage: good business depends on having good merchandise; that store offers a variety of products
Definition: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
Usage: a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
Similar words: pipage, pipe, piping
Definition: a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
Synonyms: production line, line, assembly line
Definition: mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
Similar words: mechanical system
Definition: a system of elements that interact on mechanical principles
Synonyms: phone line, telephone circuit, telephone line, subscriber line, line
Definition: a telephone connection
Similar words: connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
Definition: an instrumentality that connects
Usage: he soldered the connection; he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
Synonyms: contrast, demarcation, dividing line, line
Definition: a conceptual separation or distinction
Usage: there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
Similar words: differentiation, distinction
Definition: a discrimination between things as different and distinct
Usage: it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
Synonyms: argument, argumentation, logical argument, line, line of reasoning
Definition: a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
Usage: I can't follow your line of reasoning
Similar words: abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning
Definition: thinking that is coherent and logical
Synonyms: channel, communication channel, line
Definition: (often plural) a means of communication or access
Usage: it must go through official channels; lines of communication were set up between the two firms
Similar words: communicating, communication
Definition: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
Usage: they could not act without official communication from Moscow
Synonyms: billet, short letter, note, line
Definition: a short personal letter
Usage: drop me a line when you get there
Similar words: personal letter
Definition: a letter dealing with personal affairs
Synonyms: line
Definition: a mark that is long relative to its width
Usage: He drew a line on the chart
Definition: a visible indication made on a surface
Usage: some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks; paw prints were everywhere
Synonyms: line
Definition: text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
Usage: the letter consisted of three short lines; there are six lines in every stanza
Similar words: text, textual matter
Definition: the words of something written
Usage: there were more than a thousand words of text; they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech; he wants to reconstruct the original text
Synonyms: line
Definition: persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
Usage: `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
Similar words: suasion, persuasion
Definition: the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
Synonyms: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, air, strain, tune
Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Usage: she was humming an air from Beethoven
Similar words: music
Definition: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Synonyms: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Similar words: family tree, genealogy
Definition: successive generations of kin
Definition: a connected series of events or actions or developments
Usage: the government took a firm course; historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available
Similar words: series
Definition: similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Usage: they were investigating a series of bank robberies
Synonyms: line
Definition: a formation of people or things one behind another
Usage: the line stretched clear around the corner; you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter
Similar words: formation
Definition: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
Usage: a defensive formation; a formation of planes
Synonyms: line
Definition: a formation of people or things one beside another
Usage: 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
Similar words: formation
Definition: an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
Usage: a defensive formation; a formation of planes
Synonyms: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Similar words: location
Definition: a point or extent in space
Synonyms: line
Definition: in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
Definition: a visible indication made on a surface
Usage: some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks; paw prints were everywhere
Synonyms: line
Definition: a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
Usage: they attacked the enemy's line
Similar words: position, military position
Definition: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Synonyms: line
Definition: a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
Similar words: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation
Definition: radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
Synonyms: personal credit line, personal line of credit, bank line, credit line, line, line of credit
Definition: the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
Similar words: credit
Definition: money available for a client to borrow
Synonyms: line, agate line
Definition: space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
Similar words: area unit, square measure
Definition: a system of units used to measure areas
Synonyms: line
Definition: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Usage: geometry is the mathematical science of shape
Synonyms: crease, crinkle, seam, line, furrow, wrinkle
Definition: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
Usage: his face has many lines; ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
Similar words: depression, impression, imprint
Definition: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
Usage: he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Synonyms: line
Definition: reinforce with fabric
Usage: lined books are more enduring
Synonyms: line
Definition: fill plentifully
Usage: line one's pockets
Similar words: fill, fill up, make full
Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Usage: fill a container; fill the child with pride
Synonyms: line
Definition: cover the interior of
Usage: line the gloves; line a chimney
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Synonyms: line
Definition: mark with lines
Usage: sorrow had lined his face
Similar words: score, mark, nock
Definition: make small marks into the surface of
Usage: score the clay before firing it
Synonyms: trace, delineate, describe, draw, line
Definition: make a mark or lines on a surface
Usage: draw a line; trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Similar words: mark
Definition: make or leave a mark on
Usage: the scouts marked the trail; ash marked the believers' foreheads
Definition: be in line with; form a line along
Usage: trees line the riverbank
Similar words: lie
Definition: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position