Main entry: 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
Main entry: line
Definition: acting in conformity
Usage: in line with; he got out of line; toe the line
Main entry: cable, transmission line, line
Definition: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Main entry: line
Definition: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
Usage: a washing line
Main entry: line, rail line, railway line
Definition: the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
Main entry: line
Definition: a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
Main entry: 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
Definition: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
Usage: a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport
Main entry: 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
Main entry: phone line, telephone circuit, telephone line, subscriber line, line
Definition: a telephone connection
Main entry: contrast, demarcation, dividing line, line
Definition: a conceptual separation or distinction
Usage: there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: billet, short letter, note, line
Definition: a short personal letter
Usage: drop me a line when you get there
Main entry: line
Definition: a mark that is long relative to its width
Usage: He drew a line on the chart
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Main entry: line
Definition: in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
Main entry: line
Definition: a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
Usage: they attacked the enemy's line
Main entry: line
Definition: a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
Main entry: personal credit line, personal line of credit, bank line, credit line, line, line of credit
Definition: the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
Main entry: line, agate line
Definition: space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
Main entry: line
Definition: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
Main entry: 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
Main entry: line
Definition: reinforce with fabric
Usage: lined books are more enduring
Main entry: line
Definition: fill plentifully
Usage: line one's pockets
Main entry: line
Definition: cover the interior of
Usage: line the gloves; line a chimney
Main entry: line
Definition: mark with lines
Usage: sorrow had lined his face
Main entry: 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
Definition: be in line with; form a line along
Usage: trees line the riverbank