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Synonyms for lines


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lahyn
Phonetic Transcription : laɪn

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Définition of lines

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to tie with a cord," from line (n.). Meaning "to mark or mark off with lines" is from mid-15c. Sense of "to arrange in a line" is from 1640s; that of "to join a line" is by 1773. To line up "form a line" is attested by 1889, in U.S. football.
  • noun mark, stroke; border
  • noun row, succession; course
  • noun cord, rope
  • noun belief, policy
  • noun person's calling, interest
  • noun ancestry
  • noun written communication
  • noun hint; influential communication
  • noun merchandise carried by store
  • verb border, mark
  • verb put covering inside object
Example sentences :
  • His lines were gracefully full, his bearing had still the alertness of youth.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He read between the lines, and comprehended the hidden meaning at once.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Six lines would have contained all that is in it to the purpose of my story.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I'm sure that when I wrote these lines, fortune had for a moment tweaked me by the nose.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • But under her eyes were lines that Sidney had never seen there before.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The 170 lines of it are full of phrases which might be taken direct from the sonnets.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • The two lines are clearly Shakespeare's criticism of himself.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • When Shakespeare died he left some lines to be placed over his tomb.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • The first lines show that poor Shakespeare often felt out of it at Court.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

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