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Definition 2024


lines

lines

See also: line

English

Noun

lines

  1. plural of line
  2. (fortifications, in the plural) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  3. (shipbuilding, in the plural) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  4. (education, in the plural) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
    If you don't behave I'll give you lines
    I had to write out 200 lines
  5. (US, in the plural) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.

Verb

lines

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of line

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: wait · laughed · opportunity · #792: lines · personal · due · Henry

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Latin

Verb

linēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of linō