lines (Meaning)

the part of a professional kitchen in which meals are cooked and plated, a narrow crease (as on the face), a group of public conveyances plying regularly under one management over a route, fortify, a marked or imaginary line across a playing area (such as a football field) parallel to the end line, by way of inference, the boundary or limit of a place or lot, a group of three players including a left winger, center, and right winger who play together as a unit in hockey, a wire or pair of wires connecting one telegraph or telephone station with another or a whole system of such wires, a field of activity or interest, family sense 2, the principal circuits of an electric power system, line of scrimmage, to depict with lines, a long narrow mark (as one made by a pencil), any circuit in an electronic communication system, something (such as a ridge or seam) that is distinct, elongated, and narrow, the words of a part in a play, family, lineage, officers of the army belonging to a combatant branch, a division on a bridge score dividing the score for bonuses from that for tricks, one of the horizontal lines on a music staff, a wire or set of wires carrying electricity, line drive, something (as a ridge, seam, mark, or streak) that is distinct, elongated, and narrow see linea, naval ships arranged in a regular order, the track of a railway, to cover the inner surface of, a structural unit of something written (as a poem or a computer program), goods for sale of one general kind, such an element that is straight, a military formation in which the different elements are abreast of each other, all the way, merchandise or services of the same general class for sale or regularly available, the football players whose positions are along the line of scrimmage, to serve as the lining of, in the future, something (as a ridge, seam, or wrinkle) that is long and narrow, a length of cord or cord-like material, any of the horizontal parallel strokes on a music staff on or between which notes are placed compare space, a state of order, control, or obedience, a telephone connection, to hit (something, such as a baseball) hard and in a usually straight line, smooth or interesting talk that is often insincere, the persons or objects so positioned, to take money freely and especially dishonestly, distinction sense 1, a geometric element that is formed by a moving point and that has length but no width or thickness, a horizontal row of written or printed characters, the position of military forces facing the enemy, officers of the navy eligible for command at sea distinguished from officers of the staff, the course or direction of something in motion, piping for conveying a fluid (such as steam), a long thin cord, a state of agreement, a pipe for carrying a fluid, a course of conduct, action, or thought, an individual telephone extension, a general plan, an official or public position, a demarcation of a limit with reference to which the playing of some game or sport is regulated, by implication, a chronological series, the company owning or operating it, the words making up a part in a performance, due or in a position to receive, to hit a line drive, at great risk, a cord, wire, or tape used in measuring and leveling, the seven players including center, two guards, two tackles, and two ends who in offensive football play line up on or within one foot of the line of scrimmage, clothesline, a rope used on shipboard, a system of transportation together with its equipment, routes, and appurtenances, a distinct segment of a computer program containing a single command or a small number of commands, to come into the correct relative position, a boundary of an area, a device for catching fish consisting of a cord with hooks and other fishing gear, to place or form a line along, a certificate of marriage, space for such a line, the difference known or pointed out, a narrow short synthetic tube that is inserted approximately one inch into a vein (as of the arm) to provide temporary intravenous access for the administration of fluid, medication, or nutrients, a unit in the rhythmic structure of verse formed by the grouping of a number of the smallest units of the rhythm (such as metrical feet), betting odds offered by a bookmaker especially on a sporting event, a complete game of 10 frames in bowling, equator, a blank row in lieu of such characters, an arrangement of operations in manufacturing permitting sequential occurrence on various stages of production, a narrow elongated mark drawn or projected, limit, restraint, on the border between two categories, a short letter, a glib often persuasive way of talking, an arrangement or placement of persons or objects of one kind in an orderly series, the direction followed by something in motion, a group of three players who play together as a unit in hockey, a strain produced and maintained especially by selective breeding or biological culture, to mark or cover with a line or lines, in or into operation, the personnel of an organization that are responsible for its stated objective, a mark (as on a map) recording a boundary, division, or contour, pica, a circle of latitude or longitude on a map, a mark (as by pencil) that forms part of the formal design of a picture distinguished from the shading or color, a defining outline, the combatant forces of an army distinguished from the staff corps and supply services, an amount of cocaine that is arranged in a line to be inhaled through the nose, scope for activity, orderly arrangements made to cover extended military positions and presenting a front to the enemy, a course of behavior or thinking, an arrangement of persons or things in a series, position in life, a narrow short synthetic tube (as of plastic) that is inserted approximately one inch into a vein (as of the arm) to provide temporary intravenous access for the administration of fluid, medication, or nutrients, to mark with a line or lines, any of the successive horizontal rows of picture elements on the screen of a cathode-ray tube (such as a television screen), a source of information, to put something in the inside of, the players who in defensive play line up within one yard of the line of scrimmage, outline entry 1 sense 1, contour, a system of transportation or the route over which it travels, to form a line, a succession of musical notes especially considered in melodic phrases, a comparatively strong slender cord, to form into a line or lines, the force of a regular navy, a row of words, letters, numbers, or symbols that are written, printed, or displayed (as on a page or TV screen), to hit a line drive in baseball, the track and roadbed of a railway, a length of material used in measuring and leveling, a straight or curved geometric element that is generated by a moving point and that has extension only along the path of the point, what one does or is interested in, a state of agreement or conformity, the unit of fineness of halftones expressed as the number of screen lines to the linear inch