Definition of "line" in Anglais

noun

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- The arrow descended in a curved line.
A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
A hose or pipe, of any size.
- a brake line
- the main water line to the house
Direction, path.
- the line of sight
- the line of vision
A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- In order to maintain a consistency in the defense, I will follow the line established by attorney Jacobs of allowing the prosecution to suggest motives, and then refuting them.
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
- a dedicated line; a shared line
- Please speak up, the line is very faint.
A clothesline.
- We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.
A letter, a written form of communication.
- Drop me a line.
A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
- a line of stages
- an express line
(especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
(obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.

get in line
The line forms on the right.
There is a line of houses.

(military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

(music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.

A small amount of text. Specifically:

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.

Remember, your answers must match the party line.

(slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)

Judy gave me a line on a lawyer who's supposed to be the best in the business.

A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.

line of business, product line
How many buses does the line have?
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
Have nothing to do with snide goods; let it be known throughout the world that the farmers and dairymen, yea, and those engaged in other industries in the great State of Illinois, produce only the best of everything in their lines, and we will be the last to feel the effects of over-production.

(stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.

Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:

(advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).

(historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.

(baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.

(fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

(engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

the engine is in line / out of line

(informal) A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.

I watched him take a line of cocaine.

(obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.

(genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.

(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.

(ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.

(Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.

(medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.

patient had a line inserted
line sepsis

verb

(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- to line troops
- They lined up the books against the wall.
(transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- to line works with soldiers
(transitive) To form a line along.
(transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- to line a copy book
(rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- The dispatcher lined the switches at Pickle interlocking for the freight turnout to clear the train into the passing track before the express arrived.
(transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
(transitive, dated, now more often line out) To read or repeat line by line.
- to line out a hymn
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
- Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
(transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
(transitive) To measure.

noun

(South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- maknae line; hyung line; 97 line

noun

(obsolete) Flax, linen.
The longer fiber(s) of flax.

verb

(transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- to line a cloak with silk or fur
- to line a box with paper or tin
- The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
- Paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room.
(transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- to line the shelves

verb

(transitive, now rare, of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.