lines

See also: Lines

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪnz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnz

Noun

lines

  1. plural of line

Noun

lines pl (plural only)

  1. (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
    I have yet to learn my lines.
  2. (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.[1]
  3. (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.[1]
  4. (education) 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) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.[1]
  6. A certificate of church membership.
    Coordinate term: marriage lines

Derived terms

Verb

lines

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of line

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “line”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From lesbi or lesbian. Compare binan.

Noun

lines (plural lines-lines)

  1. (gay slang) a lesbian woman

Latin

Verb

linēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of linō

Spanish

Noun

lines m pl

  1. plural of line
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