EGAVE

lines

About 94.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of line
  2. noun Words spoken by the actors.
    I have yet to learn my lines.
  3. noun Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  4. noun Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  5. noun 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
  6. noun The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
  7. noun A certificate of church membership.
  8. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of line

Similar words

outline dividing line agate line delineate telephone line draw transmission line credit line phone line note

Often followed by

of and in are to on that were from

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