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| n. (group) | 1. line | a formation of people or things one beside another.; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" |
| ~ rivet line | a line of rivets at a seam.; "the fuselage cracked along the rivet line" |
| ~ chorus line, chorus | a body of dancers or singers who perform together. |
| ~ diagonal | an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard.; "the bishop moves on the diagonals" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| ~ linemen | the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage. |
| ~ lineup | a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification. |
| ~ row | an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.; "a row of chairs" |
| ~ rank | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another.; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" |
| n. (communication) | 2. line | a mark that is long relative to its width.; "He drew a line on the chart" |
| ~ cross hair, cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration.; "he had the target in his cross hairs" |
| ~ print, mark | a visible indication made on a surface.; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" |
| ~ dotted line | a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract.; "just sign on the dotted line" |
| ~ ascender | (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters. |
| ~ bar line | a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars. |
| ~ descender | (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters. |
| ~ squiggle, curlicue | a short twisting line. |
| ~ spectrum line | an isolated component of a spectrum formed by radiation at a uniform frequency. |
| ~ trend line | a line on a graph indicating a statistical trend. |
| ~ isometric, isometric line | a line connecting isometric points. |
| ~ graduation | a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement.; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch" |
| ~ guideline | a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters. |
| ~ hairline | a very thin line. |
| ~ shaft | a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer. |
| ~ serif, seriph | a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character. |
| ~ staff line | any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff. |
| ~ ledger line, leger line | a short line; a notation for extending the range above or below the staff. |
| n. (group) | 3. line | a formation of people or things one behind another.; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter" |
| ~ diagonal | an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard.; "the bishop moves on the diagonals" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| ~ indian file, single file, file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other. |
| ~ line of march | the arrangement of people in a line for marching. |
| ~ line of succession | the order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official position. |
| ~ picket line | a line of people acting as pickets. |
| ~ conga line | a line of people in single file performing the conga dance. |
| ~ trap line | a line or series of traps. |
| ~ queue, waiting line | a line of people or vehicles waiting for something. |
| n. (shape) | 4. line | a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ curve | a line on a graph representing data. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| ~ straight line | a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature.; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" |
| ~ geodesic, geodesic line | (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere). |
| ~ perimeter | a line enclosing a plane areas. |
| ~ center line, centerline | a line that bisects a plane figure. |
| ~ bound, boundary, edge | a line determining the limits of an area. |
| n. (communication) | 5. line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| ~ opening line | the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story). |
| ~ header, heading, head | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
| ~ line of poetry, line of verse | a single line of words in a poem. |
| ~ by-line, credit line | a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article. |
| ~ dateline | a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch. |
| ~ verse line, verse | a line of metrical text. |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ letter, missive | a written message addressed to a person or organization.; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" |
| ~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line | the point of a joke or humorous story. |
| ~ actor's line, words, speech | words making up the dialogue of a play.; "the actor forgot his speech" |
| ~ orphan | the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column. |
| ~ stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. |
| ~ sound bite | a very short speech; usually on radio or television. |
| ~ bottom line | the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 6. line | a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum. |
| ~ electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation | radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge. |
| ~ electromagnetic spectrum | the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves. |
| n. (location) | 7. line | a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops).; "they attacked the enemy's line" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ firing line | the line from which soldiers deliver fire. |
| ~ battlefront, front line, front | the line along which opposing armies face each other. |
| ~ line of battle | a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack. |
| ~ battle line | the line along which warring troops meet. |
| ~ military position, position | a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. |
| n. (cognition) | 8. argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument | a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning.; "I can't follow your line of reasoning" |
| ~ abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning | thinking that is coherent and logical. |
| ~ line of inquiry, line of questioning | an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument. |
| ~ casuistry | argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading. |
| ~ policy | a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government.; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. cable, line, transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. |
| ~ cable system, cable television service, cable television, cable | a television system that transmits over cables. |
| ~ coax, coax cable, coaxial cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals. |
| ~ conductor | a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.. |
| ~ electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations. |
| ~ fiber optic cable, fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light. |
| ~ power cable, power line | cable used to distribute electricity. |
| ~ printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer. |
| ~ phone system, telephone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points. |
| n. (group) | 10. course, line | a connected series of events or actions or developments.; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" |
| ~ series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another.; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
| ~ stream, current, flow | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" |
| n. (location) | 11. line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ parting, part | a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.; "his part was right in the middle" |
| ~ axis | a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions. |
| ~ aclinic line, magnetic equator | an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip. |
| ~ agonic line | an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero. |
| ~ isogonal line, isogone, isogonic line | an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same. |
| ~ crest | the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave. |
| ~ timber line, timberline, tree line | line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes. |
| ~ snow line | the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ great circle | a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center. |
| ~ hemline | the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat. |
| ~ hipline | the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment. |
| ~ hipline | the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part. |
| ~ apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon, skyline | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. |
| ~ isarithm, isogram, isopleth | a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable. |
| ~ flight line | place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways). |
| ~ line of sight, line of vision | an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks. |
| ~ line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel, latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator. |
| ~ lunar latitude | an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator. |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| ~ quadrant, quarter-circle | a quarter of the circumference of a circle. |
| ~ loxodrome, rhumb, rhumb line | a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction. |
| ~ danger line | a line beyond which it is dangerous to go. |
| ~ side | a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure.; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side" |
| ~ water line, waterline, water level | a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship. |
| ~ watermark, water line | a line marking the level reached by a body of water. |
| ~ water parting, watershed, divide | a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. |
| ~ track, path, course | a line or route along which something travels or moves.; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" |
| ~ field line, line of force | an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point. |
| n. (shape) | 12. crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line | a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes. |
| ~ dermatoglyphic | the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet). |
| ~ frown line | a facial wrinkle associated with frowning. |
| ~ life line, lifeline, line of life | a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live. |
| ~ heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature. |
| ~ line of destiny, line of fate, line of saturn | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. line, pipeline | a pipe used to transport liquids or gases.; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" |
| ~ alaskan pipeline, trans-alaska pipeline | an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez. |
| ~ gas line | a pipeline used to transport natural gas.; "the workmen broke through the gas line" |
| ~ oil pipeline | a pipeline used to transport oil. |
| ~ pipage, pipe, piping | a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. line, rail line, railway line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed. |
| ~ branch line, spur track, spur | a railway line connected to a trunk line. |
| ~ railroad bed | a bed on which railroad track is laid. |
| ~ railroad track, railroad, railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels.; "he walked along the railroad track" |
| ~ road, route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. |
| ~ trunk line, trunk route | line that is the main route on a railway. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line | a telephone connection. |
| ~ connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion | an instrumentality that connects.; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
| ~ digital subscriber line, dsl | a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds. |
| ~ hot line | a direct telephone line between two officials. |
| ~ land line, landline | a telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits.; "a land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave" |
| ~ party line | a telephone line serving two or more subscribers. |
| ~ private line | a telephone line serving a single subscriber. |
| ~ toll line | a telephone line for long-distance calls. |
| ~ trunk line | a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly. |
| ~ wats, wats line | a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service. |
| n. (act) | 16. line | acting in conformity.; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" |
| ~ abidance, compliance, conformity, conformation | acting according to certain accepted standards.; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" |
| n. (group) | 17. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual.; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| ~ side | a family line of descent.; "he gets his brains from his father's side" |
| ~ family tree, genealogy | successive generations of kin. |
| n. (artifact) | 18. line | something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible.; "a washing line" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ becket | (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship. |
| ~ bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ drip loop | a downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building.; "when it rained water would fall from the drip loop before it reached the building" |
| ~ laniard, lanyard | (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships. |
| ~ lifeline | line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning. |
| ~ lifeline | line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver. |
| ~ mooring line, mooring | (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place. |
| ~ painter | a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing). |
| ~ ratlin, ratline | (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft. |
| ~ rope | a strong line. |
| ~ mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud, tack, sheet | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
| ~ shroud | a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute. |
| ~ strand | line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable. |
| ~ towing line, towing rope, towline, towrope | (nautical) a rope used in towing. |
| ~ trace | either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree. |
| n. (act) | 19. business, job, line, line of work, occupation | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ confectionery | the occupation and skills of a confectioner. |
| ~ sport | the occupation of athletes who compete for pay. |
| ~ farming, land | agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" |
| ~ biz, game | your occupation or line of work.; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" |
| ~ calling, career, vocation | the particular occupation for which you are trained. |
| ~ employment, work | the occupation for which you are paid.; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" |
| ~ appointment | the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed.; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" |
| ~ berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot | a job in an organization.; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| ~ salt mine, treadmill | a job involving drudgery and confinement. |
| ~ craft, trade | the skilled practice of a practical occupation.; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" |
| ~ profession | an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences). |
| ~ metier, medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited.; "in law he found his true metier" |
| ~ accountancy, accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business. |
| ~ photography | the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies. |
| ~ catering | providing food and services. |
| n. (location) | 20. line | in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area. |
| ~ print, mark | a visible indication made on a surface.; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" |
| ~ balkline, baulk-line, string line | line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game. |
| ~ finish line, finishing line | a line indicating the location of the finish of a race. |
| ~ foul line | lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field. |
| ~ foul line | a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross. |
| ~ foul line | a line from which basketball players take penalty shots. |
| ~ baseline | the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases. |
| ~ goal line | a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand. |
| ~ red line | a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink. |
| ~ line of scrimmage, scrimmage line | line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football.; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage" |
| ~ service line, baseline | the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line. |
| ~ out of bounds, sideline | a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field. |
| ~ scratch line, starting line, scratch, start | a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game. |
| ~ yard line | in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field. |
| n. (communication) | 21. channel, communication channel, line | (often plural) a means of communication or access.; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| ~ back channel | an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government).; "they negotiated via a back channel" |
| ~ lens | (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood.; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen" |
| ~ inter-group communication, liaison, contact, link | a channel for communication between groups.; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ line of gab, patter, spiel | plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson). |
| n. (artifact) | 22. business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line | a particular kind of product or merchandise.; "a nice line of shoes" |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| ~ sideline | an auxiliary line of merchandise. |
| ~ top of the line | the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise. |
| n. (artifact) | 23. line | a commercial organization serving as a common carrier. |
| ~ airline business, airline, airway | a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers. |
| ~ railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight. |
| ~ steamship company, steamship line | a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships. |
| ~ transit line | a line providing public transit. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| ~ common carrier, carrier | a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages. |
| n. (quantity) | 24. agate line, line | space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising. |
| ~ area unit, square measure | a system of units used to measure areas. |
| n. (possession) | 25. bank line, credit line, line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit | the maximum credit that a customer is allowed. |
| ~ consumer credit | a line of credit extended for personal or household use. |
| ~ credit | money available for a client to borrow. |
| n. (communication) | 26. air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| ~ tucket, fanfare, flourish | (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" |
| ~ glissando | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale. |
| ~ roulade | (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ leitmotif, leitmotiv | a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas). |
| ~ theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie. |
| ~ signature tune, theme song, signature | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program. |
| ~ melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ part, voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.; "he tried to sing the tenor part" |
| ~ musical phrase, phrase | a short musical passage. |
| n. (communication) | 27. line | persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress.; "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk" |
| ~ persuasion, suasion | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action. |
| n. (communication) | 28. billet, line, note, short letter | a short personal letter.; "drop me a line when you get there" |
| ~ personal letter | a letter dealing with personal affairs. |
| ~ excuse | a note explaining an absence.; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" |
| n. (cognition) | 29. contrast, demarcation, dividing line, line | a conceptual separation or distinction.; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" |
| ~ differentiation, distinction | a discrimination between things as different and distinct.; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation" |
| ~ point of no return, rubicon | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment. |
| n. (artifact) | 30. assembly line, line, production line | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it. |
| ~ conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter | a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory). |
| ~ factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. |
| ~ mechanical system | a system of elements that interact on mechanical principles. |
| v. (stative) | 31. line, run along | be in line with; form a line along.; "trees line the riverbank" |
| ~ rim | run around the rim of.; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (contact) | 32. line | cover the interior of.; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
| ~ reline | provide with a new lining.; "the old fur coat must be relined" |
| ~ face | line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.; "face the lapels of the jacket" |
| ~ crib | line with beams or planks.; "crib a construction hole" |
| ~ babbitt | line with a Babbitt metal. |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 33. delineate, describe, draw, line, trace | make a mark or lines on a surface.; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ construct | draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.; "construct an equilateral triangle" |
| ~ inscribe | draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible. |
| ~ circumscribe | draw a line around.; "He drew a circle around the points" |
| ~ circumscribe | to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect. |
| ~ draw | engage in drawing.; "He spent the day drawing in the garden" |
| ~ draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (contact) | 34. line | mark with lines.; "sorrow had lined his face" |
| ~ reline | put new lines on.; "reline the paper" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ hatch | draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper.; "hatch the sheet" |
| ~ crisscross | mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines.; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face" |
| v. (change) | 35. line | fill plentifully.; "line one's pockets" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| v. (change) | 36. line | reinforce with fabric.; "lined books are more enduring" |
| ~ reenforce, reinforce | make stronger.; "he reinforced the concrete" |
| streak | | |
| n. (group) | 1. run, streak | an unbroken series of events.; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" |
| ~ succession | a group of people or things arranged or following in order.; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" |
| ~ losing streak | a streak of losses. |
| ~ winning streak | a streak of wins. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. streak | a distinctive characteristic.; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. bar, streak, stripe | a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background.; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| ~ banding, stria, striation, band | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color.; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps" |
| n. (event) | 4. streak | a sudden flash (as of lightning). |
| ~ flash | a sudden intense burst of radiant energy. |
| v. (motion) | 5. streak | move quickly in a straight line.; "The plane streaked across the sky" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 6. streak | run naked in a public place. |
| ~ run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" |
| v. (creation) | 7. blotch, mottle, streak | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained. |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| stripe | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. band, banding, stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. |
| ~ adornment | a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness. |
| ~ cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar. |
| ~ garment | an article of clothing.; "garments of the finest silk" |
| ~ hatband | a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim. |
| ~ neckband | a band around the collar of a garment. |
| ~ pinstripe | a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric). |
| n. (communication) | 2. stripe | a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service. |
| ~ badge | an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).; "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (communication) | 3. chevron, grade insignia, stripe, stripes | V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service.; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" |
| ~ badge | an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).; "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. stripe | a kind or category.; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| v. (contact) | 5. stripe | mark with stripes. |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| mark | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. grade, mark, score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).; "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" |
| ~ rating, valuation, evaluation | an appraisal of the value of something.; "he set a high valuation on friendship" |
| ~ grade point | a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course. |
| ~ centile, percentile | (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total. |
| ~ decile | (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores. |
| ~ quartile | (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores. |
| n. (communication) | 2. mark, marker, marking | a distinguishing symbol.; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" |
| ~ earmark | identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal. |
| ~ brand | identification mark on skin, made by burning. |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| ~ trademark | a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product. |
| ~ assay-mark, authentication, hallmark | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity. |
| ~ postmark | a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing. |
| ~ watermark | a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light. |
| ~ broad arrow | an arrowhead mark identifying British government property. |
| ~ milepost, milestone | stone post at side of a road to show distances. |
| ~ peg, pin | small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.. |
| ~ pip, spot | a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). |
| ~ label | an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object. |
| ~ cairn | a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path. |
| n. (communication) | 3. mark, target | a reference point to shoot at.; "his arrow hit the mark" |
| ~ point of reference, reference point, reference | an indicator that orients you generally.; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" |
| ~ clout | a target used in archery. |
| ~ drogue | a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane. |
| ~ bull's eye, bull | the center of a target. |
| n. (communication) | 4. mark, print | a visible indication made on a surface.; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" |
| ~ fingerprint | a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations. |
| ~ footmark, footprint, step | a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window" |
| ~ trace | a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle. |
| ~ indicant, indication | something that serves to indicate or suggest.; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" |
| ~ mintmark | a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced. |
| ~ stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush.; "she applied the paint in careful strokes" |
| ~ hoof-mark, hoof mark, hoofprint | a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal. |
| ~ line | a mark that is long relative to its width.; "He drew a line on the chart" |
| ~ line | in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. mark | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember.; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" |
| ~ effect, impression | an outward appearance.; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" |
| n. (communication) | 6. brand, mark, stain, stigma | a symbol of disgrace or infamy.; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" |
| ~ demerit | a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces.; "ten demerits and he loses his privileges" |
| ~ bend sinister, bar sinister | a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left. |
| ~ cloven foot, cloven hoof | the mark of Satan. |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| n. (quantity) | 7. deutsche mark, deutschmark, german mark, mark | formerly the basic unit of money in Germany. |
| ~ german monetary unit | monetary unit in Germany. |
| ~ pfennig | 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany. |
| n. (person) | 8. mark, saint mark, st. mark | Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel. |
| ~ apostelic father, apostle | any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people. |
| ~ evangelist | (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. |
| ~ saint | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization. |
| n. (person) | 9. chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
| ~ dupe, victim | a person who is tricked or swindled. |
| n. (communication) | 10. mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).; "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
| ~ printed symbol, written symbol | a written or printed symbol. |
| ~ arrow, pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation. |
| ~ broad arrow | a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing. |
| ~ call mark, call number, pressmark | a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location. |
| ~ caret | a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text. |
| ~ check mark, tick, check | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc..; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name" |
| ~ diacritic, diacritical mark | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| ~ ditto, ditto mark | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated. |
| ~ dollar mark, dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars. |
| ~ point, head | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| n. (communication) | 11. mark, sign | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened).; "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" |
| ~ clew, clue, cue | evidence that helps to solve a problem. |
| ~ token | something serving as a sign of something else. |
| n. (communication) | 12. gospel according to mark, mark | the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament. |
| ~ book | a major division of a long written composition.; "the book of Isaiah" |
| ~ new testament | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ evangel, gospel, gospels | the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings. |
| n. (attribute) | 13. mark, scar, scrape, scratch | an indication of damage. |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| n. (attribute) | 14. crisscross, cross, mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other. |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| n. (act) | 15. bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| ~ figure of speech, trope, image, figure | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| v. (contact) | 16. label, mark, tag | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ brandmark, trademark, brand | mark with a brand or trademark.; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" |
| ~ point | mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes. |
| ~ point | mark with diacritics.; "point the letter" |
| ~ point | mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
| ~ calibrate | mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units.; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale" |
| ~ code | attach a code to.; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" |
| ~ badge | put a badge on.; "The workers here must be badged" |
| v. (communication) | 17. mark | designate as if by a mark.; "This sign marks the border" |
| ~ differentiate, distinguish, mark | be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" |
| ~ bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point | be a signal for or a symptom of.; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" |
| ~ blaze | indicate by marking trees with blazes.; "blaze a trail" |
| ~ dimension | indicate the dimensions on.; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart" |
| ~ signpost | mark with a signpost, as of a path. |
| ~ distinguish, signalise, signalize | make conspicuous or noteworthy. |
| ~ buoy | mark with a buoy. |
| v. (cognition) | 18. differentiate, distinguish, mark | be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" |
| ~ mark | designate as if by a mark.; "This sign marks the border" |
| ~ characterize, characterise, qualify | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" |
| ~ characterise, characterize | be characteristic of.; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?" |
| v. (cognition) | 19. commemorate, mark | mark by some ceremony or observation.; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" |
| ~ celebrate, observe, keep | behave as expected during of holidays or rites.; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" |
| v. (change) | 20. mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dot | mark with a dot.; "dot your `i's" |
| ~ stigmatise, stigmatize | mark with a stigma or stigmata.; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress" |
| ~ raddle | mark or paint with raddle. |
| ~ striate | mark with striae or striations. |
| ~ ink | mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink.; "he inked his finger" |
| ~ dimple | mark with, or as if with, dimples.; "drops dimpled the smooth stream" |
| ~ spot | mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" |
| ~ crisscross | mark with a pattern of crossing lines.; "crisscross the sheet of paper" |
| ~ asterisk, star | mark with an asterisk.; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" |
| ~ flag | provide with a flag.; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately" |
| ~ tip | mark with a tip.; "tip the arrow with the small stone" |
| ~ underline, underscore | draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to. |
| ~ stripe | mark with stripes. |
| ~ speck | produce specks in or on.; "speck the cloth" |
| ~ bespot | mark with, or as if with, spots. |
| ~ trace, describe, draw, line, delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface.; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| ~ stake, post | mark with a stake.; "stake out the path" |
| ~ brand | burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals. |
| v. (social) | 21. brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize | to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" |
| ~ label | assign a label to; designate with a label.; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" |
| v. (perception) | 22. mark, note, notice | notice or perceive.; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ take notice | observe with special attention.; "Take notice of the great architecture" |
| v. (contact) | 23. mark, pit, pock, scar | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ blemish, deface, disfigure | mar or spoil the appearance of.; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" |
| ~ pockmark | mark with or as if with pockmarks.; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" |
| ~ cicatrise, cicatrize | form a scar, after an injury.; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (contact) | 24. mark, nock, score | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
| ~ scarify | scratch the surface of.; "scarify seeds" |
| ~ scotch | make a small cut or score into. |
| ~ scribe | score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking. |
| ~ line | mark with lines.; "sorrow had lined his face" |
| ~ notch | cut or make a notch into.; "notch the rope" |
| ~ pock, scar, pit, mark | mark with a scar.; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
| v. (communication) | 25. mark, set | establish as the highest level or best performance.; "set a record" |
| ~ lay down, establish, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| v. (communication) | 26. mark, score | make underscoring marks. |
| ~ invalidate, cancel | make invalid for use.; "cancel cheques or tickets" |
| ~ record, enter, put down | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| v. (communication) | 27. cross off, cross out, mark, strike off, strike out | remove from a list.; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" |
| ~ take away, take out | take out or remove.; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" |
| v. (cognition) | 28. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off | put a check mark on or near or next to.; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" |
| ~ check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over | examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" |
| ~ receipt | mark or stamp as paid. |
| ~ insure, see to it, ascertain, ensure, check, assure, control, see | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
| ~ verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| v. (cognition) | 29. grade, mark, score | assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" |
| ~ appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, measure, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
| v. (change) | 30. mark, punctuate | insert punctuation marks into. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| ~ quote | put quote marks around.; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" |
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