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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" |
| align | | |
| v. (change) | 1. adjust, align, aline, line up | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" |
| ~ address | adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting. |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | cause to indicate the same time or rate.; "synchronize your watches" |
| ~ realign, realine | align anew or better.; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident" |
| ~ true, true up | make level, square, balanced, or concentric.; "true up the cylinder of an engine" |
| ~ collimate | adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument). |
| ~ reorient | set or arrange in a new or different determinate position.; "Orient the house towards the South" |
| ~ concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus | bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. |
| v. (stative) | 2. align | be or come into adjustment with. |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. align, array | align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. |
| ~ stand | have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.; "Where do you stand on the War?" |
| ~ fall in line | agree on (a position). |
| ~ side | take sides for or against.; "Who are you widing with?"; "I'm siding against the current candidate" |
| v. (change) | 4. align, coordinate, ordinate | bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ misalign | align imperfectly or badly.; "the elements of the turbine were misaligned" |
| range | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.; "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" |
| ~ extent | the distance or area or volume over which something extends.; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" |
| ~ approximate range, ballpark | near to the scope or range of something.; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark" |
| ~ confines | a bounded scope.; "he stayed within the confines of the city" |
| ~ contrast | the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness). |
| ~ internationality, internationalism | quality of being international in scope.; "he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology" |
| ~ latitude | scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction. |
| ~ purview, horizon, view | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" |
| ~ expanse, sweep | a wide scope.; "the sweep of the plains" |
| ~ gamut | a complete extent or range:.; "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" |
| ~ spectrum | a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities. |
| ~ palette, pallet | the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art. |
| n. (location) | 2. range, reach | the limits within which something can be effective.; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" |
| ~ earreach, earshot, hearing | the range within which a voice can be heard.; "the children were told to stay within earshot" |
| ~ eyeshot, view | the range of the eye.; "they were soon out of view" |
| ~ limit | as far as something can go. |
| ~ rifle range, rifle shot | the distance that a rifle bullet will carry.; "the target was out of rifle range" |
| n. (location) | 3. range | a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze.; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" |
| ~ home range, home territory | the area in which an animal normally ranges. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| n. (object) | 4. chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains | a series of hills or mountains.; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" |
| ~ adirondack mountains, adirondacks | a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area. |
| ~ admiralty range | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land. |
| ~ alaska range | a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley. |
| ~ alleghenies, allegheny mountains | the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia. |
| ~ alps, the alps | a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction. |
| ~ altai mountains, altay mountains | a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China. |
| ~ andes | a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast. |
| ~ apennines | a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula. |
| ~ appalachian mountains, appalachians | a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States. |
| ~ atlas mountains | a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia. |
| ~ australian alps | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. |
| ~ balkan mountain range, balkan mountains, balkans | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. |
| ~ berkshire hills, berkshires | a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area. |
| ~ black hills | mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore. |
| ~ blue ridge, blue ridge mountains | a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia. |
| ~ cantabrian mountains | a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay. |
| ~ carpathian mountains, carpathians | a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area. |
| ~ cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range. |
| ~ catskill mountains, catskills | a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas. |
| ~ caucasus, caucasus mountains | the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia. |
| ~ coast mountains, coast range | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California. |
| ~ cumberland mountains, cumberland plateau | the southwestern part of the Appalachians. |
| ~ dolomite alps | an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone. |
| ~ geological formation, formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth. |
| ~ eastern highlands, great dividing range | a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia. |
| ~ great smoky mountains | part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee. |
| ~ green mountains | a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont. |
| ~ guadalupe mountains | a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains. |
| ~ himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas | a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain. |
| ~ hindu kush, hindu kush mountains | a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas. |
| ~ karakoram, karakoram range, karakorum range, mustagh, mustagh range | a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak. |
| ~ kuenlun, kuenlun mountains, kunlan shan, kunlun, kunlun mountains | a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles. |
| ~ massif | a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range. |
| ~ mesabi range | a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887. |
| ~ mount carmel | a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast.; "according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel" |
| ~ nan ling | a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west. |
| ~ ozark mountains, ozark plateau, ozarks | an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. |
| ~ pamir mountains, the pamirs | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China. |
| ~ mountain pass, notch, pass | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
| ~ pyrenees | a chain of mountains between France and Spain. |
| ~ rhodope mountains | a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria. |
| ~ rockies, rocky mountains | the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide. |
| ~ sacramento mountains | mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande. |
| ~ san juan mountains | a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains. |
| ~ sayan mountains | a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits. |
| ~ selkirk mountains | a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia. |
| ~ sierra | a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline). |
| ~ sierra madre occidental | a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline. |
| ~ sierra madre oriental | a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| ~ high sierra, sierra nevada mountains, sierra nevada | a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney. |
| ~ sierra nevada | a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada. |
| ~ st. elias mountains, st. elias range | a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory. |
| ~ taconic mountains | a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. |
| ~ teton range | a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton. |
| ~ tien shan, tyan shan | a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles. |
| ~ transylvanian alps | a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania. |
| ~ tyrolean alps | a popular tourist area in the Tyrol. |
| ~ ural mountains, urals | a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds.; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| ~ practice range | a place for practicing golf shots. |
| ~ rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles.; "during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges" |
| ~ test range | a range for conducting tests. |
| n. (group) | 6. range | a variety of different things or activities.; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" |
| ~ band | a range of frequencies between two limits. |
| ~ assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| n. (group) | 7. image, range, range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined.; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
| n. (cognition) | 8. compass, grasp, range, reach | the limit of capability.; "within the compass of education" |
| ~ capableness, potentiality, capability | an aptitude that may be developed. |
| ~ ken, sight | the range of vision.; "out of sight of land" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range, stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food.; "dinner was already on the stove" |
| ~ charcoal burner | a stove that burns charcoal as fuel. |
| ~ cookstove | a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove). |
| ~ electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power. |
| ~ gas cooker, gas range, gas stove | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas. |
| ~ grate, grating | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire. |
| ~ kitchen appliance | a home appliance used in preparing food. |
| ~ potbelly stove, potbelly | a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned. |
| ~ primus stove, primus | a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers. |
| ~ spirit stove | a stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol. |
| v. (stative) | 10. range, run | change or be different within limits.; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ extend, run, lead, pass, go | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" |
| ~ lead, run | cause something to pass or lead somewhere.; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 11. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (stative) | 12. range | have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun.; "This gun ranges over two miles" |
| ~ carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
| v. (stative) | 13. range, straddle | range or extend over; occupy a certain area.; "The plants straddle the entire state" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| ~ spread-eagle | stretch over.; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county" |
| v. (contact) | 14. array, lay out, range, set out | lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ compart | lay out in parts according to a plan. |
| v. (contact) | 15. browse, crop, graze, pasture, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ range | let eat.; "range the animals in the prairie" |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (consumption) | 16. range | let eat.; "range the animals in the prairie" |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| v. (cognition) | 17. grade, order, place, range, rank, rate | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| ~ superordinate | place in a superior order or rank.; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" |
| ~ shortlist | put someone or something on a short list. |
| ~ seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. |
| ~ reorder | assign a new order to. |
| ~ subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value.; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" |
| ~ prioritise, prioritize | assign a priority to.; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" |
| ~ sequence | arrange in a sequence. |
| ~ downgrade | rate lower; lower in value or esteem. |
| ~ upgrade | rate higher; raise in value or esteem. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
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