inline
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
Origin of inline
1Other definitions for in-line (2 of 2)
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
Origin of in-line
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use inline in a sentence
Back then, he often expressed beliefs that seemed close-to-in-line with his father's worldview.
Bonas, a dance school graduate, broke up with the fun-loving fourth-in-line to the throne after two years together.
So we perhaps now have a better idea why the second-in-line to the throne has been in such poor humor recently.
Hacking Trial Delivers an Unwelcome Christmas Present For William and Kate | Tom Sykes | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Barack Obama wins reelection, will the next-in-line guy in 2016 finally be pushed off the cliff?
Michael Tomasky: Newt Gingrich Past His Peak in the Jacksonville Debate | Michael Tomasky | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe check-in line for our flight was short, and the terminal seemed strangely empty.
Some in-line paragraph headings are in boldface and some are in italics; this emphasis has been retained.
Evolution | Joseph Le ConteThe original text does not include in-line translations of the calligraphy that opens and closes each chapter.
The Life of Mohammad | Etienne DinetWhen an in-line image has a thin black border, you can click on it to open the larger version.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousTo speed loading, drawings in-line with the text are at most 512 pixels wide, often less.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousAfter a while, with the switch on, he bestrode the thing and started to pump it down the slight in-line toward the street.
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale | Morgan Scott
British Dictionary definitions for in-line
denoting a linked sequence of manufacturing processes
denoting an internal-combustion engine having its cylinders arranged in a line
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with inline
Also, in line with. In conformity or agreement; within ordinary or proper limits. For example, The new policy was intended to keep prices in line with their competitors, or It's up to the supervisor to keep the nurses in line. Also see fall in line.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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