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lines
/ laɪnz /
plural noun
general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
the words of a particular role
he forgot his lines
informal, a marriage certificate
marriage lines
luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines )
rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
transport lines
a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
we broke through the enemy lines
a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
the phrases or sentences so written out
a hundred lines
to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one
Example Sentences
The footnotes lay bare parties' red lines around the term "gender" -- some longstanding, others part of a rising right-wing tide opposed to so-called "wokeism."
Currently, Target fulfills most of its online orders at stores—a tactic that some analysts argue has contributed to in-store inventory shortages, long checkout lines, and messier stores.
Then again, Democrats are famous for having red lines — and for allowing Republicans to breach them, time and again, with little to no consequence.
“There’s only maybe three lines about Fred in ‘Just Kids,’” she says.
"When we do our measuring in terms of lines and lengths he is always at the top of our lists," Rogers says.
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