redline

American  

[red-lahyn, red-lahyn] / ˈrɛdˌlaɪn, ˈrɛdˈlaɪn /

Or red-line

verb (used with object)

redlined, redlining

1. to treat by redlining (an area or neighborhood).

2. to establish the recommended safe speed of (an airplane).

   The bomber is redlined at 650 miles an hour.

3. to draw a canceling red line through (an item on a list).

4. to mark or designate for cancellation, rejection, dismissal, or the like.

   club members redlined for unpaid dues.

5. to cause (an airplane) to be grounded.

---

verb (used without object)

redlined, redlining

1. to engage in redlining.

noun

1. Automotive.

   1. the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.

   2. a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.

redline British  

/ ˈrɛdˌlaɪn /

verb

1. (esp of a bank or group of banks) to refuse a loan to (a person or country) because of the presumed risks involved

2. to restrict people's access to goods or services on the basis of the area in which they live

---

Other Word Forms

• redliner noun

Etymology

Origin of redline

First recorded in 1940–45; red ¹ + line ¹

Example Sentences

West Altadena, home to a more racially diverse population than the town’s eastern side, stemming from historical redlining, would end up the hardest hit by the fire.

From Los Angeles Times

Its attorneys now use AI to redline new versions of contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal

This innovation goes back a ways, to Enzo Ferrari himself, who decreed that the power in his cars should always rise, linearly and proportionally, with throttle demand, from low revs to redline.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back on the main stage, they redlined through “March of the Pigs” and seethed with fuzzbox rot on “Reptile.”

From Los Angeles Times

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, whose power from the baseline is among the very best when she finds her groove, continued to redline in the second set.

From BBC

Related Words

• appraise
• assess
• calculate
• consider
• count
• deem
• determine
• estimate
• evaluate
• grade
• peg
• rank
• regard
• score