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Antonyms for lines
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪn |
Definition of lines
Origin :- late 14c., "to tie with a cord," from line (n.). Meaning "to mark or mark off with lines" is from mid-15c. Sense of "to arrange in a line" is from 1640s; that of "to join a line" is by 1773. To line up "form a line" is attested by 1889, in U.S. football.
- noun mark, stroke; border
- noun row, succession; course
- noun cord, rope
- noun belief, policy
- noun person's calling, interest
- noun ancestry
- noun written communication
- noun hint; influential communication
- noun merchandise carried by store
- verb border, mark
- verb put covering inside object
- His lines were gracefully full, his bearing had still the alertness of youth.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He read between the lines, and comprehended the hidden meaning at once.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Six lines would have contained all that is in it to the purpose of my story.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I'm sure that when I wrote these lines, fortune had for a moment tweaked me by the nose.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- But under her eyes were lines that Sidney had never seen there before.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The 170 lines of it are full of phrases which might be taken direct from the sonnets.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The two lines are clearly Shakespeare's criticism of himself.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- When Shakespeare died he left some lines to be placed over his tomb.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The first lines show that poor Shakespeare often felt out of it at Court.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
Synonyms for lines
- abut
- activity
- adjoin
- align
- allineate
- approach
- area
- arrangement
- array
- avenue
- axis
- band
- bar
- block
- border
- borderline
- bound
- boundary
- breed
- bush
- business
- butt against
- cable
- card
- catalogue
- ceil
- channel
- clue
- column
- commodity
- communicate
- concatenation
- configuration
- contour
- course
- course of action
- cover
- crack
- crease
- cut
- dash
- delineate
- delineation
- demarcation
- department
- descent
- direction
- division
- drain
- draw
- echelon
- edge
- employment
- encrust
- face
- family
- field
- figuration
- figure
- filament
- file
- fill
- fissure
- fix
- follow
- formation
- forte
- fringe
- frontier
- furrow
- goods
- groove
- group
- heredity
- ideology
- incrust
- indication
- information
- inscribe
- interline
- involvement
- job
- join
- lane
- lead
- length
- letter
- limit
- line up
- lineage
- lineament
- lineation
- list
- magazine
- march
- mark
- marshal
- materials
- message
- method
- neighbor
- note
- occupation
- order
- ordinate
- outline
- overlay
- panel
- path
- patter
- pedigree
- persuasion
- pitch
- place
- polity
- position
- postcard
- practice
- prepared speech
- principle
- procedure
- produce
- profession
- profile
- program
- progression
- province
- pursuit
- queue
- quilt
- race
- racket
- range
- rank
- reinforce
- report
- ridge
- rim
- road
- route
- row
- rule
- scar
- scheme
- score
- scratch
- seam
- sequence
- series
- sheath
- silhouette
- skirt
- song and dance
- specialization
- spiel
- stock
- strain
- strand
- streak
- street
- string
- stripe
- stuff
- succession
- system
- thread
- tier
- touch
- trace
- tracing
- track
- trade
- train
- trajectory
- trench
- underline
- vendibles
- verge
- vocation
- wad
- wainscot
- wares
- way
- wire
- word
- work
- wrinkle
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