LINED

[adjective]All essays should be written on lined paper or typed.His face was heavily lined and wrinkled. line (EDGE) [noun] [C] - a long thin and sometimes imaginary mark that forms the edge, border or limit of somethingThat ball was definitely in! It was nowhere near the line!Double white lines in the middle of a road mean you're not allowed to overtake.(US) He threw the ball on a line (= straight and without it going high in the air) to the catcher.Only half the horses on the starting line reached the finishing line.The police couldn't arrest him because he'd fled across the state line.For many television viewers the dividing line between fact and fiction is becoming increasingly blurred.See picture: LinesFirefighters put their lives on the line (= risk their lives) every working day.Would you really lay your job on the line (= risk your job) for something so unimportant?The company's reputation is on the line (= at risk) and we desperately need this product to be a success.Almost 3 000 jobs have been lost recently, and a further 3 000 of the remaining 29 000 are on the line (= at risk of being lost). [after verb]