n. 25B6; noun
he drew a line through the name : dash, rule, bar, score; underline, underscore, stroke, slash, solidus; stripe, strip, band, belt; technical stria, striation; Brit. oblique.
there were lines round her eyes : WRINKLE, furrow, crease, crinkle, crow's foot.
the classic lines of the exterior : CONTOUR, outline, configuration, shape, figure, delineation, profile.
he headed the ball over the line 007C; the county line : BOUNDARY (LINE), limit, border, borderline, bounding line, frontier, demarcation line, dividing line, edge, margin, perimeter.
behind enemy lines : POSITION, formation, front (line); trenches.
he put the washing on the line : CORD, rope, string, cable, wire, thread, twine, strand.
a line of soldiers : FILE, rank, column, string, train, procession; row, queue; Brit. informal crocodile.
a line of figures : COLUMN, row.
a long line of crass decisions : SERIES, sequence, succession, chain, string, set, cycle.
the line of flight of some bees : COURSE, route, track, path, way, run.
they took a very tough line with the industry 007C; the party line : COURSE (OF ACTION), procedure, technique, tactic, tack; policy, practice, approach, plan, programme, position, stance, philosophy.
her own line of thought : COURSE, direction, drift, tack, tendency, trend.
(informal) don't give me that line! : PATTER, story, piece of fiction, fabrication; informal spiel.
he couldn't remember his lines : WORDS, part, script, speech.
their line of work : (LINE OF) BUSINESS, (line of) work, field, trade, occupation, employment, profession, job, career, walk of life; specialty, forte, province, department, sphere, area (of expertise).
a new line of cologne : BRAND, kind, sort, type, variety, make.
a noble line : ANCESTRY, family, parentage, birth, descent, lineage, extraction, genealogy, roots, origin, background; stock, bloodline, pedigree.
the opening line of the poem : SENTENCE, phrase, clause, utterance; passage, extract, quotation, quote, citation.
I should drop Ralph a line : NOTE, letter, card, postcard, message, communication, missive, memorandum; correspondence, word; informal memo; formal epistle.
linear.
25B6; verb
her face was lined with age : FURROW, wrinkle, crease, mark with lines.
the driveway was lined by poplars : BORDER, edge, fringe, bound, rim.
25A0; draw the line at STOP SHORT OF, refuse to accept, baulk at; object to, take issue with, take exception to.
25A0; in line
the poor stood in line for food : IN A QUEUE, in a row, in a file.
the adverts are in line with the editorial style : IN AGREEMENT, in accord, in accordance, in harmony, in step, in compliance.
in line with the bullseye : IN ALIGNMENT, aligned, level, at the same height; abreast, side by side.
the referee kept him in line : UNDER CONTROL, in order, in check.
25A0; in line for A CANDIDATE FOR, in the running for, on the shortlist for, being considered for.
25A0; lay it on the line SPEAK FRANKLY/HONESTLY, pull no punches, be blunt, not mince one's words, call a spade a spade; informal give it to someone straight.
25A0; line up FORM A QUEUE/LINE, get into rows/columns, queue up, fall in; Military dress; Brit. informal form a crocodile.
25A0; line someone/something up
they lined them up and shot them : ARRANGE IN LINES, put in rows, arrange in columns, align, range; Military dress.
we've lined up an all-star cast : ASSEMBLE, get together, organize, prepare, arrange, pre-arrange, fix up, lay on; book, schedule, timetable.
25A0; on the line AT RISK, in danger, endangered, imperilled.
25A0; toe the line CONFORM, obey/observe the rules, comply with the rules, abide by the rules.