I.
noun
1 long thin mark on the surface of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ short
▪ thick
▪ fine , thin
▪ faint
▪
a faint white ~
▪ direct , straight
▪ curved , jagged , wavy , zigzag
▪ diagonal , horizontal , parallel , perpendicular , vertical
▪ continuous , solid , unbroken
▪ broken , dashed ( AmE ), dotted
▪
Sign on the dotted ~.
▪ finish ( AmE ), finishing ( BrE ), starting ( all sports )
▪ free-throw ( AmE ), goal ( both sports )
▪
The ball bounced off the crossbar and fell behind the goal ~.
▪ contour
▪ boundary , state ( AmE )
▪
the boundary ~ between two countries
▪
His family lived across the state ~ in West Virginia.
▪ centre/center
▪
She crossed the centre/center ~ and hit an oncoming truck.
VERB + LINE
▪ draw , mark
LINE + VERB
▪ run
▪ divide sth , separate sth
▪ connect sth
▪
The pencil ~ connects one box to another.
▪ correspond to sth , denote sth , depict sth , indicate sth , mark sth , represent sth , show sth
▪
Horizontal ~s indicate the time spent executing the program.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a ~
▪
Walk in a straight ~.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of latitude , a ~ of longitude
2 row of people, things, words on a page, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪ new
▪ continuous
VERB + LINE
▪ form
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The soldiers stood in a ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
Start each paragraph on a new ~.
3 ( AmE ) people, etc. waiting to do sth ⇨ See also ↑ queue
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪ checkout , lunch
▪
supermarket checkout ~s
▪
The lunch ~ was long as usual.
VERB + LINE
▪ form
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
You'll have to wait in ~ like everybody else.
4 telephone, electricity, gas, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ direct , trunk
▪ power , transmission , utility ( AmE )
▪ sewer ( AmE )
▪ fuel , gas (both AmE )
▪
There were two fuel ~s coming into the engine.
▪ phone , telephone
▪ DSL
▪ fax
▪ outside , party , private
▪
What do I dial for an outside ~?
VERB + LINE
▪ hold
▪
Hold the ~ (= Don't put the receiver down) , please.
LINE + VERB
▪ be busy ( AmE ), be engaged ( BrE )
▪ be dead , go dead
PREPOSITION
▪ down the ~
▪
He kept shouting down the ~ at me.
▪ on the ~
▪
It's your mother on the ~ (= on the telephone) .
▪ on ~ (usually online ) (= connected to a computer system)
5 transport/transportation
ADJECTIVE
▪ rail ( AmE ), railway ( BrE ), train
▪ subway ( AmE ), underground ( esp. BrE )
▪ main
▪ branch ( esp. BrE ), commuter , trunk
▪
The branch ~ is threatened with closure.
VERB + LINE
▪ take
▪
Take the green ~ and change at the first stop.
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
▪
We live on the Northern Line. ( BrE )
PHRASES
▪ the end of the ~
6 ( usually lines ) words spoken by an actor in a play
VERB + LINES
▪ learn , practise/practice
▪ recite , say
▪ forget
▪ flub ( AmE ), fluff ( esp. BrE ), mess up ( esp. AmE )
▪ miss
7 on the skin
ADJECTIVE
▪ worry
▪ deep
▪
Deep ~s ran from her nose to her mouth.
▪ faint
▪
I saw the faint ~s of concern etched into his brow.
VERB + LINE
▪ have
▪
He has ~s on his forehead.
LINE + VERB
▪ run
▪ appear
▪
Deep worry ~s had appeared on her forehead.
8 way of doing or thinking about sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad
▪
The broad ~s of company policy are already laid down.
▪ firm , hard , strong , tough
▪ official , party , political
VERB + LINE
▪ adopt , follow , pursue , take
▪ fall into
▪
The actions of investors do not always fall into ~ with financial theory.
▪ bring sb/sth into
▪
The other members of the board must be brought into ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ with (= in agreement with) , out of ~ with (= not in agreement with)
▪
out of ~ with party policies
▪ ~ on
▪
the official ~ on food safety
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of argument , a ~ of reasoning
▪
There's a problem with this ~ of reasoning.
▪ a ~ of attack
▪
Our approach involves two main ~s of attack.
▪ a ~ of enquiry/inquiry , a ~ of investigation , a ~ of questioning
▪ a ~ of thought
▪
This ~ of thought perturbs me.
▪ a ~ of evidence ( esp. AmE )
▪
multiple ~s of evidence all leading to the same conclusion
9 place where an army is fighting
ADJECTIVE
▪ battle , defensive , firing , front , offensive ( AmE )
▪
The middle managers were in the firing ~ of job cuts. ( figurative )
PHRASES
▪ behind enemy ~s
▪ in the front ~ , on the front ~
▪ ~ of defence/defense
▪
We know that intelligence is our first ~ of defence/defense against terrorism.
II.
verb
Line is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ shelf , ↑ spectator , ↑ tree
Line is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bottom , ↑ corridor , ↑ driveway , ↑ edge , ↑ hallway , ↑ pocket , ↑ road , ↑ shelf , ↑ shore , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ street , ↑ wall