transitive verb
1.
a. : to mark (as a casting) with lines indicating material to be removed
b. : to indicate with or as if with lines : outline
followed the route he had lined out
c. : deacon 1
2.
a. : to plant (young nursery stock) in rows or lines for growing on
b. : to arrange in an extended line
lined his cattle out along the trail
3. dialect : scold , punish , rebuke
intransitive verb
1. : to move rapidly usually in a particular direction
lined out for home without a backward glance
the plane climbed and lined out east — W.B.Mowery
2. : to make an out by hitting a baseball in a line drive that is caught
cut into the first ball and lined out — Ring Lardner