n.
long, thin mark
1) to draw a ~
2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy ~
queue
( AE )
3) to form a ~
4) to buck ('push into') a ~
5) to get into ~; to wait in ~
6) a checkout; chow ~
row
7) to form a ~
8) a picket; police; receiving ~
row of characters
9) to indent; insert a ~
10) ( fig .) to read between the ~s
text
unit of text
11) to deliver a ~
12) to go over, rehearse one's ~s (the actors had to rehearse their ~s several times)
13) to fluff one's ~s
14) a dull; witty ~ (there isn't a dull ~ in the whole play)
route
15) to introduce a (new) ~
16) to discontinue a ~
17) a feeder; main ~
18) a bus; commuter; high-speed; steamship; streetcar ( AE ), tram ( BE ) ~
19) supply ~s (to cut enemy supply ~s)
path
20) to follow a ~ (to follow a ~ of reasoning; to follow the ~ of least resistance)
telephone connection
21) to get a ~; to give smb. a ~
22) the ~ is busy ( AE ), engaged ( BE )
23) an outside; party ('shared') ~
24) a hot ~ (the hot ~ between Washington and Moscow; a hot ~ for missing children)
note
25) to drop smb. a ~
information
26) to get a ~ on smb.
type of merchandise
27) to carry; handle; introduce a ~
28) to discontinue, drop a ~
29) a complete, full ~
policy
30) to adhere to, follow, hew to, pursue, take a ~
31) a firm, hard; official; party ~ (to hew to the official ~)
flattering talk
( colloq. )
32) to give, hand smb. a ~
wire
pipe
conduit
33) a fuel; oil; sewage; steam; telegraph; telephone ~
34) high-voltage; power ~s (the power ~s are down)
boundary
35) a city; county; snow; squall; state; township; tree ~
36) (sports) a base; end; foul; goal; service ~; side~
37) at, on a ~ (at the goal ~; on the base ~; on the side~s)
established position along a front
boundary
( mil .)
38) to hold a ~
39) a battle; cease-fire; firing; front ~
40) (the) enemy ~s (behind enemy ~s)
41) at, on a ~ (on the cease-fire ~)
conveyor belt
42) an assembly, production ~ (to work on an assembly ~)
occupation
field of interest
43) what ~ are you in?
contour
44) the ~s of a ship
limit
45) to hold the ~ (on prices)
46) to draw the ~ ('to set a limit')
turn
order
47) in ~ for (she is next in ~ for promotion)
alignment
48) in ~; out of ~ (the wheels are out of ~)
conformity
49) to toe the ~
50) to bring smb. into ~; to keep smb. in ~
51) to get into ~; to get out of ~
52) in ~ with (in ~ with your stated policy)
cord, device for catching fish
53) to cast a ~
54) to reel in; reel out a ~
55) a fishing ~
rope
56) to throw a ~ to smb. (who is in the water)
57) a plumb ~
division
58) to cross a ~
59) a color ~ (to cross the color ~)
tendency
60) along, on certain ~s (along modem ~s)
dynasty
61) to establish, found a ~
62) an unbroken ~
distinction
63) a fine, nebulous, thin ~ between
misc.
64) the bottom ~ ('the final result'); to be on the firing ~ ('to be at the center of activity'); to sign on the dotted ~ ('to sign an agreement'); a credit ~ ('amount of credit allowed'); to walk a straight ~; to put smt. on the ~ ('to risk smt.'); to lay it on the ~ ('to speak candidly'); on ~ ('in operation'); in (the) ~ of duty