11 : a transportation system
12 : the football players who are stationed on the line of scrimmage
13 : a long narrow mark; also : EQUATOR
14 : a geometric element that is the path of a moving point
15 : CONTOUR
16 : a general plan
17 : an indication based on insight or investigation
18 : a group of persons of common ancestry
Synonyms
[1] cable, cord, lace, rope, string, wire—more at CORD
[2] channel, conduit, duct, leader, penstock, pipe, tube—more at PIPE
[6b] course, path, route, track, way—more at PATH
[8] area, arena, discipline, domain, field, province, realm, specialty, sphere—more at FIELD
[8] course, policy, procedure, program—more at COURSE
[8] calling, employment, occupation, profession, trade, vocation, work—more at OCCUPATION
[10] column, cue, file, queue, range, string, train; also echelon, rank, row, tier; progression, sequence, succession; array
[18] ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain—more at ANCESTRY
2line verb lined; lin·ing 1 : to mark with a line
2 : to place or form a line along
3 : ALIGN
3line verb lined; lin·ing : to cover the inner surface of
lin·eage noun : lineal descent from a common progenitor; also : FAMILY
Synonyms
blood, clan, family, folk, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, line, people, race, stock, tribe—more at FAMILY
ancestry, birth, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, origin, parentage—more at ANCESTRY
lin·eal adjective 1 : LINEAR
2 : consisting of or being in a direct line of ancestry; also : HEREDITARY
lin·ea·ment noun : an outline, feature, or contour of a body and esp. of a face — usu. used in pl.
lin·ear adjective 1 : of, relating to, resembling, or having a graph that is a line and esp. a straight line : STRAIGHT
2 : composed of simply drawn lines with little attempt at pictorial representation <~ script>
3 : being long and uniformly narrow
line·back·er noun : a defensive football player who lines up just behind the line of scrimmage
line drive noun : a batted baseball hit in a flatter path than a fly ball
line·man noun 1 : a person who sets up or repairs communication or power lines
2 : a player in the line in football
lin·en noun 1 : cloth made of flax; also : thread or yarn spun from flax
2 : clothing or household articles made of linen cloth or similar fabric
line of scrimmage : an imaginary line in football parallel to the goal lines and tangent to the nose of the ball laid on the ground before a play
1liner noun : a ship or airplane of a regular transportation line
2liner noun : one that lines or is used as a lining
— lin·er·less adjective
line score noun : a score of a baseball game giving the runs, hits, and errors made by each team
lines·man noun 1 : LINEMAN 1
2 : an official who assists a referee
line·up noun 1 : a list of players taking part in a game (as of baseball)
2 : a line of persons arranged esp. for identification by police
ling noun : any of various fishes related to the cod
-ling noun suffix 1 : one associated with 2 : young, small, or minor one lin·ger verb : to be slow in parting or in quitting something : TARRY; also : to be slow to act
— lin·ger·er