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line out

line out noun: an audio jack that produces an unamplified signal. Also the alternative form of lineout.

Noun

line out (plural line outs)

  1. an audio jack that produces an unamplified signal

Verb

line out (third-person singular simple present lines out, present participle lining out, simple past and past participle lined out)

  1. (intransitive, rugby union) To appear in a lineout.
  2. (intransitive) To take part in a sports event.
  3. (transitive) To create (something, e.g. parking spaces, lanes in a road) by marking lines on asphalt.
  4. (transitive) To plant in a line.
  5. (name, transitive, etc. on a list) To remove from effective inclusion on a list by crossing an item off; to cross out.
  6. (transitive) To chant each line of a hymn before the congregation must sing it, as an aid for those worshippers who can not read out of a hymnbook.
  7. (transitive) To outline (something) to be finished later (often by lining in the drawing).
  8. (broadly, transitive) To generally and briefly predict or describe (something).
  9. (intransitive) To line up; to form a line.
  10. (intransitive) To move or hurry away.
  11. (transitive) To apply border lines to (something) in a contrasting colour.
    • Some distance north of both stations was a rather small and tumbledown shed for Great Central engines, and there was generally one or more goods tank engines outside it, painted black and lined out in red.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19
  12. (intransitive) To become out by hitting a line drive which is caught.
    • Jones lined out to second.

Also used as

line out is also the alternative form of lineout.

line out is also the alternative form of line-out.

Forms of line out

Noun
pluralline outs
Verb
third-person singular presentlines out
present participlelining out
past participlelined out
pastlined out

Questions about line out

What does line out mean?
Line out means an audio jack that produces an unamplified signal.
What part of speech is line out?
Line out can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of line out?
The plural of line out is line outs.

Words near line out in the dictionary

  1. line of work
  2. line off
  3. line officer
  4. line officers
  5. line one's pockets
  6. line out
  7. line outs
  8. line plot
  9. line plots
  10. line printer
  11. line printers

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