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lines

/laɪnz/

lines is the plural of line.

lines is the form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical.

lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of line.

Noun (1)

lines pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Words spoken by the actors.
    • I have yet to learn my lines.
  2. (plural, plural-only) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  3. (plural, plural-only) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
    • If you don't behave I'll give you lines
    • I had to write out 200 lines
  4. (US, plural, plural-only) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
  5. (plural, plural-only) A certificate of church membership.

Meaning of line

Noun

line (plural lines)

  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
    • The arrow descended in a curved line.
    1. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
    2. (informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
    3. An edge of a graph.
    4. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
    5. ('the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.

See all 74 meanings of line

Noun (2) capitalized: LINEs

LINEs

  1. (plural) plural of LINE

Proper noun capitalized: Lines

Lines

  1. A surname.

Words formed from lines

Phrases with lines

188 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with lines

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about lines

What does lines mean?
Lines means words spoken by the actors.
What is lines the plural of?
Lines is the plural of line.
What part of speech is lines?
Lines can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lines?
Lines is pronounced /laɪnz/.

Words near lines in the dictionary

  1. linered
  2. linering
  3. linerixibat
  4. linerless
  5. liners
  6. lines
  7. lines abreast
  8. lines ahead
  9. lines drawn in water
  10. lines drawn on water
  11. lines in

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lines (page history and authors); LINEs (page history and authors); Lines (page history and authors); line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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