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lyne

lyne is the obsolete form of line.

lyne is the alternative form of line.

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

Proper noun capitalized: Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

  1. A village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).
  2. A small settlement west of Peebles, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2040).
  3. A surname.
  4. A female given name.
  5. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of lyne

Noun
plurallynes
Proper noun
pluralLynes

Origin of lyne

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.

Words formed from lyne

Questions about lyne

What does lyne mean?
Lyne means a village in Runnymede district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0166).
What is lyne the obsolete form of?
Lyne is the obsolete form of line.
What part of speech is lyne?
Lyne is a proper noun.

Words near lyne in the dictionary

  1. Lyndon words
  2. Lyndonville
  3. Lynds
  4. Lyndses
  5. Lyndsey
  6. lyne
  7. Lyneal
  8. Lyneham
  9. Lyneham and Bradenstoke
  10. Lynemouth
  11. lynes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lyne (page history and authors); Lyne (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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