"lines" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /laɪnz/ Audio: en-us-lines.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪnz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} lines
  1. plural of line Tags: form-of, plural Form of: line
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-rV9n5Sp9 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 20 13 10 8 15 6 6 24

Noun

IPA: /laɪnz/ Audio: en-us-lines.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪnz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} lines pl (plural only)
  1. (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-xwxk~Aa1 Categories (other): Film, Theater, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 20 13 10 8 15 6 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 24 9 9 20 4 4 29 Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater
  2. (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-MS4sE1Sm Topics: fortifications, government, military, politics, war
  3. (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. Tags: form-of, plural, plural-only Form of: a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-WDeOeyRJ Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
  4. (education) 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. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-Cq4zpVza Categories (other): Education, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 20 13 10 8 15 6 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 24 9 9 20 4 4 29 Topics: education
  5. (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver. Tags: US, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-~sBU4Lgk Categories (other): American English
  6. A certificate of church membership. Tags: plural, plural-only Coordinate_terms: marriage lines
    Sense id: en-lines-en-noun-TFRmgY9v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluff one's lines

Verb

IPA: /laɪnz/ Audio: en-us-lines.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪnz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lines
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of line Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: line
    Sense id: en-lines-en-verb-rUHFJ2sD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 9 11 22 4 5 31 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 20 13 10 8 15 6 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 24 9 9 20 4 4 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 15 10 10 23 3 2 35

Alternative forms

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{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "lines"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "lines",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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