"waterline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waterlines [plural]
Etymology: water + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|line}} water + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterline (plural waterlines)
  1. (nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings. Categories (topical): Nautical, Liquids Translations (line on the hull of a ship): ватерлиния (vaterlinija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 水線 (Chinese Mandarin), 水线 (shuǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), čára ponoru [feminine] (Czech), waterlijn [feminine] (Dutch), akvolinio (Esperanto), vesilinja (Finnish), ligne de flottaison [feminine] (French), Wasserlinie [feminine] (German), ίσαλος γραμμή (ísalos grammí) [feminine] (Greek), 喫水線 (kissuisen) (Japanese), linia wodna [feminine] (Polish), wodnica (Polish), linie de plutire [feminine] (Romanian), ватерли́ния (vaterlínija) [feminine] (Russian), línea de flotación [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (line on the land): 水線 (Chinese Mandarin), 水线 (shuǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 吃水線 (Chinese Mandarin), 吃水线 (chīshuǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), vesiraja (Finnish), Wasserstand [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-waterline-en-noun-ZN657uzy Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 31 21 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 15 21 34 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'line on the hull of a ship': 78 6 7 9 Disambiguation of 'line on the land': 68 7 15 11
  2. (aviation) A horizontal line indicating the shape of an airfoil. Categories (topical): Aviation, Liquids
    Sense id: en-waterline-en-noun-gSML0ohJ Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 31 21 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 15 21 34 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. A line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark. Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-waterline-en-noun-NjxMeWup Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 31 21 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 15 21 34
  4. (cosmetics) The inner rim of the eyelid, just behind the lash line; primarily used in reference to the application of eyeliner. Categories (topical): Cosmetics, Liquids
    Sense id: en-waterline-en-noun-V~O2oHij Disambiguation of Liquids: 25 31 21 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 15 21 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 17 39 Topics: cosmetics, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: light waterline Related terms: Plimsoll line Coordinate_terms: section [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], buttock line [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], Plimsoll line [nautical, transport], load line [nautical, transport]

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "line on the hull of a ship",
      "word": "wodnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "line on the hull of a ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linie de plutire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vaterlínija",
      "sense": "line on the hull of a ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ватерли́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "line on the hull of a ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "línea de flotación"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "word": "水線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐxiàn",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "word": "水线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "word": "吃水線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chīshuǐxiàn",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "word": "吃水线"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "word": "vesiraja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "line on the land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserstand"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "waterline"
  ],
  "word": "waterline"
}

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