Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) line (a formation of people or things one beside another) "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call"
S: (n) line (a mark that is long relative to its width) "He drew a line on the chart"
S: (n) line (a formation of people or things one behind another) "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
S: (n) line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)
S: (n) line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen) "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
S: (n) line (a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum)
S: (n) cable, line, transmission line (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)
S: (n) course, line (a connected series of events or actions or developments) "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
S: (n) line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)
S: (n) principal axis, optic axis (a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted) "in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly"
S: (n) optic axis (in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs) "a crystal may have either one or two optic axes"
S: (n) ecliptic (the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator) "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
S: (n) equator (an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles) "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
S: (n) horizon, celestial horizon (the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth)
S: (n) hour circle (a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles)
S: (n) meridian, line of longitude (an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator) "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
S: (n) horse latitude (either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds)
S: (n) tropic (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics)
S: (n) holding pattern (the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land)
S: (n) traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport) "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
S: (n) flight path (the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air)
S: (n) beat, round (a regular route for a sentry or policeman) "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
S: (n) bus route (the route regularly followed by a passenger bus)
S: (n) line of flight (the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air)
S: (n) orbit, celestial orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another) "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
S: (n) beeline (the most direct route) "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
S: (n) circuit (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to) "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"
S: (n) Northwest Passage (a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906))
S: (n) rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome (a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction)
S: (n) side (a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure) "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"
S: (n) waterline, water line, water level (a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship)
S: (n) continental divide (the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico))
S: (n) Great Divide (that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States)
S: (n) path, track, course (a line or route along which something travels or moves) "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
S: (n) collision course (a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged)
S: (n) round (the course along which communications spread) "the story is going the rounds in Washington"
S: (n) steps (the course along which a person has walked or is walking in) "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home"
S: (n) swath, belt (a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing))
S: (n) trail (a track or mark left by something that has passed) "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
S: (n) slot (the trail of an animal (especially a deer)) "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
S: (n) spoor (the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game) "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"
S: (n) line of force, field line (an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point)
S: (n) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface) "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
S: (n) pipeline, line (a pipe used to transport liquids or gases) "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
S: (n) line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
S: (n) channel, communication channel, line ((often plural) a means of communication or access) "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
S: (n) line (persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress) "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"
S: (n) production line, assembly line, line (mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it)
Verb
S: (v) line, run along (be in line with; form a line along) "trees line the riverbank"
S: (v) line (cover the interior of) "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"
S: (v) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate (make a mark or lines on a surface) "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
S: (v) line (mark with lines) "sorrow had lined his face"
S: (v) line (fill plentifully) "line one's pockets"
S: (v) line (reinforce with fabric) "lined books are more enduring"