lining

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    n.

  • a protective covering that protects an inside surface
  • a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment; liner
  • providing something with a surface of a different material; facing
  • the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

    n.

  • 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

  • a mark that is long relative to its width

    He drew a line on the chart

  • 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

  • a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
  • 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

  • a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
  • a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

    they attacked the enemy's line

  • the methodical process of logical reasoning; argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning

    I can't follow your line of reasoning

  • a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power; cable, transmission line
  • a connected series of events or actions or developments; course

    the government took a firm course

    historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

  • a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
  • a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam

    his face has many lines

    ironing gets rid of most wrinkles

  • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; pipeline

    a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport

  • the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed; railway line, rail line
  • a telephone connection; telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line
  • acting in conformity

    in line with

    he got out of line

    toe the line

  • the descendants of one individual; lineage, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

    his entire lineage has been warriors

  • something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

    a washing line

  • the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; occupation, business, job, line of work

    he's not in my line of business

  • in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
  • (often plural) a means of communication or access; channel, communication channel

    it must go through official channels

    lines of communication were set up between the two firms

  • a particular kind of product or merchandise; product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business

    a nice line of shoes

  • a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
  • space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising; agate line
  • the maximum credit that a customer is allowed; credit line, line of credit, bank line, personal credit line, personal line of credit
  • a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, melodic phrase

    she was humming an air from Beethoven

  • a short personal letter; note, short letter, billet

    drop me a line when you get there

  • a conceptual separation or distinction; dividing line, demarcation, contrast

    there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity

  • mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it; production line, assembly line

    v.

  • be in line with; form a line along; run along

    trees line the riverbank

  • cover the interior of

    line the gloves

    line a chimney

  • make a mark or lines on a surface; trace, draw, describe, delineate

    draw a line

    trace the outline of a figure in the sand

  • mark with lines

    sorrow had lined his face

  • fill plentifully

    line one's pockets

  • reinforce with fabric

    lined books are more enduring

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

linings
syn.: facing linerlines|lined|lining
syn.: arrangement boundary brand confine cord dash edge kind limit make mark rope row sequence series sort streak string stripe stroke type wire