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line
A	noun
	1	occupation, business, job, line of work, line
			the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation, business, job, line of work, line ╚accountancy; accounting ╚metier; medium ╚profession ╚trade; craft ╚treadmill; salt mine ╚position; post; berth; office; spot; billet; place; situation ╚appointment ╚employment; work ╚career; calling; vocation ╚game; biz ╚farming; land ╚sport
	2	line
			acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚cooperation ╚conformity; conformation; compliance; abidance ╚line
	3	cable, line, transmission line
			a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚conductor ╚cable, line, transmission line ╚printer cable ╚power line; power cable ╚fiber optic cable; fibre optic cable ╚electrical cable ╚coaxial cable; coax; coax cable
	4	line
			something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚line ╚shroud ╚sheet; tack; mainsheet; weather sheet; shroud ╚rope ╚ratline; ratlin ╚painter ╚mooring; mooring line ╚lifeline ╚lifeline ╚lanyard; laniard ╚cord ╚becket
	5	line, railway line, rail line
			the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚road; route ╚line, railway line, rail line ╚trunk line; trunk route ╚branch line; spur track; spur
	6	line
			a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚enterprise ╚business; concern; business concern; business organization; business organisation ╚carrier; common carrier ╚line ╚transit line ╚steamship company; steamship line ╚railway; railroad; railroad line; railway line; railway system ╚airline; airline business; airway
	7	line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
			a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚commodity; trade goods; goods ╚merchandise; wares; product ╚line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business ╚sideline
	8	pipeline, line
			a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚passage ╚conduit ╚tube; tubing ╚pipe; pipage; piping ╚pipeline, line ╚oil pipeline ╚gas line ╚Alaskan pipeline; trans-Alaska pipeline
	9	telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line
			a telephone connection
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚connection; connexion; connector; connecter; connective ╚telephone line, phone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, line ╚WATS; WATS line ╚trunk line ╚toll line ╚private line ╚party line ╚land line; landline ╚hot line ╚digital subscriber line; DSL
	10	line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast
			a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚basic cognitive process ╚discrimination; secernment ╚differentiation; distinction ╚line, dividing line, demarcation, contrast ╚Rubicon; point of no return
	11	argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
			the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚reasoning; logical thinking; abstract thought ╚argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line ╚policy ╚casuistry ╚line of inquiry; line of questioning
	12	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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication; communicating ╚channel, communication channel, line ╚liaison; link; contact; inter-group communication ╚lens ╚back channel
	13	note, short letter, line, billet
			a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚text; textual matter ╚letter; missive ╚personal letter ╚note, short letter, line, billet ╚excuse
	14	line
			a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚mark; print ╚line ╚guideline ╚graduation ╚isometric line; isometric ╚trend line ╚spectrum line ╚squiggle; curlicue ╚descender ╚bar line ╚ascender ╚dotted line ╚cross hair; cross wire
	15	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚text; textual matter ╚line ╚sound bite ╚spiel; patter; line of gab ╚orphan ╚actor's line; speech; words ╚punch line; laugh line; gag line; tag line ╚verse; verse line ╚dateline ╚by-line; credit line ╚line of poetry; line of verse ╚heading; header; head ╚opening line
	16	tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
			a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚music ╚tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase ╚part; voice ╚theme; melodic theme; musical theme; idea ╚signature; signature tune; theme song ╚theme song ╚leitmotiv; leitmotif ╚roulade ╚glissando ╚flourish; fanfare; tucket
	17	lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
			the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚kin; kin group; kinship group; kindred; clan; tribe ╚genealogy; family tree ╚lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock ╚side ╚breed ╚family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; sept; phratry
	18	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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚ordering; order; ordination ╚series ╚course, line ╚stream; flow; current
	19	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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚formation ╚line ╚queue; waiting line ╚trap line ╚conga line ╚picket line ╚line of succession ╚line of march ╚file; single file; Indian file ╚diagonal
	20	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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚formation ╚line ╚rank ╚row ╚lineup ╚linemen ╚diagonal ╚chorus; chorus line ╚rivet line
	21	line
			a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚line ╚hipline ╚hipline ╚hemline ╚great circle ╚fault line ╚snow line ╚timber line; timberline; tree line ╚crest ╚isogonic line; isogonal line; isogone ╚agonic line ╚aclinic line; magnetic equator ╚axis ╚part
	22	line
			in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚mark; print ╚line ╚yard line ╚start; starting line ╚sideline; out of bounds ╚service line; baseline ╚scrimmage line; line of scrimmage ╚red line ╚goal line ╚baseline ╚foul line ╚foul line ╚foul line ╚finishing line; finish line ╚balkline; baulk-line; string line
	23	line
			a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚point ╚military position; position ╚line ╚battle line ╚line of battle ╚battlefront; front; front line ╚firing line
	24	line
			a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚physical phenomenon ╚energy ╚radiation ╚electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic wave; nonparticulate radiation ╚line
	25	credit line, line of credit, bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit
			the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
		Category Tree: possession ╚assets ╚credit ╚credit line, line of credit, bank line, line, personal credit line, personal line of credit ╚consumer credit
	26	agate line, line
			space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚unit of measurement; unit ╚area unit; square measure ╚agate line, line
	27	line
			a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚line ╚boundary; edge; bound ╚centerline; center line ╚perimeter ╚geodesic; geodesic line ╚straight line ╚curve; curved shape ╚curve
	28	wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
			a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚solid ╚concave shape; concavity; incurvation; incurvature ╚depression; impression; imprint ╚wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line ╚crow's foot; crow's feet; laugh line
B	verb
	1	line
			reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚strengthen; beef up; fortify ╚reinforce; reenforce ╚line
	2	line
			fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚fill; fill up; make full ╚line
	3	line
			cover the interior of (garments); "line the gloves"
		Category Tree: cover ╚line ╚babbitt ╚crib ╚face ╚reline
	4	line
			mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚incise ╚notch ╚score; nock; mark ╚line ╚crisscross ╚hatch ╚reline
	5	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"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚mark ╚trace, draw, line, describe, delineate ╚inscribe ╚construct
	6	line, run along
			be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
		Category Tree: be ╚lie ╚line, run along ╚rim

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