line

/ˈlīn/

Middle English; partly from Anglo-French lingne, from Latin linea, from feminine of lineus made of flax, from linum flax; partly from Old English līne; akin to Old English līn flax

noun

  1. a length of cord or cord-like material: such as

  2. a comparatively strong slender cord

  3. clothesline

verb

  1. to mark or cover with a line or lines

  2. to depict with lines : draw

  3. to place or form a line along

lined paper

verb

  1. to cover the inner surface of

  2. to put something in the inside of : fill

  3. to serve as the lining of

line a cloak with silk