Lines meaning

Plural form of line.
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(fortifications, in the plural) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
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(education, in the plural) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

If you don't behave I'll give you lines.

I had to write out 200 lines.

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(US, in the plural) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
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Third-person singular simple present indicative form of line.
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(shipbuilding, in the plural) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
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Sentence Examples

  • He grinned, the expression creating little lines around his sparkling blue eyes.

  • Are the phone lines compromised?

  • Yet, one backward glance at the hard lines of the face over hers reminded her that there was more than the gentle side to him.

  • The lines of that mouth were remarkably finely curved.

  • I was thinking more along the lines of you going in there and claiming her.

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