Queue or shortest distance between two points

noun

1. A length of material used in measuring and leveling

   "used a line to level the foundation"

2. A short letter note

   "dropped him a line confirming the date"

3. A certificate of marriage
4. The words making up a part in a performance
5. Any of the successive horizontal rows of picture elements on the screen of a cathode-ray tube (such as a television screen)
6. Something (such as a ridge or seam) that is distinct, elongated, and narrow

   "growth lines in a tree trunk"

7. A narrow crease (as on the face) wrinkle
8. The course or direction of something in motion route

   "the line of flight of a bullet"

9. The track and roadbed of a railway
10. An amount of cocaine that is arranged in a line to be inhaled through the nose
11. A course of conduct, action, or thought
12. A field of activity or interest

    "worked in the plumbing line"

13. A glib often persuasive way of talking

    "had a line to make the angels weep"

14. Limit, restraint

    "overstepped the line of good taste"

15. Position in life lot
16. Orderly arrangements made to cover extended military positions and presenting a front to the enemy
17. A military formation in which the different elements are abreast of each other
18. Naval ships arranged in a regular order
19. An arrangement or placement of persons or objects of one kind in an orderly series

    "a line of trees"

20. A succession of musical notes especially considered in melodic phrases
21. A group of three players including a left winger, center, and right winger who play together as a unit in hockey
22. A mark (as on a map) recording a boundary, division, or contour
23. Any of the horizontal parallel strokes on a music staff on or between which notes are placed compare space
24. A mark (as by pencil) that forms part of the formal design of a picture distinguished from the shading or color
25. A division on a bridge score dividing the score for bonuses from that for tricks
26. A straight or curved geometric element that is generated by a moving point and that has extension only along the path of the point curve
27. A defining outline contour

    "the rising line of the hills"

28. A general plan model
29. Pica
30. The unit of fineness of halftones expressed as the number of screen lines to the linear inch
31. Merchandise or services of the same general class for sale or regularly available

    "a full line of electrical supplies"

32. A source of information insight
33. Betting odds offered by a bookmaker especially on a sporting event
34. A complete game of 10 frames in bowling
35. Line drive
36. The part of a professional kitchen in which meals are cooked and plated

    "In esoteric, insider terminology of the restaurant world, “the line” refers en masse to the people, the physical space, the equipment … the arrangement of things, the order, the rules, the menu, the methods …"

verb

1. To mark or cover with a line or lines

   "lined paper"

2. To depict with lines draw
3. To place or form a line along

   "pedestrians line the walks"

4. To form into a line or lines align

   "line up troops"

5. To hit (something, such as a baseball) hard and in a usually straight line
6. To hit a line drive in baseball
7. To come into the correct relative position align

verb

1. To cover the inner surface of

   "line a cloak with silk"

2. To put something in the inside of fill
3. To serve as the lining of

   "tapestries lined the walls"

4. Fortify

noun

1. Contra dance
2. A dance performed by a group usually in single file
3. A dance in which the dancers stand in ranks while performing a particular set of steps in unison

noun

1. A drawing made in solid lines

noun

1. A batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

noun

1. An engraving cut by hand directly in the plate

noun

1. A graph in which points representing values of a variable for suitable values of an independent variable are connected by a broken line

noun

1. The transporting of items or persons between terminals

noun

1. An appropriation that is itemized on a separate line in a budget