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line
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of LINE
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the activity by which one regularly makes a living <my line of business is “pre-owned” vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!>
Related Words call, lifework; business, enterprise, field, livelihood, living, métier (also metier), racket [slang]; assignment, engagement, gig, mission; art, craft, handcraft, handicraft; appointment, berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation; duty, function, job, load, task, workload
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a region of activity, knowledge, or influence <advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line, but I'll see what I can do to help>
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a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go <you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior>
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a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) <the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line>
Related Words drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout; pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping
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a group of persons who come from the same ancestor <a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler>
Synonyms blood, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe
Related Words blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty
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