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      lines
      noun
      (film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
      (education) 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.
      (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
      (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
      A certificate of church membership.
      A surname.
      Roots
      linealine- · Latin · line, thread
      Words related to lines
      lineolatevoverlinestichometryadjrelinevlineatevheptameterlinemenntrilinearhexastichstichomythialinefeedisolinedemarcationnhouselinequadrisectheptastichtrisectormonaxialoctameternisoplethnintersectingadjhelicographlozengyadjtrotlineninterlinecrosshatchingnlineationnsquigglyadjcrossedadjuncrossedadj

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