1. subst. (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric.
2. subst. (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
3. subst. A plait.
4. v. To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
1. subst. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
His pants had a nice sharp crease.
His shirt was brand new with visible creases from its store fold.
2. subst. (cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
3. subst. (lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
4. subst. (ice hockey, handball) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.
5. v. To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
6. v. (intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.
1. v. To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2. v. To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.
3. v. (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
Cardboard doesn't fold very easily.
4. v. (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to be crushed.
The chair folded under his enormous weight.
5. v. To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
6. v. (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
7. v. (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.
8. v. (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
9. v. (transitive, cooking) To stir gently, with a folding action.
Fold the egg whites into the batter.
10. v. (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
The company folded after six quarters of negative growth.
11. v. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
He folded his arms in defiance.
12. v. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
13. subst. An act of folding.
14. subst. A bend or crease.
15. subst. Any correct move in origami.
16. subst. (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
17. subst. (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
18. subst. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
19. subst. A group of sheep or goats.
20. subst. A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.
21. subst. A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
22. subst. (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
23. subst. (computing, programming) In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
24. subst. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
25. subst. (figuratively) Home, family.
26. subst. (religion, Christian) A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
John, X, 16: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold.".
27. subst. (obsolete) A boundary or limit.
28. v. To confine animals in a fold.
29. subst. (dialectal, poetic, or obsolete) The Earth; earth; land, country.
2. [1] ursprünglich: Schnur, Faden: lange, relativ dünne Textilie
3. [2]
4. [a] allgemein: Linie: (gerade oder gebogene) Verbindung oder Weg zwischen zwei oder mehreren Punkten
5. [b] Geometrie: Linie: gerader, eindimensionaler Körper, der unendlich lang und unendlich dünn ist
6. [c] Geometrie, umgangssprachlich: Strecke, beidseitig begrenzte gerade Linie (2b)
7. [3]
8. [a] Meridian, Längengrad, Breitengrad
9. [b] häufig großgeschrieben (the Line): der Äquator, der Erdäquator
10. [4] Richtung, Weg
11. [5] Fernmeldewesen: Leitung
12. [6]
13. [a] Zeile: geschriebene oder gedruckte Zeile (Reihe) von Buchstaben, Wörtern, Zahlen oder Zeichen, oder eine Leere anstelle solches Textes
14. [b] gesprochener Satz
15. [c] Spruch, Platte, Geschwätz
16. [7] Schlange (Reihe von Individuen oder Gegenständen)
[1] Then we hunted up a place close by to hide the canoe in, amongst the thick willows. We took some fish off of the lines and set them again, and begun to get ready for dinner.
[1] Use fabric or nursery grade webbing around stakes and trunk, loosely tying the line to the tree about 6 inches below the point where the tree bounces back in your hand when you grab the trunk.
[2a–c] That is a straight line.
Das ist eine gerade Linie.
[2a] The letter S is drawn with one line, the letter H with three.
[2a] The atmosphere in flaming sparkles flew; / And where the burning wheels / Eddied above the mountain’s loftiest peak / Was traced a line of lightning.
[2b] Euclid defined a line as a breadthless length.
[2c] The line between point A and point B was 2cm long.
[3b] She was somewhere to the northward of the Line.
17. Substantiv:
18. [1] Leinen, Linnen; Lein
[1] They brought garments made of line.
19. Verb:
20. [1] die Innenseite (einer Sache) bedecken, füttern (mit einem Futter versehen)
[1] The tailor lined the cloak with silk.
[1] The bird lined its nest with pine needles.
21. Verb:
22. [1] veraltet, von einem Hund: (eine Hündin) begatten
[1] Bedlamite was a black dog, and although it may be safely asserted that he lined upwards of 100 bitches of all colours, red, white, and blue, all his produce were black.
[1] A bitch lined by a mangy dog is very liable to produce mangy puppies, and the progeny of a mangy bitch is certain to become affected some time or other.
[1] Pliny states that the inhabitants of India take pleasure in having their dog bitches lined by the wild tigers, and to facilitate this union, they are in the habit of tieing them when in heat out in the woods, so that the male tigers may visit them.
1. subst. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
The arrow descended in a curved line.
2. subst. (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
3. subst. (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
4. subst. (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
5. subst. (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
6. subst. (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
7. subst. (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
8. subst. (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
9. subst. (soccer) The goal line.
10. subst. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
11. subst. A hose or pipe, of any size.
a brake line, the main water line to the house
12. subst. Direction, path.
the line of sight; the line of vision
13. subst. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
a dedicated line; a shared line
Please speak up, the line is very faint.
14. subst. A clothesline.
15. subst. A letter, a written form of communication.
Drop me a line.
16. subst. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
a line of stages; an express line
17. subst. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
18. subst. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
19. subst. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
20. subst. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
21. subst. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
22. subst. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
24. subst. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
The line forms on the right.
There is a line of houses.
25. subst. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
26. subst. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
27. subst. A small amount of text. Specifically:
28. subst. A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
29. subst. A verse (in poetry).
30. subst. A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
"It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
31. subst. A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
Don't feed me a line!
32. subst. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
33. subst. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
Remember, your answers must match the party line.
34. subst. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
line of business, product line
How many buses does the line have?
The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
35. subst. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
36. subst. A measure of length:
37. subst. (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
38. subst. One twelfth of an inch.
39. subst. One fortieth of an inch.
40. subst. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
41. subst. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
42. subst. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
43. subst. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
the engine is in line / out of line
44. subst. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
45. subst. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
46. subst. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
47. subst. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
48. subst. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
49. subst. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
patient had a line inserted
line sepsis
50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
to line troops
51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
to line works with soldiers
52. v. To form a line along.
53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
to line a copy book
54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
to line out a hymn
56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
59. subst. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
to line a cloak with silk or fur
to line a box with paper or tin
paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
to line the shelves
63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
crinkle
1. knittern, zerknittern
crinkle
1. v. To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
2. v. (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
3. subst. A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
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