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lined adjective [ lʌɪnd ]

• marked or covered with lines.
• "a sheet of lined paper"

line verb

• stand or be positioned at intervals along.
• "a processional route lined by people waving flags"
Similar: border, edge, fringe, bound, skirt, hem, rim,
• mark or cover with lines.
• "deep wrinkles lined his face"
Similar: furrow, wrinkle, crease, mark with lines, cover with lines, crinkle, pucker, corrugate, ruled, feint, scored, striped, stripy, banded, streaked, striated, wrinkled, wrinkly, furrowed, creased, marked with lines, covered with lines, crinkled, wizened, leathery, worn, puckered, grooved, corrugated, scarred,
Opposite: plain, blank, smooth,
Origin: Old English līne ‘rope, series’, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin linea (fibra) ‘flax (fibre)’, from Latin linum ‘flax’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French ligne, based on Latin linea .

line verb

• cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.
• "a basket lined with polythene"
Similar: cover, put a lining in, back, put a backing on, interline, face, panel, inlay, reinforce, encase, paper, decorate, stuff, fill, pack, pad, ceil, covered, backed, interlined, faced, panelled, inlaid, reinforced, encased, papered, decorated, stuffed, filled, packed, padded, ceiled,
Origin: late Middle English: from obsolete line ‘flax’, with reference to the common use of linen for linings.


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