line of life

Noun

Meaning

a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

life line lifeline seam crease wrinkle crinkle love line operation lifeline

Hypernyms

line seam furrow crease wrinkle crinkle

Examples

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this planet; and that is about three billion years. George Wald

Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary (monetary) matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself. William Cobbett

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. William R. Alger

Close letter words and terms

line of least effort line of least resistance line of levels line of longitude line of machines line of machines in a factory