1. lines - Noun
2. lines - Verb
3. Lines - Proper noun
lines
plural of line
(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
I have yet to learn my lines.
(fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
(shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
(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.
If you don't behave I'll give you lines
I had to write out 200 lines
(US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
lines
third-person singular simple present indicative of line
Lines
A surname.
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. Cardinal Richelieu
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Rod Serling
There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia. Kurt Vonnegut
God writes straight even on wavy lines. Brazilian Proverb
God writes straight by broken lines. Portuguese Proverb
God writes on crooked lines. South American Proverb