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airline
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n 1: a hose that carries air under pressure [syn: airline,
air hose]
2: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for
passengers [syn: airline, airline business, airway]
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align
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
2: be or come into adjustment with
3: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate,
coordinate]
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baseline
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n 1: an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget"
2: the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball
court; when serving the server must not step over this line
[syn: service line, baseline]
3: the lines a baseball player must follow while running the
bases
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beeline
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n 1: the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"
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bowline
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n 1: a loop knot that neither slips nor jams [syn: bowline,
bowline knot]
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dateline
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n 1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following
(approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: dateline, date
line, International Date Line]
2: a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and
place of origin of the news dispatch
v 1: mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article"
[syn: dateline, datemark, date-mark]
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deadline
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n 1: the point in time at which something must be completed
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decline
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n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline,
diminution]
2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual
falling off from a better state [syn: decline,
declination] [ant: improvement, melioration]
3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
decay, decline]
4: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity,
fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope]
[ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise,
upgrade]
v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn:
worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better,
improve, meliorate]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant:
accept, have, take]
3: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on
a hike" [syn: refuse, decline] [ant: accept, consent,
go for]
4: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn:
decline, go down, wane]
5: go down; "The roof declines here"
6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
slumped" [syn: decline, slump, correct]
7: inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages,
speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
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feline
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adj 1: of or relating to cats; "feline fur"
n 1: any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals,
many with retractile claws [syn: feline, felid]
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guideline
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n 1: a light line that is used in lettering to help align the
letters
2: a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting
standards or determining a course of action; "the president
said he had a road map for normalizing relations with
Vietnam" [syn: road map, guideline]
3: a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate
behavior [syn: guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb]
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headline
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n 1: the heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn:
headline, newspaper headline]
v 1: publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
2: provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
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hemline
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n 1: the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
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lifeline
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n 1: a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to
indicate how long you will live [syn: line of life, life
line, lifeline]
2: support that enables people to survive or to continue doing
something (often by providing an essential connection); "the
airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"; "she offered me a
lifeline in my time of grief"
3: line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
4: line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order
to save themselves from drowning
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mainline
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v 1: inject into the vein; "She is mainlining heroin"
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malign
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adj 1: evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by
malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign
spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
[ant: benign, benignant]
2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
"a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign,
evil]
v 1: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband
everywhere" [syn: badmouth, malign, traduce, drag
through the mud]
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midline
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n 1: the median plane of the body (or some part of the body)
[syn: midplane, midline]
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neckline
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n 1: the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck
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outline
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n 1: the line that appears to bound an object [syn: outline,
lineation]
2: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
[syn: outline, synopsis, abstract, precis]
3: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema,
scheme]
v 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or
summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his
ideas" [syn: sketch, outline, adumbrate]
2: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
[syn: draft, outline]
3: trace the shape of [syn: delineate, limn, outline]
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pipeline
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n 1: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their
affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: grapevine,
pipeline, word of mouth]
2: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs
from the wells to the seaport" [syn: pipeline, line]
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saline
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adj 1: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears"
n 1: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
[syn: saline solution, saline]
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shoreline
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n 1: a boundary line between land and water
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sideline
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n 1: a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
[syn: sideline, out of bounds]
2: an auxiliary line of merchandise
3: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby,
pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
v 1: remove from the center of activity or attention; place into
an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was
sidelined by the President"
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skyline
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n 1: the outline of objects seen against the sky
2: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn:
horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible
horizon, skyline]
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streamline
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v 1: contour economically or efficiently
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waistline
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n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn:
waist, waistline]
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aline
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
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redline
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v 1: discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas
of a neighborhood
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caroline
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adj 1: of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I
or Charles II of England [syn: Caroline, Carolean]
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hipline
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n 1: the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part
2: the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment
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byline
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jawline
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carolyne
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