What does the English word 'line' mean?
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line refers to a thread; a row; (in art or design) lines, contours, or outlines; the outline, outer edge, or border of an object or human body; wrinkles or lines, especially on the face; a row or column of people or things; a queue of people, vehicles, etc., waiting in line; a row; a text message; attention; poetry; lines; dialogue; text; telephone line; hotline (providing advisory services); telephone line (used for transmitting computer data); (especially dangerous or secret) routes, paths; direction (especially moving straight forward); railway line (between two places); railway track (including the roadbed, sleepers, etc.); shipping company; transport company; (especially agreed-upon) tourist routes, traffic routes, and operational lines; (side) boundary; border; the boundary or limit between two conditions, properties, or states; attitude; position; guidelines; steps, ways, and methods of thought or action; industry; business; product types, categories, and series; production line; assembly line; (especially of people) lineage, ancestry, or bloodline; row; straight line; boundary; field; scene; starting line; finish line; opposing bowler; wire; cable; transmission line; pipeline; batch; road, highway, especially in rural areas; a dose, especially of powdered drugs like cocaine or heroin, used for inhalation; words (intended to achieve a certain effect); cheating language; sweet talk; scanning (referring to a single scanning track of a TV image); spectral line; melody (written in staff notation), soundtrack; a line (composed of musical notes or music); (in polyphonic music, connected with brackets or parentheses) connected staff lines; line (a unit of magnetic flux, 1 line = 1 maxwell); horizontal queue; fence line; equator; insurance amount (promised by an insurance company);