line Meaning | BeDict

noun

Línea, raya

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

Examples :

"The arrow descended in a curved line."

La flecha descendió en una línea curva.

noun

Cuerda, hilo

A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.

Examples :

"The gardener used a strong line to tie the tomato plants to the fence. "

El jardinero usó una cuerda fuerte para atar las plantas de tomate a la cerca.

material thing essential

noun

Manguera, tubería

A hose or pipe, of any size.

Examples :

"a brake line"

una manguera de freno

technical utility industry essential

noun

Dirección, camino

Direction, path.

Examples :

"the line of sight"

la línea de visión

direction way essential

noun

Línea, cable

The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.

Examples :

"I tried to make a call, but the line was dead."

Intenté hacer una llamada, pero la línea estaba muerta.

technology communication internet electronics signal device essential

noun

Cuerda de tender, tendedero

A clothesline.

Examples :

"My mom hung the laundry on the clothesline to dry. "

Mi madre tendió la ropa en el tendedero para que se secara.

utility item thing essential

noun

Carta

A letter, a written form of communication.

Examples :

"Drop me a line."

Escríbeme una carta.

communication writing language essential

noun

Línea, ruta

A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.

Examples :

"a line of stages"

Una línea de etapas

vehicle business service system industry organization essential

noun

Trinchera, línea

A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.

Examples :

"The army's line stretched across the entire valley, marking the border of their territory. "

La línea del ejército se extendía por todo el valle, marcando la frontera de su territorio.

military war position area government nation geography essential

noun

Límite, contorno, demarcación

The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.

Examples :

"The line between the school playground and the park is a low fence. "

La línea entre el patio de recreo de la escuela y el parque es una valla baja.

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noun

Cinta métrica

A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.

Examples :

"My dad used the measuring line to check how long the garden fence needed to be. "

Mi padre usó la cinta métrica para comprobar cuánto necesitaba medir la valla del jardín.

utility item essential

noun

Línea, cuerda

A measuring line or cord.

Examples :

"The carpenter used a long line to measure the length of the new window frame. "

El carpintero usó una cuerda larga para medir la longitud del nuevo marco de la ventana.

material utility essential

noun

Parcela, terreno

That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.

Examples :

"The farmer surveyed the field's line, marking the boundary of his new property. "

El agricultor inspeccionó la parcela del campo, marcando el límite de su nueva propiedad.

property place essential

noun

Línea, arruga

A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.

Examples :

"The lines around her eyes showed how much she had laughed. "

Las arrugas alrededor de sus ojos mostraban cuánto se había reído.

appearance body mark essential

noun

Rasgo, línea

Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).

Examples :

"Her strong jawline was a noticeable feature of her face. "

Su fuerte línea de la mandíbula era un rasgo notable de su rostro.

body appearance essential

noun

Fila, línea

A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.

Examples :

"The line forms on the right."

La fila se forma a la derecha.

group military organization position essential

noun

Infantería de línea

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.

Examples :

"The army's line troops were responsible for defending the border. "

La infantería de línea del ejército era responsable de defender la frontera.

military war essential

noun

Linaje, estirpe, descendencia

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.

Examples :

"My line of ancestors included many talented artists. "

Mi linaje de antepasados incluía a muchos artistas talentosos.

family race history essential

noun

Línea

A small amount of text. Specifically:

Examples :

"The doctor's note contained a short line about my needing rest. "

La nota del médico contenía una línea corta sobre mi necesidad de descanso.

language writing essential

noun

Línea, rumbo, ámbito

Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.

Examples :

"The company's new line of environmental policies aims to reduce waste. "

La nueva línea de políticas ambientales de la empresa tiene como objetivo reducir los residuos.

way job business industry politics philosophy essential

noun

Línea, postura

The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.

Examples :

"Remember, your answers must match the party line."

Recuerda, tus respuestas deben coincidir con la línea del partido.

politics religion doctrine position group statement essential

noun

Línea, gama

A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.

Examples :

"How many buses does the line have?"

¿Cuántos autobuses tiene la línea?

business commerce economy essential

noun

Número de acciones

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

Examples :

"The stockbroker placed a line of 100 shares. "

El corredor de bolsa colocó un número de 100 acciones.

business finance essential

noun

Línea

A measure of length:

Examples :

"The length of the table's edge is one meter, a precise line measurement. "

La longitud del borde de la mesa es de un metro, una medición de línea precisa.

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noun

Maxwell, unidad de flujo magnético

A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.

Examples :

"The experiment measured the magnetic field strength in lines of flux. "

El experimento midió la intensidad del campo magnético en líneas de flujo.

physics unit essential

noun

Caja del bateador

(1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.

Examples :

"The baseball player carefully stepped into the batter's line. "

El jugador de béisbol entró cuidadosamente en la caja del bateador.

sport game essential

noun

Línea, posición

The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

Examples :

"The fencer took a firm line before attacking. "

El esgrimista tomó una línea firme antes de atacar.

sport weapon position essential

noun

Alineación, ajuste

Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

Examples :

"the engine is in line / out of line"

El motor está alineado / desalineado.

technical machine function system essential

noun

Línea

A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.

Examples :

"The dealer offered him a small line of cocaine. "

El camello le ofreció una pequeña línea de cocaína.

substance essential

noun

Instrucción, doctrina

Instruction; doctrine.

Examples :

"The teacher's lecture outlined the party's line on environmental protection. "

La conferencia del profesor esbozó la línea del partido sobre la protección del medio ambiente.

doctrine religion philosophy theology education essential

noun

Línea celular

Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.

Examples :

"The scientist studied the cell line to understand how it grows and changes. "

El científico estudió la línea celular para comprender cómo crece y cambia.

biology medicine organism essential

noun

Línea de perfusión

(perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.

Examples :

"The nurse carefully connected the perfusion line to the patient's IV port. "

La enfermera conectó cuidadosamente la línea de perfusión al puerto IV del paciente.

medicine part device essential

noun

Línea de ataque

A group of forwards that play together.

Examples :

"The hockey team's top line scored three goals in the game. "

La línea de ataque del equipo de hockey marcó tres goles en el partido.

sport group essential

noun

Catéter

A vascular catheter.

Examples :

"line sepsis"

Sepsis del catéter

medicine technical essential

verb

Alinear, formar una fila

To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.

Examples :

"to line troops"

Alinear las tropas.

action organization essential

verb

Alinear, reforzar, fortificar

To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.

Examples :

"to line works with soldiers"

Alinear trabajos con soldados.

military war action essential

verb

Alinear, formar una línea

To form a line along.

Examples :

"The students lined up at the cafeteria entrance. "

Los estudiantes se alinearon en la entrada de la cafetería.

position action essential

verb

Rayar, trazar líneas

To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.

Examples :

"to line a copy book"

trazar líneas en un cuaderno

mark writing essential

verb

Trazar, delinear

To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Examples :

"The artist meticulously lined the contours of the bird with a fine black pen. "

El artista delineó meticulosamente los contornos del ave con una fina pluma negra.

art style essential

verb

Leer o repetir línea por línea

To read or repeat line by line.

Examples :

"to line out a hymn"

leer un himno línea por línea

language literature communication essential

verb

Batear un batazo de línea

To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.

Examples :

"Jones lined to left in his last at-bat."

Jones bateó un batazo de línea a la izquierda en su último turno al bate.

sport essential

verb

rastrear

To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.

Examples :

"The beekeeper lined the bees to find their hidden hive. "

El apicultor rastreó a las abejas para encontrar su colmena escondida.

animal nature science biology essential

verb

Medir

To measure.

Examples :

"The teacher asked the students to line the length of the desk with centimeter rulers. "

El profesor pidió a los estudiantes que midieran la longitud del escritorio con reglas de centímetros.

math technical essential

noun

Lino

Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.

Examples :

"The seamstress used strong linen line to stitch the quilt. "

La costurera usó hilo de lino resistente para coser el edredón.

material plant agriculture essential

verb

Forrar, revestir

To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.

Examples :

"The bird lines its nest with soft grass."

El pájaro forra su nido con hierba suave.

material structure essential

verb

Encolar

To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.

Examples :

"To prepare the old photo album for the family reunion, she lined the back cover with colorful fabric scraps. "

Para preparar el viejo álbum de fotos para la reunión familiar, encoló la contraportada con retazos de tela colorida.

material writing essential

verb

Llenar, proveer

To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.

Examples :

"to line the shelves"

llenar los estantes

business finance essential

verb

Aparearse con

(of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.

Examples :

"The dog lined the female dog last night. "

El perro se apareó con la perra anoche.

animal sex biology essential

Meanings

Línea, raya

Examples :

"The arrow descended in a curved line."

La flecha descendió en una línea curva.

Cuerda, hilo

Examples :

"The gardener used a strong line to tie the tomato plants to the fence. "

El jardinero usó una cuerda fuerte para atar las plantas de tomate a la cerca.

Manguera, tubería

Examples :

"a brake line"

una manguera de freno

Dirección, camino

Examples :

"the line of sight"

la línea de visión

Línea, cable

Examples :

"I tried to make a call, but the line was dead."

Intenté hacer una llamada, pero la línea estaba muerta.

Cuerda de tender, tendedero

Examples :

"My mom hung the laundry on the clothesline to dry. "

Mi madre tendió la ropa en el tendedero para que se secara.

Carta

Examples :

"Drop me a line."

Escríbeme una carta.

Línea, ruta

Examples :

"a line of stages"

Una línea de etapas

Trinchera, línea

Examples :

"The army's line stretched across the entire valley, marking the border of their territory. "

La línea del ejército se extendía por todo el valle, marcando la frontera de su territorio.

Límite, contorno, demarcación

Examples :

"The line between the school playground and the park is a low fence. "

La línea entre el patio de recreo de la escuela y el parque es una valla baja.

Cinta métrica

Examples :

"My dad used the measuring line to check how long the garden fence needed to be. "

Mi padre usó la cinta métrica para comprobar cuánto necesitaba medir la valla del jardín.

Línea, cuerda

Examples :

"The carpenter used a long line to measure the length of the new window frame. "

El carpintero usó una cuerda larga para medir la longitud del nuevo marco de la ventana.

Parcela, terreno

Examples :

"The farmer surveyed the field's line, marking the boundary of his new property. "

El agricultor inspeccionó la parcela del campo, marcando el límite de su nueva propiedad.

Línea, arruga

Examples :

"The lines around her eyes showed how much she had laughed. "

Las arrugas alrededor de sus ojos mostraban cuánto se había reído.

Rasgo, línea

Examples :

"Her strong jawline was a noticeable feature of her face. "

Su fuerte línea de la mandíbula era un rasgo notable de su rostro.

Fila, línea

Examples :

"The line forms on the right."

La fila se forma a la derecha.

Infantería de línea

Examples :

"The army's line troops were responsible for defending the border. "

La infantería de línea del ejército era responsable de defender la frontera.

Linaje, estirpe, descendencia

Examples :

"My line of ancestors included many talented artists. "

Mi linaje de antepasados incluía a muchos artistas talentosos.

Línea

Examples :

"The doctor's note contained a short line about my needing rest. "

La nota del médico contenía una línea corta sobre mi necesidad de descanso.

Línea, rumbo, ámbito

Examples :

"The company's new line of environmental policies aims to reduce waste. "