line Meaning | BeDict

noun

Ligne, trait

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 flèche est descendue en suivant une ligne courbe.

noun

Corde, ficelle

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

Examples :

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

Le jardinier a utilisé une corde solide pour attacher les plants de tomates à la clôture.

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noun

Tuyau, conduite

A hose or pipe, of any size.

Examples :

"a brake line"

une conduite de frein

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Direction, voie

Direction, path.

Examples :

"the line of sight"

la ligne de mire

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Ligne, fil

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."

J'ai essayé de passer un appel, mais la ligne était morte.

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Corde à linge, fil

A clothesline.

Examples :

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

Ma mère a accroché le linge sur la corde à linge pour le faire sécher.

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noun

Lettre

A letter, a written form of communication.

Examples :

"Drop me a line."

Écris-moi.

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Ligne, réseau

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"

Une ligne d'étapes

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noun

Tranchée, ligne de front

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 ligne de l'armée s'étendait sur toute la vallée, marquant la frontière de leur territoire.

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noun

Limite, contour, démarcation

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 limite entre la cour de récréation de l'école et le parc est une basse clôture.

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noun

Mètre ruban

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. "

Mon père a utilisé le mètre ruban pour vérifier la longueur nécessaire de la clôture du jardin.

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noun

Corde, fil

A measuring line or cord.

Examples :

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

Le charpentier a utilisé une longue corde pour mesurer la longueur du nouveau cadre de fenêtre.

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noun

Terrain, parcelle

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. "

L'agriculteur a arpenté la parcelle du champ, marquant la limite de sa nouvelle propriété.

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noun

Ride, ligne

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. "

Les rides autour de ses yeux montraient combien elle avait ri.

appearance body mark essential

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Trait, caractéristique

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

Examples :

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

Sa mâchoire carrée était un trait notable de son visage.

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File, rangée

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 file se forme sur la droite.

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noun

L'infanterie de ligne

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. "

L'infanterie de ligne de l'armée était responsable de la défense de la frontière.

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Lignée, lignage, descendance

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. "

Ma lignée d'ancêtres comprenait de nombreux artistes talentueux.

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Ligne

A small amount of text. Specifically:

Examples :

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

Le mot du médecin contenait une courte ligne concernant mon besoin de repos.

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Ligne de conduite, orientation, domaine

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 nouvelle ligne de conduite de l'entreprise en matière de politiques environnementales vise à réduire les déchets.

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noun

Ligne, position

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."

N'oubliez pas, vos réponses doivent correspondre à la ligne du parti.

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noun

Gamme, ligne

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

Examples :

"How many buses does the line have?"

Combien de bus la ligne a-t-elle ?

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Nombre d'actions

A number of shares taken by a jobber.

Examples :

"The stockbroker placed a line of 100 shares. "

Le courtier a placé un nombre de 100 actions.

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Ligne

A measure of length:

Examples :

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

La longueur du bord de la table est d'un mètre, une mesure de ligne précise.

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noun

Maxwell, unité de flux magnétique

A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.

Examples :

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

L'expérience a mesuré l'intensité du champ magnétique en lignes de flux.

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noun

La boîte du frappeur

(1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.

Examples :

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

Le joueur de baseball est entré prudemment dans la boîte du frappeur.

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Ligne, position

The position in which the fencers hold their swords.

Examples :

"The fencer took a firm line before attacking. "

L'escrimeur a pris une position ferme avant d'attaquer.

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Alignement, réglage

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"

Le moteur est aligné / désaligné.

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Ligne, trace

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

Examples :

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

Le dealer lui a proposé une petite ligne de cocaïne.

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Instruction, doctrine

Instruction; doctrine.

Examples :

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

La conférence du professeur a exposé la ligne du parti en matière de protection de l'environnement.

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noun

Lignée cellulaire

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. "

Le scientifique a étudié la lignée cellulaire pour comprendre comment elle croît et change.

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noun

Ligne de perfusion

(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. "

L'infirmière a soigneusement connecté la ligne de perfusion au site IV du patient.

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Ligne d'attaque

A group of forwards that play together.

Examples :

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

La ligne d'attaque de l'équipe de hockey a marqué trois buts dans le match.

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noun

Cathéter

A vascular catheter.

Examples :

"line sepsis"

Sepsis du cathéter

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verb

Aligner, ranger

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

Examples :

"to line troops"

Aligner les troupes.

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verb

Aligner, renforcer, fortifier

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"

Aligner des travaux avec des soldats.

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verb

S'aligner le long de

To form a line along.

Examples :

"The students lined up at the cafeteria entrance. "

Les élèves se sont alignés à l'entrée de la cafétéria.

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verb

Ligner, tracer des lignes

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

Examples :

"to line a copy book"

ligner un cahier

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verb

Delineer, tracer

To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Examples :

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

L'artiste a méticuleusement tracé les contours de l'oiseau avec un fin stylo noir.

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verb

Lire ou répéter ligne par ligne

To read or repeat line by line.

Examples :

"to line out a hymn"

lire un hymne ligne par ligne

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verb

Frapper une balle en ligne

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 a frappé une balle en ligne vers la gauche lors de son dernier passage au bâton.

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verb

suivre

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

Examples :

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

L'apiculteur a suivi les abeilles pour trouver leur ruche cachée.

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verb

Mesurer

To measure.

Examples :

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

Le professeur a demandé aux élèves de mesurer la longueur du bureau avec des règles graduées en centimètres.

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noun

Lin

Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.

Examples :

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

La couturière a utilisé du fil de lin solide pour coudre la courtepointe.

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verb

Doublir, tapisser

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

Examples :

"The bird lines its nest with soft grass."

L'oiseau double son nid avec de l'herbe tendre.

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verb

Encoller

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. "

Pour préparer le vieil album photo pour les retrouvailles familiales, elle a encollé la couverture arrière avec des chutes de tissu colorées.

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verb

Garnir, approvisionner

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

Examples :

"to line the shelves"

garnir les étagères

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verb

S'accoupler avec

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

Examples :

"The dog lined the female dog last night. "

Le chien s'est accouplé avec la chienne la nuit dernière.

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Meanings

Ligne, trait

Examples :

"The arrow descended in a curved line."

La flèche est descendue en suivant une ligne courbe.

Corde, ficelle

Examples :

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

Le jardinier a utilisé une corde solide pour attacher les plants de tomates à la clôture.

Tuyau, conduite

Examples :

"a brake line"

une conduite de frein

Direction, voie

Examples :

"the line of sight"

la ligne de mire

Ligne, fil

Examples :

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

J'ai essayé de passer un appel, mais la ligne était morte.

Corde à linge, fil

Examples :

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

Ma mère a accroché le linge sur la corde à linge pour le faire sécher.

Lettre

Examples :

"Drop me a line."

Écris-moi.

Ligne, réseau

Examples :

"a line of stages"

Une ligne d'étapes

Tranchée, ligne de front

Examples :

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

La ligne de l'armée s'étendait sur toute la vallée, marquant la frontière de leur territoire.

Limite, contour, démarcation

Examples :

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

La limite entre la cour de récréation de l'école et le parc est une basse clôture.

Mètre ruban

Examples :

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

Mon père a utilisé le mètre ruban pour vérifier la longueur nécessaire de la clôture du jardin.

Corde, fil

Examples :

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

Le charpentier a utilisé une longue corde pour mesurer la longueur du nouveau cadre de fenêtre.

Terrain, parcelle

Examples :

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

L'agriculteur a arpenté la parcelle du champ, marquant la limite de sa nouvelle propriété.

Ride, ligne

Examples :

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

Les rides autour de ses yeux montraient combien elle avait ri.

Trait, caractéristique

Examples :

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

Sa mâchoire carrée était un trait notable de son visage.

File, rangée

Examples :

"The line forms on the right."

La file se forme sur la droite.

L'infanterie de ligne

Examples :

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

L'infanterie de ligne de l'armée était responsable de la défense de la frontière.

Lignée, lignage, descendance

Examples :

"My line of ancestors included many talented artists. "

Ma lignée d'ancêtres comprenait de nombreux artistes talentueux.

Ligne

Examples :

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

Le mot du médecin contenait une courte ligne concernant mon besoin de repos.

Ligne de conduite, orientation, domaine

Examples :

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