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line

/laɪn/ interjection A1 (estimated)

1. rope, line

German	der Tau
French	le cordage
Italian	la corda, cavo
Spanish	cabo

2. line, track

German	das Gleis
French	voie
Portuguese	via
Czech	kolej
Italian	binario
Spanish	vía

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line

/laɪn/ noun A1 (estimated)

1. path through two or more points, threadlike mark

German	die Linie, die Schlange, die Zeile
French	la ligne, le trait, la queue
Portuguese	a linha, o risco, o traço
Czech	čára, linka, linie
Italian	la linea, la riga
Spanish	la línea, el rasgo, el trazo
Dutch	de lijn, de streep, rechte
Swedish	en linje
Latin	linea, linum

2. obsolete: flax, linen — see also flax, linen

German	die Leitung, die Schnur, die Warteschlange
French	la corde, file
Portuguese	a fileira, o alinhamento, fala
Czech	vedení, fronta, provaz
Italian	la ruga, la fila
Spanish	el renglón, la fila, el lineamiento
Dutch	de lijn
Swedish	en replik, ett streck, en lina
Latin	funis

3. geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure

German	die Gerade, Trassee
French	droite, le brin
Portuguese	a reta
Czech	přímka
Italian	la linea, la lenza, il versetto
Spanish	recta, cordino
Dutch	de lijn, rechte, de rooi
Swedish	en linje
Latin	euthia

4. geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure

German	die Strecke
Portuguese	o segmento
Czech	úsečka
Italian	il segmento
Dutch	de lijn, rechte, lijnstuk
Swedish	en linje

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to line

/laɪn/ verb A1 (estimated)

1. to place (objects) into a line

French	faire la queue
Portuguese	enfileirar
Italian	allineare
Spanish	alinear
Dutch	opstellen, uitlijnen
Swedish	rada upp

2. cover the inside surface of (something)

German	abfüttern, füttern, auskleiden
French	doubler, fourrer, chemiser
Portuguese	forrar, raiar
Czech	podšít
Italian	foderare
Spanish	forrar, linear, aforrar
Dutch	voeren, bedekken, bekleden
Swedish	täcka, fodra, rada

3. of a dog: impregnate

French	croiser, accoupler
Dutch	dekken

4. to place persons or things along the side of for security or defense

Dutch	versterken
Swedish	rada upp

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