lines

Words spoken by the actors.

Noun broadcasting, entertainment

  1. Words spoken by the actors.
    • I have yet to learn my lines.
  2. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
  3. Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
  4. A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
    • If you don't behave I'll give you lines
    • I had to write out 200 lines
  5. The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
  6. A certificate of church membership.

    Coordinate Terms: marriage lines

Derived

fluff one's lines

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of line

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of line