Consisting of parts arranged in a single line. / (writing) Inserted in the flow of a text. / (computing, of source code) Of a different language than the outer enclosing code.

(idiomatic) Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules. / (of three or more objects) Positioned in a straight line. / (not comparable) assuming a position in the future.

one behind another; in a queue

On a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall. / (idiomatic) At risk, as in a contest or enterprise. / Currently calling on the telephone.

(US, chiefly New York City) On a queue; waiting one's turn for something.

Having a silhouette that replicates the letter A by flaring out from the top, like a funnel, narrow and fitted at the neck and shoulders, skimming the hips and widening toward the bottom, with little or no shaping or seaming at the waist.

Any article of clothing with a narrow mid-section and a flared bottom.

(genetics) Acronym of long interspersed nuclear element, a type of retrotransposon in genomics. / A close quarters combat system, see LINE (combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(marketing) The technique of offering goods or services at a range of separated price points so as to give the impression of a hierarchy of quality.

present participle of plain line