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LINE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Example:
align the sheets of paper on the table
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
reorient (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "line up"):
address (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)
synchronise; synchronize (cause to indicate the same time or rate)
realign; realine (align anew or better)
true; true up (make level, square, balanced, or concentric)
collimate (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument))
concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take one's position before a kick-off
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Arrange in ranks
Example:
dress troops
Synonyms:
dress; line up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Form a queue, form a line, stand in line
Example:
Customers lined up in front of the store
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
stand; stand up (be standing; be upright)
"Line up" entails doing...:
wait (stay in one place and anticipate or expect something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
lineup (a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose
Example:
The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter
Synonyms:
come up; find; get hold; line up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 6
Meaning:
Form a line
Example:
The buildings all line up neatly
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "line up" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
