lined
pronunciation
How to pronounce lined in British English:
UK [laɪnd]
How to pronounce lined in American English:
US [laɪnd]
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- Adjective:
- bordered by a line of things
- (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams
- having a lining or liner or a liner; often used in combination
Word Origin
- lined (adj.)
- "having a lining or backing" (of some other material), mid-15c., from past participle of line (v.1); meaning "marked with lines" is from 1776, from past participle of line (v.2).
Example
- 1. Outside the center , about 100 chinese were lined up .
- 2. Each morning , dozens lined up to pitch in with manual labor .
- 3. On one side , they lined up to buy 10 and 15 glasses of champagne .
- 4. At china unicom 's outdoor event , several hundred people lined up to be first to buy the phone .
- 5. Participants lined up near the booth where discount theater tickets are sold and pitched their bad memories into an industrial-sized shredder .