mainline
pronunciation
How to pronounce mainline in British English:
UK [ˈmeɪnlaɪn]
How to pronounce mainline in American English:
US ['meɪnlaɪn]
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- Verb:
- inject into the vein
Word Origin
- mainline (v.)
- also main-line, 1934, from main line in American English slang sense "principal vein into which drugs can be injected" (1933).
Example
- 1. An instruction that causes the program to branch from the mainline program to the starting address of a subroutine .
- 2. While it has bought non-boeing planes for its American Eagle regional jet fleet , American , as its name suggests , prefers American-made aircrafts for its mainline fleet .
- 3. The project X codeline was spawned from the mainline .
- 4. Instead , changes in team A work should flow to the mainline and then down to team B work .
- 5. He took a taxi straight to the mainline station .