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    [Noun]  | "lin*ing" | \ ˈlī-niŋ \


    1: material that lines or that is used to line especially the inner surface of something (such as a garment)

    2: the act or process of providing something with a lining


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "long-lin*ing" | \ ˈlȯŋ-ˌlī-niŋ \


    1: fishing with a longline


    Origin: 1877 ;

    [Noun]  | "silver lining" 


    1: a consoling or hopeful prospect


    Origin: 1871 ;

     From the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining";

    [Noun]  | "zip line" 


    1: a cable suspended above an incline to which a pulley and harness are attached for a rider


    Origin: 1970 ;

    [Verb]  | "line" 


    1: to mark or cover with a line or lines

    2: to depict with lines : draw

    3: to place or form a line along


    Origin: 1530 ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "line" 


    1: to cover the inner surface of

    2: to put something in the inside of : fill

    3: to serve as the lining of


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from line flax, from Old English līn;

    [Verb]  | "line out" 


    1: to indicate with or as if with lines : outline

    2: to arrange in an extended line

    3: to move rapidly


    Origin: 1613 ;

    [Verb]  | "line up" 


    1: to assume an orderly linear arrangement

    2: to align oneself

    3: to put into alignment


    Origin: 1864 ;

    [Idiom]  | "every cloud has a silver lining" 


    1: —used to say that every bad situation holds the possibility of something good

    [Noun]  | "lining" 


    1: as in quilting, interlining;


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     [ "lining" ]

    1: Applies to guys as well as ladies. Getting your head lined up just means that they making the edge of your hair not look all scraggly and messed up looking. In some parts, they call it a shape up. A lining is included by default in a haircut, but some folks ask for it separately if they're growing out their hair, got their hair braided, or just have somewhere to be and want to look fresh and clean cut.

      * e.g.,  ... "How much y'all linings cost?" 

     [ "lining" ]

    1: A word which can refer to snorting cocaine. Can also mean doing nothing or hanging out.

      * e.g.,  ... We were lining for like 50 hours straight...no wonder we were wasted 

     [ "Lined" ]

    1: To set someone up(Toronto)

      * e.g.,  ... Yoo fam, Gk got lined my Buckz 

     [ "Line" ]

    1: Although one of the least common definitions, a "line" can also mean 1 fluid oz of codeine cough syrup. For example, some people who sell the stuff will sell it by the "line" for anywhere from like 30-100 dollars.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo Cleophis, how much is that Activis goin for per line? " Freddie is sellin for 55 a line" 

     [ "Line" ]

    1: Set someone up, plot against, conspire against one.

      * e.g.,  ... Let’s line him up and take his money. 

     [ "To the line" ]

    1: An imaginary line, that which loud managers insist you bring product forward to on the shelf.

      * e.g.,  ... My boss yelled at me to bring everything up to the line. 

     [ "on the line" ]

    1: in a position of risk or vulnerability.

      * e.g.,  ... Jill was on the line once more. 

     [ "line" ]

    1: A 'line'(for lack of better word) of any powdered drug that is snorted, often through a rolled up 100 dollar bill.

      * e.g.,  ... "Snort a line of this." 

     [ "lines" ]

    1: Powdered substance (usually cocaine) that has been separated into multiple lines of powder usually by using a credit card or razor. These lines of powder are then sucked up through the nose usually using a rolled up dollar bill or an empty pen tube.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey dude I just got an eightball, want to do some fat lines of blow? 

     [ "lined" ]

    1: getting caught

      * e.g.,  ... "damn, my man got lined" 

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