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We lined up an excellent after-dinner speaker. c queue (up),
form a line, get in line, form ranks or columns: Hundreds of us
lined up for meals three times a day. d align, array,
straighten, order: These paragraphs should line up. Line up the
troops for inspection at 0600.
lineý v. 1 interline, cover, face; ceil: The coat is lined with fur.
2 line one's pockets. accept bribes, graft, US sell out, Colloq
US be on the take: He was secretly lining his pockets during
his years on the council.
lineage n. 1 extraction, ancestry, family tree, pedigree, descent,
stock, bloodline, parentage, genealogy: She has spent a lot of
time tracing the lineage of the village's families. 2 forebears,
forefathers, foremothers, family, people, clan; descendants,
succession, progeny, offspring: Does Debrett list his lineage?
Peerages were confined to the lineage of the person ennobled.
linen n. Often, linens. bedclothes, bed linen(s), sheets and
pillowcases; table linen(s), napery, tablecloths and napkins;
bath linen(s), towels and wash-cloths: The soiled linen is sent
to the laundry.
linger v. 1 Sometimes, linger on. stay (behind), remain, tarry,
loiter, persist, hang on, endure, persevere, survive, Colloq
hang or stick about or around: The smell of tobacco lingered
for hours after he had gone. He lingered on for a day, then died
from his wounds. 2 pause, dawdle, dally, lag, idle: She
lingered for a moment at the jeweller's window. 3 Often, linger
on or over. dwell on, elaborate, harp on, labour: I shall not
linger over the details of the crime. 4 procrastinate, dither,
shilly-shally, temporize: You must stop lingering and decide
today.
lingering adj. 1 long, persistent, protracted, remaining: I was left
with the lingering feeling that I had forgotten to tell her
something. 2 slow, long-drawn-out, gradual: She died a
lingering, painful death.
lingo n. jargon, argot, cant, patois, pidgin, Creole, parlance,
vernacular, dialect, idiom, language, talk, speech; gobbledegook
or gobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo-jumbo: In medical lingo, he
is suffering from coryza - in other words, a cold.