number of suspects assembled to be identified by a witness or victim (generally at a police station); form a line
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Line-up Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Line-up Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
line up
v
1. form a line; "the buildings all line up neatly
2. get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "i found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "i got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "the chairman got hold of a secretary on friday night to type the urgent letter" [syn: get hold, come up, find]
3. form a queue, form a line, stand in line [syn: queue up, queue]
4. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, adjust]
[ant: skew]
5. arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress]
adjust correctly First he lined up the two pieces of wood before he nailed them together.
form a line of people, form a queue
College students have to line up to buy their text books.
College students have to line up to buy their text books.
Verb
1. form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"
(hypernym) arrange, set up
2. get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
(synonym) get hold, come up, find
(hypernym) get, acquire
3. form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"
(synonym) queue up, queue
(hypernym) stand, stand up
(entail) wait
(derivation) lineup
4. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
(synonym) align, aline, adjust
(hypernym) reorient
(hyponym) address
5. arrange in ranks; "dress troops"
(synonym) dress
(hypernym) position
Line-up Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lineup, line up or line-up may refer to
- a queue area of waiting people
- a police lineup (or identity parade) of suspects
- the roster of a sports team at a given time
- batting order (baseball) in baseball
- the starting position in polocrosse
- the members of a music band at a given time
- the acts performing at a concert or music festival
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Line-up Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
To study the green in order to determine how the putt should be played.
