Draw A Line

  

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Draw A Line

Definition: Draw A Line

Draw A Line

Verb

1. Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Draw A Line

Synonym: draw the line (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Draw A Line

English words defined with "draw a line": circumscribedrawmakeunderline, underscore. (references)

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Modern Usage: Draw A Line

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Reality? The reality is that no one is willing to draw a line in the sand! (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Draw A Line

Expression using "draw a line": To draw a line. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Draw A Line

Language Translations for "draw a line"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

piirtää viiva. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למתוח קו (underline), לסר'ל (rule). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megvonja a határt (draw the line, to draw a line), megállapítja a határt (to draw a line). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

線'引く (to draw a line), ''引く (to draw a line). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぼう'ひく (to draw a line), せ"'ひく (to draw a line). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

awdray aay inelay

   

Romanian

  

trage o linie. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çizgi çekmek (line through, rule, run through, score). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Draw A Line

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

circumducatur, circumducendi, circumducentibus, circumduci, circumduxerunt, circumduxissent, circumduxit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Draw A Line

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-l-n-r-w"

-2 letters: adrenal, araneid, laniard, nadiral, radiale.

-3 letters: aerial, aldrin, alined, aliner, ariled, darnel, denari, denial, derail, dialer, inward, laired, lander, larine, lawine, linear, nailed, nailer, narial, narwal, radial, radian, railed, rained, realia, redial, relaid, renail, rewind, wailed, wailer, waired, wander, wandle, wanier, warden, warned, wilder, winder, windle.

-4 letters: aider, ailed, aired, aland, alane, alder.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Draw A Line


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 72 61 77      41      4C 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01110010 01100001 01110111 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001100 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#114 &#97 &#119 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0072 0061 0077      0041      004C 0069 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38846789235246758071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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