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Definition: Draw A Line |
Draw A LineVerb1. 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 LineSynonym: draw the line (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Draw A Line |
| English words defined with "draw a line": circumscribe ♦ draw ♦ make ♦ underline, underscore. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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. | ||
Expression using "draw a line": To draw a line. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 trage o linie. (various references) çizgi çekmek (line through, rule, run through, score). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | circumducatur, circumducendi, circumducentibus, circumduci, circumduxerunt, circumduxissent, circumduxit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 77      41      4C 69 6E 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01110111 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001100 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a w   A   L i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0077      0041      004C 0069 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38846789235246758071 |
| 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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