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Wiktionary

  1. v. idiomatic To delimit a boundary or border.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)

Examples

  • “And she had not wanted to risk anyone being able to draw a line from Sammael to her.”

    The Path of Daggers

  • “It was not easy for Hill to draw a line in the fields and fringes of woods that looked down on Boatswain's Swamp.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “On the other extreme, Lord Dufferin suggested Egypt be forced to draw a line in the sand at Wadi Halfa, abandoning totally a failed empire that had proved “a constant drain upon the Egyptian resources.””

    Simon & Schuster: Three Empires on the Nile

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hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. limit
  1. throttle
  1. trammel
  1. restrain
  1. bound
  1. restrict
  1. confine

reverse dictionary (27)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. circumscribe
  2. draw
  3. erect
  4. track
  5. outline
  1. drawing-knife
  2. parting-line
  3. continue
  4. abductor
  5. overline
  1. underscore
  2. overscore
  3. scrive
  4. skitter
  5. furl
  1. underline
  2. adduct
  3. cross
  4. trace
  5. stroke
  1. tow
  2. twitch
  3. problem
  4. stretch
  5. adductor
  1. girdle
  2. shrink

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