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LIFE LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life line mean?
• LIFE LINE (noun)
The noun LIFE LINE has 1 sense:
1. a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
Familiarity information: LIFE LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
life line; lifeline; line of life
Hypernyms ("life line" is a kind of...):
crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface)
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