English Dictionary

LIFELINE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lifeline mean? 

LIFELINE (noun)
  The noun LIFELINE has 4 senses:

1. a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will liveplay

2. support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)play

3. line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diverplay

4. line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowningplay

  Familiarity information: LIFELINE used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIFELINE (noun)


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 ("lifeline" is a kind of...):

crease; crinkle; furrow; line; seam; wrinkle (a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief

Hypernyms ("lifeline" is a kind of...):

support (something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lifeline" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lifeline" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lifeline"):

ridge rope (either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"If at first you don't succeed, well, you're about average" (English proverb)

"A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, (but) a man is reaching out to a man." (Afghanistan proverb)

"The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind." (Arabic proverb)

"Hunger drives the wolf from its den." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact