LINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lined mean? 

• LINED (adjective)
  The adjective LINED has 3 senses:

1. bordered by a line of things

2. (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams

3. having a lining or a liner; often used in combination

  Familiarity information: LINED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bordered by a line of things

Context example:

tree lined streets

Similar:

bordered (having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams

Synonyms:

lined; seamed

Context example:

a seamed face

Similar:

rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having a lining or a liner; often used in combination

Context example:

a silk-lined jacket

Similar:

silk-lined (having a silk lining)

Antonym:

unlined (not having a lining or liner)

 Context examples 

The septa are lined by one layer of epithelial cells that have eosinophilic or clear cytoplasm.

(Cystic Nephroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The cysts are lined by urothelial cells.

(Cystitis Cystica, NCI Thesaurus)

The acini are lined by more than two layers of columnar epithelial cells.

(Columnar Cell Hyperplasia of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

The acini are lined by one or two layers of columnar epithelial cells.

(Columnar Cell Change of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually characterized by the presence of tubular glands lined by cuboidal epithelial cells.

(Cervical Mesonephric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The cysts are lined by urothelial cells and metaplastic glandular cells.

(Cystitis Cystica and Glandularis, NCI Thesaurus)

A cyst lined by tissue that resembles synovial villi.

(Metaplastic Synovial Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm of the ovary characterized by the presence of cystic structures lined by endometrial-type well-differentiated cells in a fibrotic stroma.

(Ovarian Endometrioid Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The area of mucosa in the nose lined by olfactory epithelium and containing olfactory glands.

(Olfactory Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of glands or cysts lined by benign endometrial-type cells.

(Benign Ovarian Endometrioid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)