See Also: liner(2)(dictionary)
one-liner(dictionary)
bin liner(dictionary)
liner(dictionary)
liner(medicine)
liner(1)(dictionary)
cavity liner(medicine)
ocean liner(encyclopedia)
asbestos liner(medicine)
liner note(dictionary)

story line (oh) and liner(2) (iou)


story line (oh)



the main set of related events in a story
-synonym plot plot
::The play had a strong story line.

liner(2) (iou)



liner noun2. LME.
[from LINE noun2, verb2 + -ER1.]
I.
An official appointed to mark out boundaries of properties in a burgh. Scot. LME.
A person employed to paint lines on the wheels etc. of a vehicle, esp. a carriage. E19.
A writer of miscellaneous news items paid for at so much per line. Now chiefly in PENNY-A-LINER. M19.
= LINESMAN 1. L19.
II.
A threshed sheaf of corn. Long obsolete exc. dial. E17.
a. A line-of-battle ship. E19.
b. A ship belonging to a line of passenger ships. M19.
R. P. Jhabvala Both loved the fun to be had on an ocean liner. Sunday Express The supposedly unsinkable liner rammed an iceberg on..her maiden voyage.
c. An aircraft belonging to a regular line, used esp. for passenger transport. Also, a spaceship. E20.
New Scientist The Boeing liner will have rather more than twice the capacity of the Concorde.
d. Any of a fleet of lorries; a container-lorry. Also, a container-train (chiefly in freightliner s.v. FREIGHT noun, liner train below). M20.
Baseball. A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground. M19.
a. A fine paintbrush used for outlining etc. L19.
b. A cosmetic used for tinting a part of the face; a brush or pencil for applying this; spec. = eye-liner s.v. EYE noun. E20.
Slimming Her eyes aren't circled any more by hard black liner.
A picture exhibited on the line, with its centre about level with the spectator's eye. colloq. L19.
A boat engaged in sea-fishing with lines as opp. to nets. E20.
An advertisement occupying a specified number of lines of print; colloq. a spoken passage of a specified number of lines in a play etc. Usu. as 2nd elem. of comb., preceded by a numeral (cf. one-liner s.v. ONE adjective). E20.
one-liner, two-liner, etc.
A ferret held on a leash or line while rabbiting. E20.
Comb.: liner train a fast through-running freight train made up of detachable containers on permanently coupled wagons.