Search Result for "line up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. form a line;
- Example: "The buildings all line up neatly"

2. get something or somebody for a specific purpose;
- Example: "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"
- Example: "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"
- Example: "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
[syn: line up, get hold, come up, find]

3. form a queue, form a line, stand in line;
- Example: "Customers lined up in front of the store"
[syn: line up, queue up, queue]

4. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;
- Example: "align the car with the curb"
- Example: "align the sheets of paper on the table"
[syn: align, aline, line up, adjust]

5. arrange in ranks;
- Example: "dress troops"
[syn: dress, line up]

6. take one's position before a kick-off;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

line up v 1: form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly" 2: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" [syn: line up, get hold, come up, find] 3: form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store" [syn: line up, queue up, queue] 4: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up, adjust] [ant: skew] 5: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up] 6: take one's position before a kick-off
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "line up": align, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, array, bank, bill, book, budget, calendar, collimate, collineate, collocate, compose, cool off, correspond, deal, deal out, deploy, dispose, distribute, docket, equate, equidistance, fall in, fall into line, fall into rank, fix, follow, form, form a line, get in formation, get in line, grade, harmonize, hierarchize, lay out, line, marshal, match, methodize, normalize, order, organize, pacify, parallelize, parcel out, place, place parallel to, program, queue, queue up, quiet, rally, range, rank, realign, regiment, regularize, regulate, routinize, row, schedule, set out, set up, slate, space, standardize, string out, structure, systematize, take rank, tranquilize