line-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: be in a line along; run along

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 LINE NP2

Examples:
Various buildings and shops line the street.
More than a million people lined the route of the Tour de France.

Mappings:
VerbNet: contiguous_location-47.8
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: line.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: (cause to) form a line

Commentary: Includes: LINE UP Syntax Includes: NP LINE UP (PP) NP1 LINE UP NP2

Examples:
Gadget freaks lined up in front of stores days before the new phone went on sale.
The colonel lined up his troops for inspection.
They line up either on the line of scrimmage or one yard behind it.
The checkmarks line up about 20 pixels below the Feature description.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: line.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
line_up 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

Sense Number 3: cover the interior of/reinforce

Examples:
If you want privacy, line your lace curtains with muslin.
They line all their gloves with cashmere.
A mucus membranes lines the uterus.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8-1
FrameNet: Adorning
PropBank: line.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 6

Sense Number 4: draw or mark with lines

Examples:
Sorrow had lined his face.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: line.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 5: arrange for

Examples:
He asked her mother to line up a sitter.
They were lining up a farewell summer of pool parties and sleep-overs before heading off to college.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: line.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
line_up 2

Sense Number 6: make a lot of money, often dishonestly

Examples:
The labor leader and state assemblyman lined his pockets with more than $2.2 million by ripping off the state.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: line.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
line_one's_pockets 1