(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied. / (idiomatic) The summary or result; the most important information.

(nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker.

(baseball, softball) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.

(cricket) The direction (line) and point at which a delivery hits the pitch (length) of a delivery considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's deliveries.

(nautical) Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry.

(idiomatic) A clear distinction in the context of a legal or moral judgment.

(American football, Canadian football) The five players comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.

(stockbreeding) Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.

Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.

(military) That portion of a theater of war] which an army passes over in attaining its object.