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tape
Noun
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Tape is a long thin material, often with glue on one side or used for recording.
We can fix the tear with some tape.
The reporters surrounded the president with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.
The band put three songs on tape.
The tape is peeling off my hockey stick.
tape
Verb
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If you tape music, a speaker, a TV program, etc., you record it on tape or film.
It is not known who taped the conversation or how.
I didn't want to stay up to watch the show, so I taped it so I could watch it tomorrow.
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If you tape something, you put tape on it.
Can you tape this closed for me?
Her coach taped her knee before the game.
line
Noun
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A mark that is long, straight and very thin.
She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.
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A row.
Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.
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A row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.
You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.
line
Verb
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Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.
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Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.
Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.
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Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.
Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.
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Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.
Please line the pitch before the match.
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Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.