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🧵 To replace lining 📏 To add new lines
to reline

to reline

7.2
Draw new lines on paper or forms to guide writing
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈlaɪn/
translation icon : trazar de nuevo
  • Before submitting the form, he needed to reline the blank spaces so that the information was clearly organized.

Examples

  • The teacher decided to reline the exam sheets to make it easier for students to write their answers.

  • She will reline the notepad to ensure that each page has fresh lines for her notes.

  • For the fireplaces to be switched from coal to wood-burning, they had to build the fireplaces out to regulation depth, replace the missing hearths, reline the chimneys, put new flues, and we added mantles.

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Synonyms

to line
vsto reline
377 2.1

To form a row along the edge of something

adds new guides specifically for writing and organizing pages
to rule
vsto reline
41 4.1

To draw straight lines on paper using a flat tool

creates new guides for writing without using a ruler
to scribe
vsto reline
3 7.4

To mark a surface with a sharp point or write something carefully by hand

adds new guides for organizing writing rather than careful handwritten marks

Antonyms

to erase
144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

to obliterate
71 7.5

To destroy something completely so nothing remains

Surface Forms

reline infinitive
relined past
relined past participle
relining present participle
relines third person singular

Morphology

reline = line (transparent) = re + line

This is standard re- prefixation meaning 'line again' or 'put lines on again/newly', which matches the sense directly.

Etymology

Reline is made of re- meaning 'again' and line meaning 'a mark or rule on paper', so it literally means 'to put lines on something again'. That's why to reline a page is to draw new lines to help you write neatly.