mainline.
Normal, principal or standard.
Meaning & usage
Normal, principal or standard.
Not fundamentalist, charismatic or evangelical.
Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
Of or pertaining to a surface-level heavy rail system as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
Of or pertaining to national or long-distance rail network operators as opposed to urban and suburban operators.
Pertaining to a direct route between two major ports.
Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
Where this word comes from
From main + line.
To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
To consume voraciously.
To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
Where this word comes from
From main + line.
An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
The principal route or line of a railway.
In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
Alternative form of main line.
The general population of a prison.
Where this word comes from
From main + line.
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