Line and Pattern

Line

Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Pattern and line are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pattern" instead the word "Line" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

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Line and pattern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Line" instead the word "Pattern" as a noun or a verb.

old	old line	old pattern
exact	exact line	exact pattern
particular	particular line	particular pattern
similar	similar line	similar pattern
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, current, standard, original, simple, entire, hard, male, great, black, white, repeated, final, yellow, classic, above, different, previous.

The final line is instead "Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried", which fits better with the song's pattern anyway.

Source: Executive Meddling / Animated Films
His fingers were too stiff from the cold to do that properly, ending with the ice breaking in a random pattern instead of a straight line.

Source: Literature / Tower of the Swallow
The fight essentially just devolves into a pattern of find a shell, swim around a while looking for Kingfin, find him, line up your shot, watch it hit one of the torpedo fish instead of Kingfin, curse your bad luck, and then start the pattern all over again.

Source: Goddamned Boss

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Pattern and Line. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/pattern

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