Line
Line verb - Make a mark or lines on a surface.
How words are described
| old | old line | old probe |
| small | small line | small probe |
| actual | actual line | actual probe |
| real | real line | real probe |
| Other adjectives: little, quick, white, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
| defenses | line defenses | probe defenses |
Both words in one sentence
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Explanation The last line always spoken by a Slylandro Probe before they attack, usually interrupting something it was saying before.
Source: Memes / Video Games -
The Star Trek Expanded Universe novel Ship of the Line used a version of this, except the "bottle" in question was a message probe with a delay.
Source: Message in a Bottle - The album BE by Pain of Salvation opens with the birth of a god, the first track beginning with heartbeats and faint whispers of the line "I'm at the line, I see it all." This same line appears in its original form in the second to last song as a space probe begins to gain sentience.
Source: Here We Go Again
Cite this Source
Probe and Line. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/probe
Line & Probe. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/probe>.
Probe or Line. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/probe.
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