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Meaning ofmainlinein English

mainline

us//meɪnlaɪn//uk//meɪnlaɪn//

Past Tensemainlined
Participle Verbmainlining
Third Person Singularmainlines

Definitions

Adjective
1. normal or standard; principal
  The company's mainline products are very popular.
2. principal railway route or line
  The train will travel on the mainline track to reach the city.
3. standard chess opening sequence
  The chess player used a mainline opening to gain an advantage.
Noun
1. airline's primary operating unit
  The airline's mainline fleet operates on a global scale.
2. a railway's primary route; main track
  The train will run on the mainline to reach the downtown area.
3. central fishing line with attached branches
  The fisherman cast his mainline into the lake with several hooks.
4. pipeline for wastewater; sewer line
  The city's mainline is being repaired to prevent sewage overflow.
Verb
1. to inject a drug directly (into a vein)
  The doctor warned against mainlining heroin due to its high risks.
2. to integrate code into a main software repository
  The development team will mainline the new feature into the existing codebase.

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