Lifeline

Quick meaning: Lifeline is a noun meaning A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

Meaning

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.
2. A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
3. (engineering) A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
4. (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
5. (underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
6. (palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.

Example Sentences

The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.

Slowly I began to fill up some of the emptiness inside—writing had become my lifeline.

Planners did not see the access routes as west Berlin's sole lifeline, which now seems instinctive to us.

The Government has thrown a lifeline to Alstom's Derby Works, with an offer of an order for ten Class 345 nine-car electric multiple units (EMUs) for the Elizabeth line - but only if the 'price is right'.

Word Forms

• lifelines
• life-line
• life line

Synonyms for lifeline

Depending on context, synonyms include jackstay, tether, life line.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include life line, lifebelt, lifebuoy, buoy, valve, hose.

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