Meaning

Normal, principal or standard..

Definitions by Sense

1. Normal, principal or standard.
2. (religion, chiefly US Protestantism) Not fundamentalist, charismatic or evangelical.
3. (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
4. (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface-level heavy rail system as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
5. (rail transport) Of or pertaining to national or long-distance rail network operators as opposed to urban and suburban operators.
6. (shipping) Pertaining to a direct route between two major ports.
7. (chess) Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
8. (slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.

Example Sentences

At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.

This doesn’t necessarily mean Christians are joining mainline congregations — the survey measures self-identification, not church affiliation. It is, nevertheless, a striking turnabout after years when mainline Protestantism was considered moribund and evangelical Christianity full of dynamism.

Merseyrail and mainline services affected by downpour with more heavy rain forecast

Well-publicised flexible ticketing options are needed for both visitors and workers, integrated across the entire journey: from outside the capital all the way into central London, considering both TfL and mainline rail services.

After 3 e5 the Czech Benoni Defense is created. Unlike the mainline 3 e6, which aims for tactical counterplay in the center, Black aims for solidity there. He will choose later what flank to attack on.

Short's pragmatic approach to the match was to avoid mainline theory and the teenager's computer preparation.

The first classical game featured a fairly mainline Nimzo-Indian Defense, with the players following one of So's October 2021 games until move 20.

The patient skinpopped for 1½ years and then started to mainline heroin.

Word Forms

• main-line
• mainlines
• mainlining
• mainlined
• main line

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