Mainline

Quick meaning: Mainline is an adjective meaning Normal, principal or standard.

Meaning

Normal, principal or standard.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

Word Forms

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

Synonyms for mainline

Depending on context, synonyms include mainstream, main, genpop.

Antonyms for mainline

Common opposites include feeder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include primary, principal, main, traditional, danger, north.

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