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Lifeline   /lˈaɪflˌaɪn/   Listen
Lifeline

noun
1.
A crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live.  Synonyms: life line, line of life.
2.
Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection).  "She offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
3.
Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver.
4.
Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.





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"Lifeline" Quotes from Famous Books



... diver's life-line and air-pipe, had signalled to know if all was right. Of course he expected that the sleeper would give no reply, and would, according to rule in such cases, be hauled up without delay. What then was his astonishment to see the man slowly lay hold of his lifeline with his left hand, give it a single tug to indicate that all was right, and then settle himself more comfortably to continue ...
— Under the Waves - Diving in Deep Waters • R M Ballantyne


Words linked to "Lifeline" :   crinkle, crease, line, furrow, line of life, seam, ridge rope, wrinkle, support


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