Associations to the word «Mainline»

Wiktionary

MAINLINE, adjective. Normal, principal or standard.
MAINLINE, adjective. (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
MAINLINE, adjective. (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
MAINLINE, verb. To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
MAINLINE, noun. (aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
MAINLINE, noun. (computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.

Dictionary definition

MAINLINE, verb. Inject into the vein; "She is mainlining heroin".

Wise words

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