Word Study
sideline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sideline has 3 senses
- sideline(n = noun.location) out of bounds - a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field; Array is a kind of line
- sideline(n = noun.artifact) Array - an auxiliary line of merchandise; Array is a kind of business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line
- sideline(n = noun.act) avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, spare-time activity - an auxiliary activity; Array is a kind of interest, pastime, pursuit
has particulars: touchline
has particulars: spelaeology, speleology
Verb sideline has 1 sense
- sideline(v = verb.social) Array - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" is one way to break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
sideline,
- A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A line of goods sold in addition to one's principal articles of trade; a course of business pursued aside from one's regular occupation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sideline, n. & v.
--n.
1 work etc. done in addition to one's main activity.
2 (usu. in pl.) a a line bounding the side of a hockey-pitch, tennis-court, etc. b the space next to these where spectators etc. sit.
--v.tr. US remove (a player) from a team through injury, suspension, etc.
--n.
1 work etc. done in addition to one's main activity.
2 (usu. in pl.) a a line bounding the side of a hockey-pitch, tennis-court, etc. b the space next to these where spectators etc. sit.
--v.tr. US remove (a player) from a team through injury, suspension, etc.
Idiom
on (or from) the sidelines in (or from) a position removed from the main action.
THESAURUS
sideline
avocation, bank, board, border, bordure, brim, brink, brow, by-line, catalog goods, coast, commodities, consumer goods, consumer items, delay, edge, effects, featheredge, flange, frame, fringe, goods, goods for sale, hem, hobby, hobbyhorse, inventory, job lot, labellum, labium, labrum, lay aside, lay away, lay by, ledge, limb, limbus, line, line of goods, lip, list, mail-order goods, marge, margin, merchandise, pastime, pigeonhole, postpone, push aside, put aside, put away, put in mothballs, ragged edge, rim, selvage, set aside, set by, shelve, shore, side, side interest, skirt, spare-time activity, staples, stock, stock-in-trade, store, stow, table, table the motion, vendibles, verge, wares
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