linhagem — meaning in English
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English meaning
- generation noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
- line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
- lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
- race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
- strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
Senses
linhagem is used for these senses in English:
- generation (now, US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
- lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- race A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
generation — full definition
- noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
- noun One step in a family's line of descent, roughly the time it takes children to grow up and have their own.
- noun The act or process of producing or bringing something into being.
- noun A particular stage in the development of a technology or product line.
line — full definition
- noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
- noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
- verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
- verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
- noun A telephone or other communication connection.