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# clothesline

«clothesline» in Mova's school dictionary: **hung to dry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a clothesline, clotheslines); verb (sport/slang) clothesline

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rope or wire on which washed clothes are hung to dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#m1)

2) (sport, informal) To knock someone over by hitting them across the neck or chest with an outstretched arm; it is dangerous and against the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and science: clothes dry on the clothesline because water evaporates in sun and wind. Phrases: hang out the washing, peg on the clothesline. Australia: rotary clothesline (Hills Hoist).

### examples

- Mum hung the sheets on the clothesline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x1)
- The wet towels dried quickly on the clothesline in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x2)
- Use pegs to keep the clothes on the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x3)
- A bird sat on the clothesline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x4)
- The rugby player was penalised for a clothesline tackle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x5)
- The clothesline stretched across the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/#x6)

### note

One word (also clothes line). In the UK, also «washing line». Pegs (UK/Australia) are called clothespins in the US. In science, washing dries faster when it is warm, windy and dry.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clothesline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothesline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.