LINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lining mean? 

• LINING (noun)
  The noun LINING has 4 senses:

1. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

2. a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment

3. providing something with a surface of a different material

4. the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

  Familiarity information: LINING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protective covering that protects an inside surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

liner; lining

Hypernyms ("lining" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lining"):

brake lining (the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum)

bushing; cylindrical lining (a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction)

facing (a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening)

furnace lining; refractory (lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace)

Derivation:

line (cover the interior of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

liner; lining

Hypernyms ("lining" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Holonyms ("lining" is a part of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Derivation:

line (cover the interior of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Providing something with a surface of a different material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

facing; lining

Hypernyms ("lining" is a kind of...):

application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lining"):

babbitting (lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lining" is a kind of...):

insulation (the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity)

Derivation:

line (cover the interior of)

 Context examples 

“Unexpectedly, we discovered tiny channels that connected the marrow directly with the outer lining of the brain.”

(Researchers unearth secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, National Institutes of Health)

Surgery for breast cancer in which the breast, most or all of the lymph nodes under the arm, and the lining over the chest muscles are removed.

(Modified radical mastectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Mesothelial cells are the lining cells of the pleura and peritoneum. — 2003

(Mesothelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

If no pregnancy occurs, the uterus, or womb, sheds its lining.

(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

MUC1, a tumor associated antigen normally present on the lining of the human colon, may be overexpressed and/or mutated in a variety of cancer cell types.

(MUC1 Peptide-Poly-ICLC Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities (such as the nose, mouth, lungs, and stomach).

(Mucosa, NCI Dictionary)

A layer occurring in the endometrial lining of the uterus which is adjacent to the myometrium and below the functional layer.

(Basal Layer of the Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, STING is expressed in the cells lining the blood vessels and the lungs, which would likely explain why these tissues are predominantly affected by the disease.

(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)

Meningitis, a group of serious diseases which infect the brain’s lining, leaves its mark and can affect the body’s ability to fight such infections in the future.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)

Because food contains enzymes that can damage human tissue, the lining of the esophagus normally protects itself by producing its own enzymes that degrade the offending proteins and thus protect the lining.

(Eosinophilic esophagitis may be due to missing protein, National Institutes of Health)