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MAINLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mainline mean? 

MAINLINE (verb)
  The verb MAINLINE has 1 sense:

1. inject into the veinplay

  Familiarity information: MAINLINE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAINLINE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they mainline  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it mainlines  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: mainlined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: mainlined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: mainlining  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inject into the vein

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

She is mainlining heroin

Hypernyms (to "mainline" is one way to...):

inject (take by injection)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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