sideline
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Is sideline a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sideline?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.Synonyms: touchline
2. (sports, usually in the plural) The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.Examples: "The coach stood on the sidelines and bellowed commands at the team."plural-normally
3. (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.Examples: "to relegate to the sidelines"; "She installed the whole fixture while he simply watched from the sidelines."; "Conservative Catholics, Relegated to Sidelines, Denounce Papal Gathering [title]"figuratively
4. (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.Canada
5. (Philippines) A side hustle.Philippines
verb (English)
1. (sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.Examples: "The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength."; "Gomez got his chance with Gary Cahill sidelined and took it superbly with an assured performance as part of a three-man defence Southgate now looks certain to use at the World Cup."transitive
2. (figurative, transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.Examples: "The illness sidelined him for weeks."; "Subplots that might have been fun to explore were relegated or eventually sidelined altogether in the case of characters like Gendry, who disappeared for years and finally resurfaces as a blacksmith in King’s Landing, literally waiting for the call to his hero’s journey."; "During 1971-72, spare Type 4s on other regions enabled the whole class to be sidelined, with Class 43s going first."figurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary