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Meaning of "ley line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEY LINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEY LINE

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Ley line is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEY LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ley line

Ley line

Ley lines /leɪ laɪnz/ are supposed alignments of numerous places of geographical and historical interest, such as ancient monuments and megaliths, natural ridge-tops and water-fords. The phrase was coined in 1921 by the amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins, in his books Early British Trackways and The Old Straight Track. He sought to identify ancient trackways in the British landscape. Watkins later developed theories that these alignments were created for ease of overland trekking by line-of-sight navigation during neolithic times, and had persisted in the landscape over millennia. In a book called The View Over Atlantis, the writer John Michell revived the term "ley lines", associating it with spiritual and mystical theories about alignments of land forms, drawing on the Chinese concept of feng shui. He believed that a mystical network of ley lines existed across Britain. Since the publication of Michell's book, the spiritualised version of the concept has been adopted by other authors and applied to landscapes in many places around the world.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEY LINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
landline
lænd laɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
main-line
meɪn laɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn
waterline
ˈwɔːtə laɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEY LINE

lexicology
lexicon
lexicostatistics
lexigram
lexigraphic
lexigraphical
lexigraphy
Lexington
lexis
ley
ley farming
Leyden
Leyden jar
Leyland cypress
Leylandi
leylandii
Leyte
Leyte Gulf
lezza
lezzie

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEY LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
discipline
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of ley line in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ley line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEY LINE

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The translations of ley line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ley line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莱伊线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea ley
570 millions of speakers

English

ley line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ley लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط LEY
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лей линия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha ley
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ley লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne ley
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis ley
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ley-Linien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レイライン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지맥 라인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ley baris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dòng ley
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லீ கோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लकी ओळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ley hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ley line
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linii ley
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лей лінія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie ley
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ley γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ley line
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ley linje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ley linje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ley line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEY LINE»

The term «ley line» is normally little used and occupies the 121.634 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ley line

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEY LINE»

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Ley Lines and Earth Energies: An Extraordinary Journey Into ...
This exploration shows how natural forces affect our behavior, how they can be used to enhance our health and well being, and ultimately, how they bring us closer to penetrating one of the deepest mysteries being explored.
David Cowan, 2003
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Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation
Some of these energies are generated outside our home and others originate from within our home or work environment. They include geographic stress points , ley lines and distorted ground energies. Sleeping on a ley line can be particularly ...
Andreas Moritz, 2005
3
The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, ...
For example, the Seattle Arts Commission gave $5,000 to a group of New Age dowsers, the Geo Group, to do a ley line map of Seattle. Photographs of the result , which looks like a defaced satellite photo of the Seattle area, can be purchased  ...
Robert Carroll, 2011
4
Dresden Files Rpg: Core Rulebook - Your Story
The Ley Line: Place of Power of magical power running associated refresh cost), the caster can use the Billy...That's some border- line reckless speculation you have in the sidebar. Ley lines are very powerful and a lot more complicated than  ...
Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher, Fred Hicks, 2010
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Witch School Second Degree: Lessons in the Correllian Tradition
The final type of ley line we will discuss is the temporal ley line—that is, ley lines in time. Time, like space, has ley lines of its own. Working with these can help facilitate long-term projects by creating an energetic path for the projects to follow , ...
Donald Lewis-Highcorrell, 2008
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Authority to Tread: A Practical Guide for Strategic-Level ...
Alice Smith defines a ley line as two or more power points that interact with each other and hold the area in a certain kind of bondage, depending on the particular mismanagement of the land. The lines act as a feeding trough, giving the ...
Rebecca Greenwood, 2005
7
The Missing Link:
On blacked ley line sites people that were there fell to ground and lay unconscious for ten minutes and refused to go back there until it had been cleansed. There are also less paranormal appreciations witnessed on positive ley line sites.
Andre Steven Madrid
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Shattering the Ley
As they passed throughthe gates and intothenearest station, she sensed the ley line throbbing in itspath. Normally that pulsewas steady, soothing, somehowinherently natural. Butnow it felt ...erratic. The blackouthad disturbed theley line.
Joshua Palmatier, 2014
9
Angel Medicine
“There's a powerful ley line extending from St. Michael's Mount on the Land's End Peninsula in Cornwall, to St. Michael's Church on the top of Glastonbury Tor. All the sacred places dedicated to Archangel Michael run in a straight line, which ...
Doreen Virtue, 2005
10
New Scientist
American Indians and Australian Aborigines would feel justified in taking a rather different view of such progress. Unfortunately, we cannot ask the Tasmanians what they think: they are no longer around to tell us. □ THE ley-line phenomenon  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEY LINE»

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'True Detective' 2×4 Recap: Enough With This Monkey F*ck
These connections that seem like they follow some sort of cosmic ley line–the highways, the contaminated fields, Black Mountain Ops, the cult, ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
2
Somerset artist captures landscape's ancient mysteries
Luke Piper spent four years following the world's most famous ley line. Now his paintings of the landscape of ancient energy are on show in ... «Western Daily Press, Jun 15»
3
Barcelona: Birthplaces Of Messi, Suarez And Neymar Revealed To …
Barcelona: Birthplaces Of Messi, Suarez And Neymar Revealed To Form Some Kind Of Weird Football Ley Line (Photo). by Chris | 8th, June ... «Who Ate All The Pies, Jun 15»
4
The KLF's Bill Drummond at Vivid: Twelve Steps to 2025
Perhaps he doesn't obsess over people – as he insists he does not; not when he could obsess over a damson plum or a ley line – but the man ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
5
What's New With All 13 Jobs In Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
This mechanic is still being adjusted, and as of now, the Ley Line will disappear if you step outside of it. The other new action is called the ... «Siliconera, May 15»
6
Derek Walker: Architect and planner who designed Milton Keynes …
“He told me: 'Over one weekend we redesigned the sewage works to align it on the ley line connected to the Avebury stone circle. ' He was a ... «The Independent, May 15»
7
Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Lockdown
There are also discussions on a new dragon oriented ley line around Salem, Noice in the matrix and a trove of NPCs for use in your game. «diehard gamefan, May 15»
8
Film Review – The Falling
Lydia's brother Kenneth's obsession with the ley line running under the school and his careful gathering of Abbie's hair are passed over as ... «Impact Magazine, May 15»
9
Dance-Fuelled Clip From Girlhood
... to make sense of an often-baffling, sometimes plain painful world; for another, music is a key ley line, both in the film and its protagonist's life. «Empire Online, Apr 15»
10
Provender, London E11, restaurant review
Provender sits on an important East London ley line. To the south lie Wanstead Flats, where the footballing stars of tomorrow forge their skills in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»

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