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main·line
(mān′līn′)v. main·lined, main·lin·ing, main·lines Informal
v.tr.
To inject (an illegal or addictive drug, such as heroin) directly into a major vein.
v.intr.
To inject a drug intravenously.
adj.
Being in a principal or well-established position: the mainline churches.
main′lin′er n.
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main′ line′
n.
1. a principal highway or railway line.
2. Slang. an accessible vein that can be used to inject a narcotic.
[1835–45]
main•line
(ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn, -ˈlaɪn)v. -lined, -lin•ing,
adj. v.i.
1. Slang. to inject a narcotic directly into a vein.
v.t. 2. Slang. to inject (a narcotic) directly into a vein.
adj. 3. having a principal, established, or widely accepted position.
[1935–40, Amer.]
main′lin`er, n.
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mainline
Past participle: mainlined
Gerund: mainlining
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| Verb | 1. |  mainline - inject into the vein; "She is mainlining heroin"inject - take by injection; "inject heroin" |
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Translations
mainline
[ˈmeɪnˈlaɪn]A. ADJ
1. (Rail) [service, station] → principal, interurbano
2. (= mainstream) → tradicional, al uso
B. VT (Drugs) → chutarse, picarse, inyectarse
to mainline heroin → chutarse or picarse heroína, meterse un chute or pico de heroína
to mainline heroin → chutarse or picarse heroína, meterse un chute or pico de heroína
C. VI (Drugs) → chutarse, inyectarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mainline
[ˈmeɪnlaɪn] vt (= inject) [+ drug] → se shooter à
vi (= inject drug) → se shootermain line n [railway] → grande ligne f
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