Beeline vs Beelined - What's the difference?
beeline | beelined |
A very direct or quick path or trip.
* , Episode 16
(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.
To travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel.
(beeline)
A very direct or quick path or trip.
* , Episode 16
(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.
To travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel.
As verbs the difference between beeline and beelined
is that beeline is to travel in a straight course, ignoring established paths of travel while beelined is past tense of beeline.As a noun beeline
is a very direct or quick path or trip.beeline
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Alternative forms
* bee-lineNoun
(en noun)- The children made a beeline to the swimming pool.
- Discussing these and kindred topics they made a beeline across the back of the Customhouse and passed under the Loop Line bridge where a brazier of coke burning in front of a sentrybox or something like one attracted their rather lagging footsteps.
Verb
(beelin)See also
* as the crow fliesbeelined
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Verb
(head)beeline
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Alternative forms
* bee-lineNoun
(en noun)- The children made a beeline to the swimming pool.
- Discussing these and kindred topics they made a beeline across the back of the Customhouse and passed under the Loop Line bridge where a brazier of coke burning in front of a sentrybox or something like one attracted their rather lagging footsteps.