avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity
(noun) an auxiliary activity
sideline
(noun) an auxiliary line of merchandise
sideline, out of bounds
(noun) a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
sideline
(verb) remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; “The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sideline (plural sidelines)
A line at the side of something.
Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.
A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
(sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field.
(sports) Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.
(figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.
(Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
sideline (third-person singular simple present sidelines, present participle sidelining, simple past and past participle sidelined)
(sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.
(transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.
• disilene, lineside
Source: Wiktionary
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
