red·line (rědlīn)
v. red·lined, red·lin·ing, red·lines
v. intr.
► To refuse home mortgages or home insurance to areas or neighborhoods deemed poor financial risks.
► To reach the maximum engine speed at which an engine is designed to be safely operated:
The car redlined at 80 miles per hour in fourth gear.
► Computer Science. To mark or highlight edited text, as with a red line, to distinguish it from unedited portions of a document.
v. tr.
► To discriminate against by refusing to grant loans, mortgages, or insurance to.
► To remove from operational status because of mechanical defects or the need for scheduled maintenance:
redlined three fighter aircraft.
► Computer Science. To mark (edited text) by redlining.
n. or red line
► A safety limit, as marked on a gauge.
► Sports.
■ The red line at the center of an ice hockey rink, running parallel to the goal lines and dividing the rink in half.
■ Either of two red lines running across an ice hockey rink near the end boards, in the center of which the goal is positioned.

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