inline /ˈɪnlaɪ̯n/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An element that occurs within the flow of the text.Bold and italic tags are inline elements. verb1 •To optimize using in-line expansion.Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time. — 2000 formsinlined · inlining · inlines