lane
nounUK, US /leɪn/
Etymology From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).
13 senses
- 1A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- 2A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- 3A narrow road, as in the country.
- 4A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single…
- 5A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
- 6A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of…
- 7Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
- 8A course designated for ships or aircraft.
- 9An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling…
- 10An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of…
- 11Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored…
- 12In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a…
- 13The home stretch.
Used in street names A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- Penny Lane
A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
- Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away / From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra.c. 1930, Dominic Behan, “Come Out Ye Black and Tans”performed by The Wolfe Tones:
A narrow road, as in the country.
A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
- Drivers should overtake in the outside lane
- We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
1 more example
- the exit lane
- There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Swimming A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
- a swimming lane
Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
- the checkout lanes in a supermarket
A course designated for ships or aircraft.
- shipping lane
Bowling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
Card games, Games An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
Video games In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
Hobbies, Horse racing, Horseracing, Horses, Lifestyle, Pets, Racing, Sports The home stretch.
- And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.
- Synonyms
- carriageway, direction, roadway, side, alley
- Derived terms
103 terms
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