Meaning of LANE
Pronunciation: | | leyn
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- [n] a narrow way or road
- [n] a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
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| See Also: | | alley, bowling alley, free throw lane, path, sea lane, seaway, ship route, skittle alley, trade route, traffic lane, way | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lane\, a. [See {Lone}.]
Alone. [Scot.]
{His lane}, by himself; himself alone.
\Lane\, n. [OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D.
laan, OFries. lana, lona.]
A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled
as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among
trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a
general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines
of men, or through a field of ice.
It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can
not go through. --Tyndale.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | access, air lane, air line, air route, airway, aisle, alley, alleyway, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, Autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, channel, chaussee, circumferential, cloister, close, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, corduroy road, corridor, county road, court, covered way, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, defile, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, exit, expressway, ferry, ford, freeway, gallery, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, inlet, interchange, intersection, interstate highway, junction, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, opening, outlet, overpass, parkway, pass, passage, passageway, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, portico, primary highway, private road, railroad tunnel, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, traject, trajet, tunnel, turnpike, underpass, US highway, wynd |
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