Meaning of lane | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane
2. street
3. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
4. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
5. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames
6. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
7. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
8. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
9. A male given name transferred from the surname
10. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
11. A narrow road, as in the country.
12. A male given name transferred from the surname.
13. A female given name
14. third-person singular imperative
15. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
16. A female given name.
17. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois. A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname. A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma. A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota
18. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
19. A number of places in the United States:
20. An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
21. A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
22. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
23. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
24. A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
25. A course designated for ships or aircraft.
26. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
27. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
28. A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
29. An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
30. A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
31. Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
32. A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
33. A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
34. In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
35. A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
36. The home stretch.
37. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
    UK, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Penny Lane”

“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.”

“Drivers should overtake in the outside lane”

“We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.”

“the exit lane”

“There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.”

“a swimming lane”

“the checkout lanes in a supermarket”

“shipping lane”

“We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.”

“And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.”

“It was a gala night at the Lane, with Charles Mathews coming over from Covent Garden […]”

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