lane
Definitions
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane
- street
- A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames
- lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
- A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- A narrow road, as in the country.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name
- third-person singular imperative
- A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
- A female given name.
- 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
- A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
- A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
- An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
- Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
- A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
- A course designated for ships or aircraft.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
- An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
- An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
- A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
- Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
- A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
- A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
- In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
- A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
- The home stretch.
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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 […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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