lane
IPA: ɫˈeɪn
noun
- (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- A narrow road, as in the country.
- A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
- A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
- Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
- A course designated for ships or aircraft.
- (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
- (computing) 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.
- (horse racing) The home stretch.
- 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.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Idaho.
- A city in Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
- A town in South Carolina.
- A town in South Dakota.
- A hamlet in Newquay parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
- A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
- (UK, informal, as "the Lane") The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
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Examples of "lane" in Sentences
- The driver shunts lanes often.
- She is willing to shunt her lane.
- The lanes are connected to the Rec.
- He changed the gear and shunted the lane.
- The town was founded by the surveyor Lane.
- They were not supposed to demolish the lanes.
- A fourth southbound lane is scheduled to open this fall.
- The road reduces from three lanes to two in the underpass.
- It is situated at the bottom of the lane in view of the abbey.
- In this instance, I think a bike lane is better than a cycle track.
- The lanes were narrow and the divider seemed to droop into the inner lane.
- The road expands to several lanes after the Northway, coming to a tollbooth.
- Taking the lane is particularly good when the only other option is to ride in the door zone.
- If they signal I am pretty apt to slow down and let them move out into the main lane and turn.
- The Department for Transport plans to run three pilots of what it calls a lane rental scheme later in the year.
- I think, he is thinking that at some point a reduction in lane capacity will be the straw that causes a quantum jump in congestion.
- The use of a shoulder on a modern autopista as an extra lane is the rule in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.
- III. i.38 (51,2) And turn pre-ordinance and first decree/Into the lane of children] I do not veil understand what is meant by the _lane_ of children.
- In the few places where a bike lane is present, more often than not, a double-parked car is there as well, forcing the bicyclist into the traffic lane.