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Lane

//leɪn// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
  2. 2
    A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. 4
    A female given name.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
  7. 12
    A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
  8. 13
    A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
  9. 14
    The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. UK, informal

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

Noun
  1. 1
    A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

    "Penny Lane"

  2. 2
    a narrow way or road wordnet
  3. 3
    A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

    "There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane."

  4. 4
    a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic wordnet
  5. 5
    A narrow road, as in the country.
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  1. 6
    A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

    "Drivers should overtake in the outside lane"

  2. 7
    A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

    "There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track."

  3. 8
    A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.

    "a swimming lane"

  4. 9
    Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.

    "the checkout lanes in a supermarket"

  5. 10
    A course designated for ships or aircraft.

    "shipping lane"

  6. 11
    An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

    "We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley."

  7. 12
    An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  8. 13
    Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  9. 14
    In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  10. 15
    The home stretch.

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.

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