lane
/leɪn/ noun A2- A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. · Penny Lane
- A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. · There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
- A narrow road, as in the country.
- A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles. · Drivers should overtake in the outside lane· We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
- A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart. · There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
- A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart. · a swimming lane
- Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages. · the checkout lanes in a supermarket
- A course designated for ships or aircraft. · shipping lane
Plural lanes
From the library
Rachel when she was safely out in the lane.
A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen.
“Not that lovers ever really walk there,” she explained to Marilla, “but Diana and I are reading a perfectly magnificent book and there’s a Lover’s Lane in it.
I like that lane because you can think out loud there without people calling you crazy.”
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