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Webster 1913 Edition

Lane

Lane

(lān)
,
Adj.
[See
Lone
.]
Alone.
[Scot.]
His lane
,
by himself; himself alone.

Lane

(lān)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lane
,
lone
, AS.
lone
,
lone
; akin to D.
laan
, OFries.
lana
,
lona
.]
A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway;
as, a
lane
between lines of men, or through a field of ice
.
It is become a turn-again
lane
unto them which they can not go through.
Tyndale.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lane

LANE

, n.
1.
A narrow way or passage, or a private passage, as distinguished from a public road or highway. A lane may be open to all passengers, or it may be inclosed and appropriated to a man's private use. In the United States, the word is used chiefly in the country, and answers in a degree, to an alley in a city. It has sometimes been used for alley. In London, the word lane is added to the names of streets; as chancery lane.
2.
A passage between lines of men, or people standing on each side.

Definition 2024

Lane

Lane

See also: lane, låne, -lane, and łáne

English

Proper noun

Lane

  1. A topographic surname​ for someone who lived in a lane.
  2. A patronymic surname​ anglicised from various Irish surnames.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surnames.
  4. A female given name
  5. An unincorporated community in Idaho.
  6. A city in Kansas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
  8. A town in South Carolina.
  9. A town in South Dakota.

Anagrams

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German lane, from Old Saxon lana, from Proto-Germanic *lanō. More at lane.

Noun

Lane f (plural Lanen)

  1. A narrow road or driveway
  2. lane

lane

lane

See also: Lane, låne, -lane, and łáne

English

Noun

lane ‎(plural lanes)

  1. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
  2. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
  3. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
  4. A course designated for ships or aircraft
  5. (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

lane f

  1. wool

Related terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French l'année ‎(“the year”). 

Noun

lane

  1. year

Italian

Noun

lane f

  1. plural of lana

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛdn]

Adjective

lane

  1. full
    T’eh lane dy chreeaght.‎
    He is full of confidence.

Scots

Etymology

See lone.

Adjective

lane ‎(not comparable)

  1. alone

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *olnę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lâne/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ne

Noun

lȁne n ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)

  1. fawn
  2. an affectionate term, dear child
Declension

Etymology 2

Same as lȃni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǎːne/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ne

Adverb

láne ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла́не)

  1. last year

Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu ‎(“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-Germanic *lanō ‎(“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone ‎(“cattle-track, by-road”), German Low German Lone ‎(“lane”), West Frisian leane, loane ‎(“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan ‎(“alley, avenue”), Middle Low German lane ‎(“a narrow passage, cattle-track”), Swedish lån ‎(“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön ‎(“a row of houses”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /le͡ɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophone: lain

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