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   lane

   /leɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow road, especially in a rural area: "she drove along the winding lane" Similar byroadbywaypathpathwayfootpathwaytowpathtrailtrackroadstreetalleyalleywayroadwaypassagethoroughfarebridlewaybridle pathvennelginnelsnickettwittentwitchelwyndtrace
   • ▪ an urban street: "Park Lane"
   • 2. a division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction: "the car moved into the outside lane" Similar trackstripwaycoursechannelroad division
   • ▪ each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race: "she went into the final in lane three" Similar trackstripwaycoursechannelroad division
   • ▪ a route prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft: "the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic"
   • ▪ (in tenpin bowling) a long, narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled: "a maximum of six people can play on a lane at any one time"
   • ▪ each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample: "DNA from various sources is placed in separate lanes on an electrophoretic gel"
   • ▪ a dark streak or band which shows up against a bright background, especially in a spiral galaxy: "the innermost dust lane is dense enough to absorb some infrared"

   Word Origin Old English, related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laned adjective

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   What is a country lane?

   • A lane is a relatively narrow street or road. Most country lanes never get backed up with rush hour traffic. There's the kind of lane that meanders through wooded, hilly countryside, and then there's the lane that's one particular row of traffic on the a busier road.

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   What is a lane on a road?

   • A lane is a part of a main road which is marked by the edge of the road and a painted line, or by two painted lines. The lorry was travelling at 20mph in the slow lane. I pulled out into the eastbound lane of Route 2. At a swimming pool or athletics track, a lane is a long narrow section which is marked by lines or ropes.

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   What does lane mean?

   • LANE definition: 1. a narrow road in the countryside or in a town: 2. a special strip of a road, sports track, or…. Learn more.

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   What does lane mean in a sentence?

   • Mis' Calvert, she saw you in a lane, or somethin', and fetched you back to that Baltimore city where the both of you lived. Lane definition: a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.. See examples of LANE used in a sentence.

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     HOT lane definition: 1. abbreviation for high-occupancy toll...

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     lane translate: corsia, vicolo, stradina, corsia, viottolo,...

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    A lane is a relatively narrow street or road. Most country lanes never get backed up with rush hour traffic. There's the kind of lane that meanders through wooded, hilly countryside, and then there's the lane that's one particular row of traffic on the a busier road.