lane
//leɪn//
Forms
- Plural
- lanes
Definitions
1.A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- A fence separates the garden from the lane.
2.A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
- There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
- Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away / From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra.
3.A narrow road, as in the country.
- A fence separates the garden from the lane.
4.A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
- We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2769
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).