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lane
1[leyn]
noun
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
Synonyms:any narrow or well-defined passage, track, channel, or course.
a longitudinally marked part of a highway wide enough to accommodate one vehicle, often set off from adjacent lanes by painted lines (often used in combination).
a new six-lane turnpike.
a fixed route followed by ocean steamers or airplanes.
(in a running or swimming race) the marked-off space or path within which a competitor must remain during the course of a race.
a long, narrow wooden track that a ball rolls down in a game of bowling.
an area of interest or expertise that is associated with a person or group whose contributions or authority in that area are respected.
Teen magazines should stay in their lane and stick to publishing articles about relationships, style, and beauty.
Politics.an affiliation or faction that presents one path to nomination or election victory for candidates who espouse that ideology or embody its ideals.
The libertarian candidates siphoned voters away from the conservative establishment lane in the primary.
(in a MOBA video game) one of the major arteries on the map between the two strongholds in which the fighting between characters occurs.
Our strategy is to push with a support character in the top lane.
lane
2[leyn]
adjective
lone.
Lane
3[leyn]
noun
a male given name.
lane
1/ ɪ /
noun
a narrow road or way between buildings, hedges, fences, etc
( capital as part of a street name )
Drury Lane
any of the parallel strips into which the carriageway of a major road or motorway is divided
any narrow well-defined route or course for ships or aircraft
one of the parallel strips into which a running track or swimming bath is divided for races
the long strip of wooden flooring down which balls are bowled in a bowling alley
lane
2/ ɪ /
adjective
lone or alone
on one's own
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lane1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lane1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Iran still has the ability to disrupt or choke one of the world's main shipping lanes in the Straight of Hormuz.
Ms Beeching says recent news has pulled the family "away from legacy-building and into soap opera territory, which was never their lane".
A customer has called: a horse is loose and wandering in a country lane.
So this was exactly the lane that I enjoy operating in, so far as action and thriller.
If there is an acceptance there can't be any more borrowing and the economy remains in the slow lane, that points to more tax rises in the Budget in the autumn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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