lane

Speech parts

1. lane - Noun

2. lane - Adjective

3. Lane - Proper noun

Meaning

Alone.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

avenue street way course alley track road drive route path channel passage roadway carriageway byway
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Antonyms

boot hearth main road not to mention for good measure pedestrian crossing
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Hypernyms

way path

Hyponyms

alley seaway bowling alley sea lane skittle alley free throw lane

Phrases with the word

HOV lane passing lane skate one's lane overtaking lane cruising lane in the fast lane

Anagrams

elan lean lena nale neal Alen Alne enal nael

Examples

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane. Robert Frost

Ah, when shall all men's good Be each man's rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro' all the circle of the golden year. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane. Audrey Meadows

It is a long lane that has no turning. English Proverb

You can't drive straight on a twisting lane. Russian Proverb

A shady lane breeds mud. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Landy landyacht Landyn Lane cake Lane County Lane Cove