lane
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- noun
- /leɪn/
- Was it a car in the right lane that was also turning?
- change lanes
- bike lane
- bicycle lane
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Watch on YouTubeOK, so this is a single lane dirt Rd.
- OK, so this is a single lane dirt Rd.
- If you're a bicycler in a car lane, you can't be there.
- So in theory, what one lane is longer than another?
- And it was across a little lane from a country graveyard.
- to spot broad trends and find the best narrow lanes to go through
- I've got in the bus lane flat out down towards the lights.
- And the genie says, how many lanes do you want that road?
- We want still a substantial canopy above that lane, that tunnel.
- It will stay in the lane and it will not.
- Is it, it's one lane, but like trick trivia?
- It's like a four lane loud tourist everywhere.
Examples
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The school is located at the end of a quiet residential lane with only a few houses.
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The doctor's house was at the end of the little lane that led to the town wall.
Fiction book (1991) -
So in the real world, we mostly stayed in the middle lane and stopped.
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Yes, it is like closing a lane on a highway.
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You would have bike lanes there as well to make it easier.
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OK, so this is a single lane dirt Rd.
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The original brick streets were refurbished, and the narrow lanes were protected from widening.
Academic text (2008) -
Construction was somewhat more frequent on shared lanes, multiuse paths, and bike paths.
Academic text (2012) -
The cyclist rode carefully in the designated bike lane to avoid traffic.
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There was a beautiful garden on the side of the narrow lane that led to the beach.
Synonyms
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A wide hard surface for cars and people to travel between places
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A long metal or rubber band with wheels that helps heavy vehicles move over soft ground
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A way or track that people and things move along for travel
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The part of a road where cars and buses drive
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A painted part of a road for one line of moving vehicles
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A path for people who ride bicycles
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A narrow passage between buildings in a town or city
A path for bicycles and other vehicles with wheels
Idioms
- Informal
To focus on your own work and not get involved in other people's work
Compounds
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lane comes from an old English word for a 'path' or 'small road', and it has long meant a narrow way. So a lane today is still a thin road in the country or a marked strip on a street for cars, bikes, or runners.