Meaning

14 senses
  1. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

    Penny Lane

    a narrow way or road

  2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

    There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.

    Gasse, Pfädchen

    переу́локpereúlok, алле́яalléja, але́йкаaléjka

    прову́локprovúlok, але́яaléja

  3. A narrow road, as in the country.

  4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

    Drivers should overtake in the outside lane

    We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.

    Spur, Streifen

    полоса́polosá

    сму́га ру́хуsmúha rúxu, сму́гаsmúha

  5. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

    There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.

    Bahn

    доро́жкаdoróžka

  6. A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.

    a swimming lane

  7. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.

    the checkout lanes in a supermarket

    Durchgang

  8. A course designated for ships or aircraft.

    shipping lane

    Spur, Route

    тра́ссаtrássa

  9. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

    We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.

  10. An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

  11. Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.

  12. A single serial data path in the PCI Express standard.

Examples

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  1. Stay in your lane.

    Залишайся у своїй смузі.

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  2. I was living life in the fast lane.

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  3. Due to road construction, only one lane is open.

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  4. I got a ticket for driving in the bus lane.

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  5. The council were going to build a new cycle lane along the main road.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
passageway:
division of roadway:
Русский
By meaning 4
passageway:
division of roadway:
division of racetrack:
course for ships or aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
passageway:
a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees:
division of roadway:
division of racetrack:
any of a number of parallel tracks or passages:
course for ships or aircraft:

Origin

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Prot

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).

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