Lane Definition

lān
lanes
noun
Any narrow way, as an opening in a crowd of people.
Webster's New World
A narrow way between hedges, walls, buildings, etc.; narrow country road or city street.
Webster's New World
A path or route designated, as for reasons of safety, for ships or aircraft.
Webster's New World
Any of the parallel courses marked off for contestants in a race.
Webster's New World
A marked strip of road wide enough for a single line of cars, trucks, etc.
Webster's New World
adjective
Webster's New World
pronoun

A topographic surname​ for someone who lived in a lane.

Wiktionary

A patronymic surname​ anglicised from various Irish surnames.

Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surnames.
Wiktionary

An unincorporated community in Idaho.

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A city in Kansas.

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Other Word Forms of Lane

Noun

Singular:
lane
Plural:
lanes

Origin of Lane

  • From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”), from Proto-Indo-European *ela-, *el(ʷ)-, *lā- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), Eastern Frisian lone (“lane”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), Middle Low German lane (“a narrow passage, cattle-track”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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