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   Lane

   /lān/

   

   noun

   • 1. a narrow road, especially in a rural area: "she drove along the winding lane" Similar byroadbywaypathpathwayfootpathwaytowpathtrailtrackroadstreetalleyalleywayroadwaypassagethoroughfarebridlewaybridle pathvennelginnelsnickettwittentwitchelwyndtrace
   • ▪ (in place names) a street in an urban area: "Park Lane"
   • 2. a division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction: "the car accelerated and moved into the outside lane" Similar trackstripwaycoursechannelroad division
   • ▪ each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race: "she went into the final in lane three" Similar trackstripwaycoursechannelroad division
   • ▪ a path or course prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft: "the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic"
   • ▪ (in basketball) a 12-foot-wide area extending from the free-throw line to below the basket.
   • ▪ (in bowling) a long narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled: "a maximum of six people can play on a lane at any one time"
   • ▪ each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample: "DNA from various sources is placed in separate lanes on an electrophoretic gel"
   • ▪ a dark streak or band that shows up against a bright background, especially in a spiral galaxy or emission nebula: "the innermost dust lane is dense enough to absorb some infrared"

   Word Origin Old English, related to Dutch laan; of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laned adjective

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