The meaning of Lane

noun

A narrow passageway between or behind buildings.

Usage examples:

He took a short cut along an alley

noun

A toy marble made of marble, alabaster, or glass.

noun

A narrow road or path between buildings, esp. between the backs of buildings

Usage examples:

I ran down the alley and up the back stairs.

noun

Another term for alley1.

noun

A track in the countryside that you ride horses on

noun

A minor road.

Usage examples:

Today's byroads may have been old lanes or drovers' trails

noun

A small road that not many cars or people travel on

Usage examples:

Many of the by-roads in this area may well have been used in roman times., this byroad was formerly…

noun

A road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path.

Usage examples:

The highways and byways of dorset

noun

A small road that not many cars or people travel on

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river.

Usage examples:

The road adopts a tortuous course along the coast

verb

(of liquid) move without obstruction; flow.

Usage examples:

Tears were coursing down her cheeks

noun

The particular path something such as an aircraft or ship takes as it moves, or the path along which a river flows

Usage examples:

A southern course will take our flight over texas., the ship was blown off course (= away from its …

noun

A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside.

Usage examples:

The man was killed as he walked along a footpath between westdale drive and westdale road, pudsey.

noun

A path for walking

noun

A narrow passage between buildings; an alley.

Usage examples:

Just after midnight the man was returning home via a ginnel running from skipton road to main stree…

noun

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

Usage examples:

Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

noun

A way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.

Usage examples:

The path continues alongside the river for half a mile

combining form

Denoting a practitioner of curative treatment.

Usage examples:

Homeopath

noun

A track that constitutes or serves as a path.

Usage examples:

A tree-lined pathway

noun

A wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use.

Usage examples:

A country road

noun

A route for traveling between places by vehicle, esp. one that has been specially surfaced and made flat

Usage examples:

[ c ] a gravel/dirt/paved road, [ u ] 82 mill road

noun

A road.

Usage examples:

Access to local land is a key function of local roads, whereas mobility, defined as moving traffic …

noun

The part of the road on which vehicles drive

noun

A narrow passage between houses; an alleyway.

Usage examples:

Bradford's snickets, the alleyways and passages which link streets and roads, are often well-used, …

noun

A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides.

Usage examples:

The narrow, winding streets of edinburgh

noun

A road in a city or town, usually with buildings along one or both sides

Usage examples:

Our daughter lives across the street from us., look both ways when you cross the street., the stree…

noun

Used to refer to wall street

Usage examples:

The company has missed its profit forecasts and disappointed the street a number of times.

verb

Remove all coverings from.

Usage examples:

They stripped the bed

noun

An act of undressing, especially in a striptease.

Usage examples:

She got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano

noun

A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.

Usage examples:

A strip of linen

noun

A road or path forming a route between two places.

Usage examples:

A scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare

noun

A road that connects to other roads

Usage examples:

I live right on the main thoroughfare.

noun

A path beside a river or canal, originally used as a pathway for horses towing barges.

Usage examples:

Much of the route follows the towpath of the caledonian canal.

verb

Find or discover by investigation.

Usage examples:

Police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area

noun

A mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something.

Usage examples:

Remove all traces of the old adhesive

noun

Each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.

Usage examples:

The horses pulling the carriage suddenly snapped the traces and bolted off

noun

A rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed.

Usage examples:

Follow the track to the farm

verb

Follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.

Usage examples:

Secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight

verb

Tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.

Usage examples:

He was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

noun

A narrow passage or path between two walls or hedges.

Usage examples:

The twitchel was closed due to storm damage

noun

(in sussex) a narrow path or passage between two walls or hedges.

Usage examples:

‘i just saw meriel wandering off down the twitten past the withy towards the rife’ would make perfe…

noun

A narrow lane or passage between buildings; an alley.

Usage examples:

Do you know why some of the houses are end on to the high street with these vennels in between them?

noun

A method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.

Usage examples:

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

adverb

At or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).

Usage examples:

His understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

suffix

Equivalent to -ways.

noun

A narrow street or alley.

Usage examples:

Friars wynd