lane

Plural: lanes

Noun

• A narrow path, road, or designated section for passage.
• a narrow way or road
• a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
• A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
• A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
• A narrow road, as in the country.
• A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
• A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
• A similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.
• Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.
• A course designated for ships or aircraft.
• An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
• An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
• Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
• In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
• The home stretch.

Examples

• a swimming lane
• And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.
• Drivers should overtake in the outside lane
• Opening up a new ’LANE’ on the Scrabble board is crucial for future high-scoring plays.
• Penny Lane
• shipping lane
• the checkout lanes in a supermarket
• the exit lane
• There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.
• There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.
• We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.
• We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.

Synonyms

alley, carriageway, direction, roadway, side