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

Synonyms:

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.

Wiktionary

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lane

Singular:

lane

Plural:

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