lane

English

/leɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • (used in street names) 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 course designated for ships or aircrafts.
  • (bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  • (card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  • (computing) Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  • (video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  • (horse racing) The homestretch.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lane inherited from Old English lane inherited from *lanu inherited from Proto-Germanic *lanō (lane, passageway).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*lanō

Gloss

lane, passageway

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