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lane

UK/leɪn/ US/ˈleɪn/ common informal uk

noun

1.

a narrow way or road

2.

a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

Origin

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

Phrases

  • a whisper down the lane
  • acceleration lane
  • air lane
  • back lane
  • bicycle lane
  • bike lane
  • breakdown lane
  • bus lane

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