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lane
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lane  (ln)
n.
1.
a. A narrow country road.
b. A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.
2. A narrow passage, course, or track, especially:
a. A prescribed course for ships or aircraft.
b. A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles: a breakdown lane; an express lane.
c. Sports One of a set of parallel courses marking the bounds for contestants in a race, especially in swimming or track.
d. Sports A wood-surfaced passageway or alley along which a bowling ball is rolled.
e. Sports An unmarked lengthwise area of a playing field or ice rink viewed as the main playing area for a particular position, such as a wing in soccer.
f. Basketball The rectangular area marked on a court from the end line to the foul line.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

lane1
n
1. (Social Science / Human Geography)
a.  a narrow road or way between buildings, hedges, fences, etc.
b.  (capital as part of a street name) Drury Lane
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering)
a.  any of the parallel strips into which the carriageway of a major road or motorway is divided
b.  any narrow well-defined route or course for ships or aircraft
3. (General Sporting Terms) one of the parallel strips into which a running track or swimming bath is divided for races
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) the long strip of wooden flooring down which balls are bowled in a bowling alley
[Old English lane, lanu, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch lāne lane]

lane2
adj Scot dialect
1. lone or alone
(on) one's lane on one's own
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lanelane - a narrow way or road                
way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
2.lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
skittle alley, alley, bowling alley - a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
free throw lane - a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw
path - a way especially designed for a particular use
sea lane, seaway, ship route, trade route - a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
traffic lane - a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines; "that car is in the wrong traffic lane"

lane
noun
2. track, way, road, channel, strip, corridor, alley, aisle The lorry was travelling at 20 mph in the slow lane.
Translations
lane [leɪn]
A. N
1. (in country) → camino m
a quiet country laneun tranquilo camino or sendero rural
see also memory B
2. (in town) → callejuela f, callejón m
3. (Aut) → carril m, vía f (LAm)
bus lanecarril de autobuses
to change lanescambiar de carril
cycle lanecarril m bici, carril m de bicicletas
the fast lane (Brit) → el carril de la derecha; (most countries) → el carril de la izquierda
the frenzied pace of life in the fast laneel ritmo de vida frenético de los que viven a tope
"get in lane""incorpórese al carril"
the inside lane (Brit) → el carril de la izquierda; (most countries) → el carril de la derecha
"keep in lane""manténgase en su carril"
the outside lane (Brit) → el carril de la derecha; (most countries) → el carril de la izquierda
traffic was reduced to a single lanese pasó a circular por un solo carril
a three-lane motorwayuna autopista de tres carriles
I'm in the wrong laneno estoy en el carril donde debería estar
4. (Naut) → ruta f
sea laneruta f marítima
shipping laneruta f de navegación
5. (Aer) (also air lane) → corredor m aéreo, ruta f aérea
6. (Sport) → calle f
inside/outside lanecalle f de dentro/de fuera
B. CPD lane closure Ncorte m de carril
there will be lane closures on the M1habrá carriles cortados en la M1
lane markings NPLlíneas fpl divisorias

lane [ˈleɪn] n
(in country)chemin m
(in town)ruelle f
(marked on the road)voie f
(= line of traffic) → voie f
to change lanes → changer de voie
(in race)couloir m

lane
n (in country) (for walking) → (Feld)weg m; (for driving) → Sträßchen nt; (in town) → Gasse f, → Weg m; (Sport) → Bahn f; (on road) → Spur f; (= shipping lane)Schifffahrtsweg mor -linie f; (= air lane)(Flug)route f, → Luftstraße f; in the left-hand lane (Aut) → in or auf der linken Spur; lane markings (on road) → Spurmarkierungen pl; three-lane (motorway etc)dreispurig; “get in lane„einordnen“

lane [leɪn] n (in country) → stradina, viottolo; (in town) → stradina, viuzza (Sport, Aut) → corsia
"keep in lane" (Aut) → "divieto di sorpasso"
"get into lane" (Aut) → "immettersi in corsia"
I'm in the wrong lane (Aut) → sono sulla corsia sbagliata
a 3-lane motorway → un'autostrada a 3 corsie
lane [leɪn] n (in country) → stradina, viottolo; (in town) → stradina, viuzza (Sport, Aut) → corsia
"keep in lane" (Aut) → "divieto di sorpasso"
"get into lane" (Aut) → "immettersi in corsia"
I'm in the wrong lane (Aut) → sono sulla corsia sbagliata
a 3-lane motorway → un'autostrada a 3 corsie

lane [lein]
1 a narrow road or street a winding lane. nou straatjie زِقاق، طَريق ضيِّقَه слески път ulička, úzká cesta smal vej der Weg μονοπάτι callejuela, callejón kitsas tänav خیابان باریک tie chemin, ruelle כְּבִיש צַר गली puteljak keskeny út jalan kecil (sveita)gata viottolo, vicolo 小道 좁은 길 takas, gatvelė taka lorong laantje smal vei, smug, gutu zaułek, aleja caminho străduţă, stradă îngustă улочка úzka ulička ozka ulica ulica väg, gata, gränd ซอย dar yol, patika 小巷 вузька дорога, стежка گلی đường làng
2 used in the names of certain roads or streets His address is 12 Penny Lane. Laan طريق: تُسْتَعْمَل في أسماء الطُّرُق използва се вместо улица в накои адреси ulice vej; -vej die Gasse πάροδος calle tänav کوچه؛ خیابان (osoitteessa) rue סִמטָה मार्ग ulica, put köz Jalan -gata via ~通り 거리, alėja iela; šķērsiela Lorong laan -gate, –smug, –gutu aleja beco stradă улица; переулок ulica ulica ulica väg, gata, gränd ชื่อซอย ... yolu, ... sokağı 街道/巷 вулиця, провулок سڑکوں کو نام دینے کا کلمہ đường hẻm
3 a division of a road for one line of traffic The new motorway has three lanes in each direction. bane مَسْلَك платно pruh bane die Fahrspur λωρίδα κυκλοφορίας carril sõidurada بین خطوط خیابان ajokaista voie נְתִיב पथ, रास्ता traka sáv lajur akrein corsia 車線 차선 kelio juosta (braukšanas) josla lorong rijbaan kjørefelt, fil pas ruchu pista culoar ряд, полоса pruh vozni pas saobraćajna traka körfält, fil ช่องทางเดินรถ yol şeridi 車道 дорога з одностороннім рухом چوڑی سڑک کا منقسم راستہ làn đường
4 a regular course across the sea taken by ships a regular shipping lane. straat مَمَر مائي морски път linka sejlrute die Fahrtroute θαλάσσια οδός ruta meretee راه دریایی laivareitti route, couloir (aérien) מַסלוּל मार्ग propisana ruta útvonal jalur pelayaran áætlunarleið canale, corsia 規定航路 항로 trasa (kuģa) kurss laluan vaarweg seilingsrute tor wodny rota rută, coridor (ae­ri­an) морской путь linka redna pomorska linija trasa farled, rutt เส้นทางเดินเรือ rota; uçuş şeridi 航道 морський шлях جہاز کا مخصوص سمندری راستہ đường đua

lane زُقَاق cestička bane Weg πάροδος carril kuja chemin put corsia 小道 좁은 길 landweggetje smal vei ścieżka vereda переулок smal väg ตรอก dar yol làn đường 小路


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