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Nov 29, 2009
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lane



Pronunciation: (lān), [key]
—n.
1. a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
2. any narrow or well-defined passage, track, channel, or course.
3. a longitudinally marked part of a highway wide enough to accommodate one vehicle, often set off from adjacent lanes by painted lines (often used in combination): a new six-lane turnpike.
4. a fixed route followed by ocean steamers or airplanes.
5. (in a running or swimming race) the marked-off space or path within which a competitor must remain during the course of a race.
6. See bowling alley (def. 1).

lane



Pronunciation: (lān), [key] Scot.

—adj.
lone.

—n.
by one's lane. See lonesome (def. 4).

Lane



Pronunciation: (lān), [key]
—n.
a male given name.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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