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.
Along the two-lane road, there is not a single billboard, stop sign or traffic light.
On either side of the snaking single-lane road peat bogs stretch as far as the eye can see.
The long workbench and shelving in this garage are made from sections of a yellow pine bowling-alley lane.
The people who landed there from the boats went tramping off down the lane.
Most main roads have a single lane in each direction.
Its spine, a sloping village lane, leads to an almost sacred view of the actual island.
Driving on a freeway and something happens in the oncoming traffic lane and you don't see the speed limit has changed.
Melting ice sheets have made the region more attractive as a potential shipping lane and pit stop for resources.
He complained about where some students had locked their bikes because they obstructed the bike lane.
Proof is in the drive through lane to get our fatty foods.
British Dictionary definitions for lane
lane1
/leɪn/
noun
1.
a narrow road or way between buildings, hedges, fences, etc
(capital as part of a street name): Drury Lane
2.
any of the parallel strips into which the carriageway of a major road or motorway is divided
any narrow well-defined route or course for ships or aircraft
3.
one of the parallel strips into which a running track or swimming bath is divided for races
4.
the long strip of wooden flooring down which balls are bowled in a bowling alley
Word Origin
Old English lane, lanu, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch lāne lane
lane2
/leɪn/
adjective (Scot, dialect)
1.
lone or alone
2.
one's lane, on one's lane, on one's own
Word Origin and History for lane
n.
Old English lane, lanu "narrow hedged-in road," common Germanic (cf. Old Frisian lana, Middle Dutch lane, Dutch laan "lane," Old Norse lön "row of houses"), of unknown origin. As one track of a marked road, from 1921, American English.