lane
part of speech
noun (a lane, lanes)
meaning for a pupil
1) A lane is a narrow road, especially in the countryside. tree →
2) A lane is one strip of a road for one line of cars. tree →
3) A lane is one strip of a running track or swimming pool for one person. tree →
4) A lane in a bowling alley is the long wooden path the ball rolls down. tree →
5) Lane is also a surname, a family name shared by some people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In road safety, cars stay in their lanes, bike lanes are for bicycles, and a bus lane is for buses. In sports, each runner or swimmer has their own lane. In stories, a country lane is a small quiet road between hedges or fields. In addresses, Lane is part of a street name. Phrases: bike lane, fast lane, slow lane, bus lane, change lanes, memory lane (memories of the past).
examples
- We walked down the lane to the farm. tree →
- Stay in your lane when you swim. tree →
- The motorway has three lanes. tree →
- Ride your bike in the bike lane. tree →
- She ran in lane four and won the race. tree →
- My friend lives at 12 Oak Lane. tree →
- The ball rolled into the gutter instead of down the lane. tree →
note
Countable: one lane, two lanes. Do not confuse lane with "lain" (past participle of lie) — they sound the same. In maths problems with tracks, each lane may have a different length on curves.
In the corpora
- In left-driving countries the nearest lane of traffic comes from your right.
- When one car stops for you, you check that every other lane has stopped too before you pass in front of it.
- The Mill Lane kids had a war with Station Road, and nobody could remember how it started.
- Jake lives on Station Road but goes to school with the Mill Lane kids, so both sides called him a traitor.
- Next year Mill Lane win 2–1 and Sam scores.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lane» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.