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# lane

«lane» in Mova's school dictionary: **a narrow road, especially in the countryside** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lane, lanes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lane is a narrow road, especially in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#m1)

2) A lane is one strip of a road for one line of cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#m2)

3) A lane is one strip of a running track or swimming pool for one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#m3)

4) A lane in a bowling alley is the long wooden path the ball rolls down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#m4)

5) Lane is also a surname, a family name shared by some people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x1)
- Stay in your lane when you swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x2)
- The motorway has three lanes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x3)
- Ride your bike in the bike lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x4)
- She ran in lane four and won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x5)
- My friend lives at 12 Oak Lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x6)
- The ball rolled into the gutter instead of down the lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/17/)
- [When one car stops for you, you check that every other lane has stopped too before you pass in front of it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/12/)
- [The Mill Lane kids had a war with Station Road, and nobody could remember how it started.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/0/)
- [Jake lives on Station Road but goes to school with the Mill Lane kids, so both sides called him a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/5/)
- [Next year Mill Lane win 2–1 and Sam scores.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/472-rival-teams-and-the-older-bully/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lane» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.