lane

plural lanes

1. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

   Penny Lane

   Synonyms: carriageway, direction, roadway, side

2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.

   There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.

   1 more example

   Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away / From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra.

   c. 1930, Dominic Behan, “Come Out Ye Black and Tans”performed by The Wolfe Tones

   Synonyms: alley

3. A narrow road, as in the country.
4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

   the exit lane

   2 more examples

   Drivers should overtake in the outside lane

   We were held up by a truck in the middle lane of the freeway.

5. athleticsA similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

   There are eight lanes on an Olympic running track.

6. hobbiesA similar division of a swimming pool using lines of coloured floats to keep swimmers apart.

   a swimming lane

7. Any of a number of parallel tracks or passages.

   the checkout lanes in a supermarket

8. A course designated for ships or aircraft.

   shipping lane

9. bowlingAn elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.

   We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.

10. card gamesAn empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
11. computingAny of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
12. computingA single serial data path in the PCI Express standard.
13. video gamesIn MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
14. hobbiesThe home stretch.

    And it's Uncle Mo in front by two as they come to the top of the lane.

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] anglicised from various Irish surnames.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A female given name.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho.
   2. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
   3. A minor city in Franklin County, Kansas.
   4. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, taken from the surname.
   5. A census-designated place in Atoka County, Oklahoma.
   6. A town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
   7. A town in Jerauld County, South Dakota.
6. A hamlet in Colan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8260).
7. A hamlet near Holme, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1005).
8. UKinformalThe Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

   It was a gala night at the Lane, with Charles Mathews coming over from Covent Garden […]

   1950, Basil Francis, Fanny Kelly of Drury Lane, page 37