Word Finder - lanes

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(used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.

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

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A narrow road, as in the country.

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A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.

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A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.

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A course designated for ships or aircrafts.

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

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An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

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Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.

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In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.

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The homestretch.

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

The streets and lanes were deserted.

There was a stillness on the tree-lined lanes that whispered peace.

It took her mind back to childhood memories of barefoot strolls down dusty lanes.

The town is traversed by one straight wide street with large houses, but for the most part it consists of narrow lanes.

The picturesque old town, built on the cliffs above its harbour, consists of one street stretching for about a mile through a network of lanes.

There exists among many foreign observers an impression that Japan is comparatively poor in wild-flowers; an impression probably due to the fact that there are no flowery meadows or lanes.

Venetian influence is everywhere manifest; the Lion of St Mark is carved over the main gateway and on many public buildings; and among the narrow and steep lanes of the city there are numerous examples of Venetian Gothic or early Renaissance architecture.

On its western boundary, adjoining Green Lanes, lies Clissold Park (54 acres) and outside the north-western boundary is Finsbury Park (115 acres).

Until about 1860, indeed, the dimly lit lanes were paved with rough stone blocks, imbedded in the clay soil, which often subsided, so as to leave the surface undulating like a sea.

Also in the curious tinker's " Thary " spoken still on the English roads and lanes, we find merely an often inaccurately inverted Irish Gaelic. But in none of these nor in any other artificial jargons can any grammatical development be found other than that of the language on which they are based.

Its lanes are narrow, steep and winding; many of the houses are entered by wooden staircases; and though considerably modernized the town has a medieval air.

Access to them is gained from the narrow lanes which usually surround them.

Lanes Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, first published in 1836.

The Tiergarten, the beautiful west-end park with its thickets of dense undergrowth and winding lanes and lakes has lost somewhat of its sylvan character owing to building encroachments on the north side and the laying out of new rides and drives.

The ruins of his fort remain, and the eye can still trace the streets and lanes of the long deserted city.

As a whole, the arable tract is a treeless region, except around the villages, which are encircled by fine mango, pipal, banyan and tamarind trees, and intersected with green shady lanes of bamboo.

Apart from country lanes and footpaths, there are three classes of highways, controlled, respectively, by the nation, department and commune.

About the beginning of the 18th century fountains and lanes in the style of those at Versailles were laid out in the park, and soon after the castle itself, of which only the round tower remained (and is still standing), was rebuilt.

There is only one good road in the province, that from Enzeli to Kazvin by way of Resht; in other parts communication is by narrow and frequently impassable lanes through the thick forest, or by intricate pathways through the dense undergrowth.

Its primitive houses of timber and plaster were mostly swept away after 1860, when brick or stone came into general use, and good streets were cut among the network of narrow, insanitary lanes.

Among works published by Maury, in addition to those mentioned, are the papers contributed by him to the Astronomical Observations of the United States Observatory, Letter concerning Lanes for Steamers crossing the Atlantic (1855); Physical Geography (1864) and Manual of Geography (1871).

And in Spring, the verges of the lanes are high in wild angelica, its vivid light green found nowhere else in nature.

You also need to bear in mind any particularly arduous hills, tight bends or islands, speed bumps or narrow lanes.

There are a couple of places to hire bicycles which are ideal for exploring the island's winding lanes.

Over night lanes closures of Westlink will be needed to effect these changes.

Laning in oppositely driven colloids We study the formation of lanes of oppositely driven colloids.

With a grim yet somewhat optimistic determination, DD piloted the car through the narrow lanes west of Bury.

North of the churchyard is a little maze of lanes, which add much to the character of Painswick and invite exploration.

These lanes have kept their integrity with authentic crumbled facades and darkened corners, where little pubs serve mulled wine on chilly nights.

Another point in favor of such a combination is that it is a prerequisite for the introduction of dedicated fast lanes.

Crazy Girl getting freaky with Pablo... lanes this summer.

I was driving down a very busy freeway in Southern California, six lanes on each side.

Hedges on the slopes and along the narrow lanes include hawthorn, hazel and beech.

Away from the misty moors, it is the leafy lanes of South Cornwall which are thought to be haunted by the past.

I don't think bus lanes would have made me change my mode of travel.

Paint cycle lanes, or Think Bike signs on the road.

Originally Bath and King's Saltern Roads were lanes passing along the edge of the river or tidal marsh.

Just inside the county boundary, this delightful village is situated among rolling meadowland, wooded valleys and winding country lanes.

Yet every day thousands of miles of British bus lanes seem to stand idly by in deliberate provocation of the motoring public.

The hawthorn hedges along the lanes have been sculpted by the wind into huge quiffs.

Consequently, China will remain reliant on the security of sea lanes.

Finally, board a traditional rickshaw to explore the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, with their crowded shopfronts and mass of people.

Next, via country lanes to saffron Waldon, a village once famed for growing saffron.

The latter took in references to George Formby, the novels of LP Hartley and the Scandinavian sea lanes of the Kattegat.

For those glorious country lanes of prolonged spells of speed cruising a cat-back system desirable.

These show the presence of dust lanes which obscure the starlight coming from near the midline of the disk.

Lynn is a place best explored on foot as its narrow streets and lanes are more suited to a bygone age.

Second, they are also raising the specter of some of our motorways becoming grotesque American-style superhighways up to 12 lanes wide.

I live in a rural area but the wheelie bins look quite tidy along the lanes.

Cycling around Norfolk lanes, or on a turbo trainer if very wet.