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lane noun [ leɪn ]

• a narrow road, especially in a rural area.
• "she drove along the winding lane"
Similar: byroad, byway, path, pathway, footpath, way, towpath, trail, track, road, street, alley, alleyway, roadway, passage, thoroughfare, bridleway, bridle path, vennel, ginnel, snicket, twitten, twitchel, wynd, trace,
• a division of a road marked off with painted lines and intended to separate single lines of traffic according to speed or direction.
• "the car moved into the outside lane"
Similar: track, strip, way, course, channel, road division,
Origin: Old English, related to Dutch laan ; of unknown ultimate origin.

it's a long lane that has no turning

• nothing goes on forever; change is inevitable.



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