lanes
Swimmers' parallel channels
Lanes is the plural of lane, a word for a narrow path or road, or a designated strip within a larger road or body of water.
Highways are divided into lanes to organize traffic flow; swimmers and bowlers stay in their lanes to avoid interfering with others.
The expression stay in your lane has become a common way of telling someone to mind their own business or stick to what they know.
Major road for travel
- freewayHighway without tolls
- interstateBetween political regions
- carpoolShared commute arrangement
- mergeCombine into unity
passing · turning · traffic · congestion · divided · markings · centerline · shoulder
Brief maximum-speed effort
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- hurdlesFrames jumped in races
- ovalElongated rounded shape
- batonSlender rod for leading
inside · outside · staggered · athletics · stadium · spikes · heats · finals
Transported goods
- containerThing for storing items
- maritimeOf the sea
- navigationDetermining position and course
- channelPassage for transmission
route · corridor · trade · tanker · freighter · port · harbor · strait
Narrow way between buildings
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
- passageSegment of text
- narrowOf small width
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
winding · backstreet · walkway · footpath · shortcut · thoroughfare · promenade · arcade
highway
Major road for travel
- freewayHighway without tolls
- interstateBetween political regions
- carpoolShared commute arrangement
merge · passing · turning · traffic · congestion · divided · markings · centerline · shoulder · exit
sprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
baton · inside · outside · staggered · athletics · stadium · spikes · heats · finals · personal-best
cargo
Transported goods
- containerThing for storing items
- maritimeOf the sea
- navigationDetermining position and course
channel · route · corridor · trade · tanker · freighter · port · harbor · strait · waterway
alley
Narrow way between buildings
cobblestone · winding · backstreet · walkway · footpath · shortcut · thoroughfare · promenade · arcade · marketplace
lap
One complete circuit
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- breaststrokeArms circle, legs splay
butterfly · medley · chlorine · goggles · kickboard · divider · warm-up · cool-down · lifeguard
alley
Narrow way between buildings
spare · turkey · frame · approach · hook · split · tenpin · league · scoring · bowler
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- bowling alleybowling balls, pins, shoes, ball return, pin setter
- street gridstreets, avenues, boulevards, intersections, blocks
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps
- traffic termsrush hour, traffic flow, traffic signs, congestion, peak hours
lanesopen fields
Unenclosed expanses of land
plazas · squares · expanses · open spaces · wide boulevards
- fast laneLeftmost highway section
- pick a laneCommit to one direction
- memory laneFigurative path through recollections
- express laneFaster route or checkout
- lovers' lanesSecluded roads for romance
- bike lanesRoad sections for cyclists