Lone : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lone	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lone adj lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" Synonym(s): alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" Synonym(s): lone(a), lonely(a), solitary being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" Synonym(s): lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lone \Lone\, n. A lane. See {Loanin}. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lone \Lone\, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.] 1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. --Shenstone. 2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic] Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection of Records (1642). A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. --Shak. 3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. [bd] A lone isle.[b8] --Pope. By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron. 4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.