LONE

lone, alone(p), lonely, solitary

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lone (not comparable)

Solitary; having no companion.

Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.

Sole; being the only one of a type.

Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

(archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

(archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

Synonyms

• only

Anagrams

• Elon, Leno, Leon, LeĂłn, NOEL, Noel, Nole, NoĂ«l, elon, enol, leno, neol., noel, nole, noĂ«l, one L

Source: Wiktionary


Lone, n.

Definition: A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]

Lone, a. Etym: [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. " A lone isle." 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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