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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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