Lone vs Longe - What's the difference?
lone | longe |
Solitary; having no companion.
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*(William Shenstone) (1714–1763)
*:When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
Sole; being the only one of a type.
Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
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*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
*:By a lone well a lonelier column rears.
(lb) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
(lb) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
*Collection of Records (1642)
*:Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.
(US) To work a horse in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.
A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while longeing.
(obsolete) A lunge; a thrust.
The training ground for a horse.
As an adjective lone
is solitary; having no companion.As a verb longe is
to work a horse in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.As a noun longe is
a long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while longeing.lone
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* lone gunman * lone wolfAnagrams
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(Longeing)Alternative forms
* lunge (UK)Verb
(d)Noun
(en noun)- (Smollett)
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