Synonyms for alley
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : al-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl i |
Définition of alley
Origin :- mid-14c., "passage in a house; open passage between buildings; walkway in a garden," from Old French alee (13c., Modern French allée) "a path, passage, way, corridor," also "a going," from fem. of ale, past participle of aler "to go," which ultimately may be a contraction of Latin ambulare "to walk," or from Gallo-Romance allari, a back-formation from Latin allatus "having been brought to" [Barnhart]. Cf. sense evolution of gate. Applied by c.1500 to "long narrow enclosure for playing at bowls, skittles, etc." Used in place names from c.1500.
- The word is applied in American English to what in London is called a mews, and also is used there especially of a back-lane parallel to a main street (1729). To be up someone's alley "in someone's neighborhood" (literally or figuratively) is from 1931; alley-cat attested by 1890.
- noun narrow passage
- They have moved from the alley; the surroundings were not such as they liked.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Through the trees the mouth of the alley could be seen, opening out on a moonlit glade.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Then but a few moments to reach Gerty's alley, and Gerty's window.
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
- Up the alley went the car, police keeping the crowd from following.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- He walked on ahead of them, turned down an alley, and disappeared.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- Reassured at the sight of the youth, but angry, the instructor moved into the alley.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- You saw nothing in that alley, yet you asked me to come back and look.
- Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams
- They walked in silence down the alley which led to the ball-room.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- The car in mention was doing sixty as it came out of the alley ahead of us.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- Next he imagined he was in the alley, in the little staircase he had so frequently ascended.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
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