lone
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lone
adj 1: 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"
[syn: {alone(p)}, {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
solitary walk" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
3: 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" [syn:
{lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},
{solitary(a)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
--Shenstone.
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2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]
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Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection
of Records
(1642).
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A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman
to bear. --Shak.
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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.
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By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron.
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4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
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Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "lone":
a certain, abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof,
an, any, any one, apart, atomic, azygous, celibate, companionless,
deserted, detached, either, exclusive, first and last, forsaken,
friendless, homeless, impair, in solitude, individual, indivisible,
insular, integral, irreducible, isolated, kithless, lonely,
lonesome, monadic, monistic, odd, one, one and only, only,
only-begotten, particular, removed, rootless, secluded, separate,
separated, simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid,
solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable,
unassisted, unattended, undivided, unescorted, unexampled, uniform,
unique, unitary, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unseconded,
unsupported, whole, withdrawn
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