Lone

Definition: Lone

Lone

Adjective

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".

2. Characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition".

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Lone" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a strength", "a father lion", "a father light", "destroy".

Date "lone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Lone

Death

Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Interment

Phrase: hic jacet, ci-git; RIP; requiescat in pace; "the lone couch of his everlasting sleep"; "without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown"; "in the dark union of insensate dust"; "the deep cold shadow of the tomb".

Unity

Lone, lonely, lonesome; desolate, dreary. insecable,

Crosswords: Lone

I am the Lone Locust of the apocalypse (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

No one ever listens to me. Lone fashionable wolf (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

He's a lone wolf (Samouraï, Le; writing credit: Jean-Pierre Melville; Georges Pellegrin)

Lone. Alone is an unfortunate predicament - lone is an aesthetic choice (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond)

What is the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark)

And went his lone (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger (You Don't Mess Around With Jim; performing artist: Jim Croce)

What a home so sad and lone (Will The Circle Be Unbroken; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Spend my last lone quarter on the korn klub's kool aid (Bath Of Fire; performing artist: The Presidents)

World than the sight of a lone man facing singlehandedly (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Ang.: Lone (1970)

The Lone Ranger (1966)

Return of the Lone Ranger (1961)

Lone Texan (1959)

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Lone Star Industries, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans (reference)

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Periodicals

• Lone Star Sierran (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• 1950s TV's Greatest Shows Featuring: The Jack Benny Program / Dragnet / The Burns and Allen Show / The Lone Ranger / The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet / Sea Hunt / The Red Skelton Show / Suspense / Our Miss Brooks / Mr. & Mrs. North / The Life of Riley (reference)

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Music

• The Lone Deranger (reference)

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High Tech

• Lone Ranger (reference)

• Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf (reference)

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First direct look, in visible light, at a lone neutron star (RX J185635-3754). (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.). Credit: NASA.

On the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sand dunes are encroaching onto once-fertile lands in the north. Healthy vegetation appears red in this image; in the center, notice the lone red dot. It is the result of a center-pivot irrigation system, evidence that at least one optimistic farmer continues to work the fields despite the approaching sand. Credit: NASA.

A lone seal's head is seen as he cruises among the small ice bergs of Tracy Arm. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Far from the politics and the madding crowd, a lone fisherman enjoys a sunrise at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D. C. Credit: Fisheries.

Clipperton Island, a classic atoll. Boobie in flight and lone palm tree across lagoon of Clipperton Island. Credit: Small World.

A lone ocotilla with Muggins Peak in the background. Credit: Ron Morfin.

Lone saguaro cactus stands majestically against the blue desert sky. Credit: Susanna Henry.

A lone elk standing in a field with the glow of the sun. Credit: Unknown.

Scotch Creek RNA from Lone Pine Ridge. Credit: Frank Lang.

Cut bear tracks on Schoheim Road, Lone Pine Ridge. Credit: Frank Lang.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Such men, when, towards midnight, on a lone boulevard, you meet them or catch a glimpse of them, are terrifying

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Human ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichia chaffeensis was first described in 1987. The disease occurs primarily in the southeastern and south central regions of the country and is primarily transmitted by the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. (references)

Ehrlichia chaffeensis infections are most frequently reported from southeastern and midwestern states with abundant lone star tick populations, especially Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. (references)

In the United States, ehrlichiae are transmitted by the bite of an infected tick. The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) are known vectors of ehrlichiosis in the United States. (references)

Business

Of the twelve pre-qualified firms, the six-member winning consortium was the lone bidder. (references)

There are fifteen U.S. brands on the market including Budweiser, Coors, Lone Star, Miller, and Samuel Adams. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Among them, the U.S. firm Lone Star Energy acquired 1550 km of 2D seismic data and spurred the first well of Loukos block offshore. (references)

Bangladesh

A lone Analog Mobile Phone Systems-based (AMPS) cellular operator is providing cellular mobile service to subscribers in Dhaka and Chittagong. (references)

Chad

Pharmaceutical products are distributed to private pharmacies by Laborex, the lone wholesaler, and to public health centers by the government which periodically posts international tenders for procurement. (references)

Human Rights

Antigua and Barbuda

Conditions at the lone, 18th century prison considerably worsened when a fire destroyed most of the facility in 1999. Prisoners allegedly started the fire to protest random searches by prison guards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "lone": lone electron ♦ Lone Elm ♦ Lone Grove ♦ lone hand ♦ Lone Jack ♦ Lone Oak ♦ Lone Pine ♦ Lone Rock ♦ Lone Star ♦ Lone Tree ♦ lone wolf ♦ lone wolf action ♦ play a lone hand. Additional references.

Beginning with "lone": lone-fight, lone-mother, lone-pair, lone-pairs, lone-parent, lone-raider, lone-star, Lone-Star State.

Albanian

në vetmi, i vetmuar (bleak, cloistered, desolate, eremitic, lonely, lonesome, out of the way, private, privy, recluse, remote, retired, secluded, solitary), i vetëm (all, alone, lonesome, one, only, single, Singleton, sole, solitary, solo, sporadic, unaccompanied, unique, very), i pamartuar (bachelor, unmarried, unwed). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منعزل (bleak, downcast, hideaway, insulate, isolated, lonely, lonesome, private, quiet, recluse, retired, secluded, separate, separated, shy, solitary, withdrawn), ‏متوحد (alone, isolated, lonely, recluse, reclusive, secluded, solitary), ‏قرية معزولة (podunk), ‏وحيد (alone, exclusive, lonesome, one, one and only, only, private, single, solitary, unique), ‏الأرمل (widower), ‏بيت معزول. (various references)

Bulgarian 

уединен (lonely, obscure, private, recluse, retired, secluded, secret, solitary, withdrawn), самотен (desolate, friendless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, secluded, single, solitary, unfriended), сам (alone, lonely, odd, oneself, single, single handed, singly, solitary, solo, solus, unaccompanied, yourself), отделен (detached, discrete, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached), овдовял (widowed, wifeless), неженен (single, sole, unattached, unmarried, unwed, wifeless). (various references)

Chinese 

孤立 (isolate), 孤單 (loneliness), 孤 (lonely). (various references)

Czech

osamìlý (lonely, lonesome, quiet, solitary), neobydlený (empty, uninhabited, unoccupied, unsettled, vacant, waste). (various references)

Danish

enkeltsignalenhed (lone signal unit, one-unit message), enkelt elektron (lone electron, single electron), Bullis-feber (Bullis fever, lone-star fever, tick fever), anfald udført med et enkelt fly (lone wolf action). (various references)

Dutch

LSU (lone signal unit, one-unit message), Lone Star fever (Bullis fever, lone-star fever, tick fever), uitkering voor alleenstaande ouder (lone parent's allowance, one-parent benefit), individuele elektron (lone electron, single electron), eenzaam elektronenpaar (lone pair of electrons), eenheid van een afzonderlijk signaal (lone signal unit, one-unit message), Bullis fever (Bullis fever, lone-star fever, tick fever). (various references)

Farsi 

یکه (Jolt, Univalent), مجزاومنفرد, مجرد (Absolute, Abstract, Bachelor, Discrete, Immaterial, Single, Solitary), تنها (Alone, Exclusive, Just, Lonely, Mere, Only, Recluse, Single, Sole, Solitary, Unaccompanied), تک (Attack, Azygos, Individual, Odd, One, Particular, Segregate, Single, Singular, Solitaire, Solo), دلتنگ (Homesick, Nostalgic, Sad), بیوه (Widow). (various references)

Finnish

yksinäinen sanomayksikkö (lone signal unit, one-unit message), yksinäinen elektroni (lone electron, single electron), yhden sanomayksikön viesti (lone signal unit, one-unit message). (various references)

French

solitaire (lonely, lonesome). (various references)

German

einsam (alone, desert, empty, fantastic, forlorn, isolated, lonely, lonesom, lonesome, lonesomely, private, secluded, single handed, solitarily, solitary, unfrequented). (various references)

Greek 

μόνοσ (alone, odd, only, single, single handed, sole), μόνος (alone, lonely, on one's own, single), μοναχόσ (friar, solitary), μοναχικόσ (lonely, monastic), μοναχικός (lonesome, solitary). (various references)

Hebrew 

מבודד (insulated, isolated, secluded), בודד (lonely, secluded, single, solitary). (various references)

Hungarian

magányos (be lonely, cloistered, desolate, friendless, lonely, lonesome, recluse, remote, secluded, segregate, sequestered, solitary), elhagyott (derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, lorn, recluse, sequestered), elhagyatott (abandoned, deserted, desolate, forlorn, friendless, gaunt, helpless, lorn, neglected, recluse, secluded, solitary), egyedüli (bare, mere, only, single, singular, sole, solitary). (various references)

Indonesian

sendirian (alone, lonely, singly), satu-satunya. (various references)

Italian

solo (alone, just, lonely, lonesome, mere, only, single, sole, solidly, solitary, unaccompanied, unique, very), solitario (alone, lone wolf, lonely, loner, patience, private, sequestered, single handed, solitaire, solitary, solo), isolato (block, detached, insulated, isolated, lonely, private, remote, secluded, solitary). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

紅一点 (the lone womanin a group), 孤客 (lone traveller), 単機 (lone plane), 一匹狼 (lone wolf, loner). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たんき (lone plane, quick temper, short term, single horseman, single-entry, voting for one person only), いっぴきおおかみ (lone wolf, loner), こういってん (the lone womanin a group), こかく (client, convention, customer, lone traveller, old customs, old etiquette, patron, usage). (various references)

Korean 

혼자. (various references)

Manx

neuheshaghtagh (solitary, uncompanionable). (various references)

Pig Latin

onelay.(various references)

Portuguese

viúva (discovert, dowager, relict, widow, widowed), sozinho (all alone, alone, by myself, by oneself, cloistered, lonely, single-handed, sole, solitary, unaided, unassisted, unattended), solteiro (bachelor, lonely, single, single person, sole, unmarried), solitário (alone, cloistered, desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn, recluse, secluded, sole, solitaire, solitary, unfrequented, wild), só (alone, barely, but, cloistered, exclusively, just, lonely, lonesome, lorn, mere, only, single, sole, solitary), isolado (alone, cloistered, cloistral, insulator, isolated, lonesome, particular, recluse, secluded, separate, sequestered, sole, solitary, special, sporadic, straggling, strayed), ermo (bleak, cloistered, cloistral, desert, devastated, dreary, free-for-all, gaunt, solitary, solitude, unfrequented, waste, wild), desabitado (cloisterer, desolate, unoccupied, wild). (various references)

Romanian

stingher (lonely, single), solitar (hermit, lone wolf, lonely, loner, recluse, remote, single, solitarily, solitary), singuratic (desolate, forlorn, isolated, lone wolf, lonely, loner, one-aloner, recluse, remote, seclusive, secret, single, solitary), singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, herself, himself, isolated, itself, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves), retras (covert, drawn, lonely, private, quiet, recluse, remote, reserved, retired, retiring, secluded, seclusive, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented). (various references)

Russian 

одинокий (alone, desolate, friendless, lonely, single, solitary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

usamljen (forlorn, friendless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, solitary, unfrequented), samotan (cloistral, lonesome, unfrequented), samac (single, single person). (various references)

Spanish

solitario (alone, desolate, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, patience, recluse, seclusive, solitaire, solitary), solo (a, all alone, alone, lonely, lonesome, mere, neat, one, only, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo). (various references)

Swedish

enslig (lonely, lonesome, secluded, solitary), ensamt (singularly), ensam (alone, desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn, on one's own, only, private, single handed, singly, sole, solely, solitary, unaided, unattended). (various references)

Thai

โดดเดี่ยว (isolate, isolated, sequester, sole). (various references)

Turkish

yalnız (alone, by yourself, exclusively, isolated, just, lonely, lonesome, merely, on one's tod, only, private, single handed, singly, sole, solitarily, solitary, unaccompanied, unattended), tek (exclusive, fellow, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, individual, mono-, odd, one, one and only, only, single, singular, sole, solitary, uneven, uni-, unique), kimsesiz (all alone, alone, desolate, forlorn, orphan, outcast, solitary). (various references)

Turkmen 

яeke (alone, only). (various references)

Ukrainian

самітний (alone, cloistered, close, desolate, friendless, private, privy, single, singular, solitary, widowed), відокремлений (abstracted, dangling, detached), покинутий (abandoned, desert, deserted, desolate, forgotten, forlorn, forsaken, lovelorn, outcast, solitary, waif). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bơ vơ (desolate, helpless, lonely, lonesome). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "lone": lonelier, loneliest, lonelily, loneliness, lonelinesses, lonely, loneness, lonenesses, loner, loners, lonesome, lonesomely, lonesomeness, lonesomenesses, lonesomes. (additional references)

Words ending with "lone": abalone, alone, anticyclone, chalone, clone, colone, cyclone, mesocyclone, methaqualone, methylprednisolone, pantalone, prednisolone, pregnenolone, provolone, triamcinolone, violone. (additional references)

Words containing "lone": abalones, aloneness, alonenesses, anticyclones, ballonet, ballonets, baloney, baloneys, boloney, boloneys, chalones, cloned, cloner, cloners, clones, colonel, colonelcies, colonelcy, colonels, colones, cyclones, doblones, echeloned, glomerulonephritides, glomerulonephritis, mesocyclones, methaqualones, methylprednisolones, pantalones, prednisolones, pregnenolones, provolones, pyelonephritic, pyelonephritides, pyelonephritis, solonets, solonetses, solonetz, solonetzes, solonetzic, taloned, triamcinolones, violones. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blone, eleonex, Glonek, Gloyne, klone, kone, laney, lenez, Lenne, Lione, liono, Lne, lni, loane, loanee, loe, Loen, lofe, Lohe, loina, loine, lole, lon, lona, lonan, lonc, londe, loned, lonel, lones, lonet, longe, longeu, loni, Lonie, Lonik, lonk, lonnan, Lonnen, lonnu, Lono, lons, lont, lony, lonz, lonze, loona, loone, looney, loonie, loqe, lorne, losna, Lounel, Lowna, Lownie, loxe, Loye, luje, lun, luni, lunje, Lunnen, luno, lunte, olen, Olje, oln, oone. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: enol, leno, noel.

-1 letter: eon, ole, one.

-2 letters: el, en, lo, ne, no, oe, on.

+1 letter: alone, anole, clone, eloin, enols, enrol, felon, lemon, lenos, lento, leone, loden, loner, longe, melon, nerol, noble, noels, novel, olden, olein, pelon.

+2 letters: anoles, belong, benzol, blonde, cineol, cloned, cloner, clones, cloven, colone, cornel, dolmen, dongle, donzel, elevon, eloign, eloins, enfold, enhalo, enolic, enroll, enrols, ensoul, entoil, eolian, etalon, felons, felony, fondle, golden, holden, holpen, hondle, indole, insole, kelson, lanose, legion, legong, lemons, lemony, lentos, leones, lepton, lesion, lesson, leukon, loaned, loaner, lodens, lomein, loment, lonely, loners, longed, longer, longes, looney, loosen, louden, lounge, loupen, melons, melton, merlon, moline, molten, nelson, neroli, nerols, niello, nobble, nobler, nobles, noddle, nodule, noodle, novels, nozzle, oilmen, olefin, oleine, oleins, online, openly, phenol, pinole, poleyn, pollen, reloan, rondel, ronnel, sloven, solemn, stolen, telson, tolane, tonlet, woolen, zonule.