Definitions for Alley
ˈæl ial·ley

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alley, alleyway, back streetnoun

   a narrow street with walls on both sides

2. bowling alley, alley, skittle alleynoun

   a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alleynoun

   Etymology: allée, Fr.

   1. A walk in a garden.

   And all within were walks and alleys wide,
   With footing worn, and leading inward far. Fairy Queen.

   It is common from experience, that where alleys are close gravelled, the earth putteth forth the first year knotgrass, and after spiregrass. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 565.

   Yonder alleys green,
   Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown. Parad. Lost.

   Come, my fair love, our morning’s task we lose;
   Some labour ev’n the easiest life would choose:
   Ours is not great: the dangling bows to crop,
   Whose too luxuriant growth our alleys stop. Dryden.

   The thriving plants, ignoble broomsticks made,
   Now sweep those alleys they were born to shade. Alexander Pope.

   2. A passage in towns narrower than a street.

   A back friend, a shoulder clapper, one that commands
   The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alley

   An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, walk, or avenue (French allée) in a park or garden.A covered alley or passageway, often with shops, may be called an arcade. The origin of the word alley is late Middle English, from Old French: alee "walking or passage", from aller "to go", from Latin: ambulare "to walk".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alley

   An alley is a narrow street or passageway, often located between or behind buildings, typically in a city. It is often used for deliveries, garbage collection, or access to outbuildings, usually not intended for general traffic flow. In some regions, it can also refer to a small, grassy field or a pedestrian walkway within a park or garden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alleynoun

   a narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way

2. Alleynoun

   a narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street

3. Alleynoun

   a passageway between rows of pews in a church

4. Alleynoun

   any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length

5. Alleynoun

   the space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office

6. Alleynoun

   a choice taw or marble

7. Etymology: [OE. aley, alley, OF. ale, F. alle, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alley

   An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane found in urban areas, often for pedestrians only, which usually runs between or behind buildings. In older cities and towns in Europe, alleys are often what is left of a medieval street network, or a right of way or ancient footpath in an urban setting. In older urban development, alleys were built to allow for deliveries such as coal to the rear of houses. Alleys may be paved, or simply dirt tracks. A blind alley has no outlet at one end and is thus a cul-de-sac. Many modern urban developments do not incorporate alleys, but some may provide a service road to allow for waste collection, or rear access for fire engines and parking. Andrés Duany, American architect and urban planner, has long espoused the use of alleys as leading to a better integration of automobile and foot traffic in a neighborhood.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alley

   al′li, n. a walk in a garden or shrubbery: a passage in a city narrower than a street: a long narrow enclosure for playing at bowls or skittles:—pl. All′eys. [O. Fr. alee (Fr. allée), a passage, from aller, to go, O. Fr. aner, most prob. from L. adnāre, to go to by water, or aditāre, adīre.]

2. Alley

   Ally, al′li, n. a name given by boys to a choice taw or large marble. [Contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALLEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alley is ranked #2529 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Alley surname appeared 14,323 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Alley.
   
   92.3% or 13,220 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 377 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 278 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 258 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 96 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 95 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Lane
   • Street

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How to pronounce Alley?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Alley in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alley in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Alley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Alley in a Sentence

1. Martin Mull:

   Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

2. Kelvin Cochran:

   My family was very, very poor, we were living in a shotgun house in an alley – three big brothers, two little sisters.

3. Gillian Anderson:

   So I am happy they are going to get a chance to see this. Although they watched ‘Aquarius’ but this is up their alley.

4. James Lark:

   I heard nine, 10, 11, 12 shots, they opened up on him right there in the alley.

5. Burhan Chowdhury:

   She was telling my father, a sick person, that he should go to jail. That’s ridiculous, you can’t give a 72-year-old person jail time for not cleaning an alley. I was really shocked by it. I didn’t expect her to yell at us in this kind of a situation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Alley
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Alley
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Alley
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Alley
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Alley
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Alley