lone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lacking companions or companionship
    alone; solitary; lonely.
    • 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. adjective satellite characterized by or preferring solitude
    solitary; lonely.
    • a lone wolf
    • a lonely existence
    • a man of a solitary disposition
    • a solitary walk
  3. adjective satellite being the only one; single and isolated from others
    lonesome; solitary; only; sole.
    • 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

WordNet

Lone noun
Definitions
  1. A lane. See Loanin. Prov. Eng.
Lone adjective
Etymology
Abbrev. fr. alone.
Definitions
  1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.
    When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone.
  2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. Archaic
    Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642).
    A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak.
  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.
    By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron.
  4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
    Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope.

Webster 1913