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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 or walk 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 aler “go”, from Latin: ambulare “to walk”.
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Ally (verb)
To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy
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Ally (verb)
To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
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Ally (noun)
One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
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Ally (noun)
Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.
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Ally (noun)
Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
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Ally (noun)
A closely related species, usually within the same family.
“Gruiformes — cranes and allies”
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Ally (noun)
A relative; a kinsman.
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Ally (noun)
alternative form of alley(a glass marble or taw)
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Alley (noun)
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
“The parking lot to my friend’s apartment building is in the alley.”
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Alley (noun)
The area between the outfielders.
“He hit one deep into the alley.”
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Alley (noun)
An establishment where bowling is played.
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Alley (noun)
The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
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Alley (noun)
A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
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Alley (noun)
A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
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Alley (noun)
Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
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Alley (noun)
The space between two rows of compositors’ stands in a printing office.
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Alley (noun)
A glass marble or taw.