Ally vs. Alley

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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

  • Ally (verb)

    To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

  • Ally (noun)

    One united to another by treaty or league; — usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.

  • Ally (noun)

    Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.

  • Ally (noun)

    Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.

  • Ally (noun)

    A closely related species, usually within the same family.

    “Gruiformes — cranes and allies”

  • Ally (noun)

    A relative; a kinsman.

  • Ally (noun)

    alternative form of alley(a glass marble or taw)

  • 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.”

  • Alley (noun)

    The area between the outfielders.

    “He hit one deep into the alley.”

  • Alley (noun)

    An establishment where bowling is played.

  • Alley (noun)

    The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.

  • Alley (noun)

    A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.

  • Alley (noun)

    A passageway between rows of pews in a church.

  • Alley (noun)

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

  • Alley (noun)

    The space between two rows of compositors’ stands in a printing office.

  • Alley (noun)

    A glass marble or taw.

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