ALL meanings of way
way
W w - noun way manner 1
- noun way method of doing sth 1
- noun way direction 1
- noun way street name 1
- noun way valid route 1
- noun way preferred, recognised route 1
- adverb way very much 1
- adverb way extremely 1
- adverb way far 1
- noun way characteristic 1
- noun way highway 1
- noun way passage 1
- noun way aspect 1
- noun way course 1
- noun way preferred method 1
- noun way condition, mood 1
- noun way habit 1
- noun way means 1
- noun way mode, style 1
- noun way experience 1
- noun way divisions, parts 1
- noun way path 1
- noun way manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way. 1
- noun way characteristic or habitual manner: Her way is to work quietly and never complain. 1
- noun way a method, plan, or means for attaining a goal: to find a way to reduce costs. 1
- noun way a respect or particular: The plan is defective in several ways. 1
- noun way a direction or vicinity: Look this way. We're having a drought out our way. 1
- noun way passage or progress on a course: to make one's way on foot; to lead the way. 1
- noun way Often, ways. distance: They've come a long way. 1
- noun way a path or course leading from one place to another: What's the shortest way to town? 1
- noun way British. an old Roman or pre-Roman road: Icknield Way. a minor street in a town: He lives in Stepney Way. 1
- noun way a road, route, passage, or channel (usually used in combination): highway; waterway; doorway. 1
- noun way Law. a right of way. 1
- noun way any line of passage or travel, used or available: to blaze a way through dense woods. 1
- noun way space for passing or advancing: to clear a way through the crowd. 1
- noun way Often, ways. a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country. 1
- noun way course or mode of procedure that one chooses or wills: They had to do it my way. 1
- noun way condition, as to health, prosperity, or the like: to be in a bad way. 1
- noun way range or extent of experience or notice: the best device that ever came in my way. 1
- noun way a course of life, action, or experience: The way of transgressors is hard. 1
- noun way Informal. business: to be in the haberdashery way. 1
- noun way Nautical. ways, two or more ground ways down which a hull slides in being launched. movement or passage through the water. 1
- noun way Machinery. a longitudinal strip, as in a planer, guiding a moving part along a surface. 1
- idioms way by the way, in the course of one's remarks; incidentally: By the way, have you received that letter yet? 1
- idioms way by way of, by the route of; through; via. as a method or means of: to number articles by way of distinguishing them. British. in the state or position of (being, doing, etc.); ostensibly: He is by way of being an authority on the subject. 1
- idioms way come one's way, to come to one; befall one: A bit of good fortune came my way. 1
- idioms way give way, to withdraw or retreat: The army gave way before the advance of the enemy. to collapse; yield; break down: You will surely give way under the strain of overwork. 1
- idioms way give way to, to yield to: He gave way to their entreaties. to become unrestrained or uninhibited; lose control of (one's temper, emotions, etc.): I gave way to my rage and ordered them from the house. 1
- idioms way go all the way, Slang. to do completely or wholeheartedly. to take a decisive action, especially one from which no retreat is possible: Neither side wants to go all the way with nuclear warfare. to engage in sexual intercourse. 1
- idioms way go out of one's way, to do something that inconveniences one; make an unusual effort: Please don't go out of your way on my account. 1