1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
2. characteristic or habitual manner: Her way is to work quietly and never complain.
3. a method, plan, or means for attaining a goal: to find a way to reduce costs.
4. a respect or particular: The plan is defective in several ways.
5. a direction or vicinity: Look this way. We're having a drought out our way.
6. passage or progress on a course: to make one's way on foot; to lead the way.
7. distance: They've come a long way.
8. a path or course leading from one place to another: What's the shortest way to town?
9. British.
• an old Roman or pre-Roman road: Icknield Way.
• a minor street in a town: He lives in Stepney Way.
10. a road, route, passage, or channel (usually used in combination): highway; waterway; doorway.
11. a right of way.
12. any line of passage or travel, used or available: to blaze a way through dense woods.
13. space for passing or advancing: to clear a way through the crowd.
14. a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.
15. course or mode of procedure that one chooses or wills: They had to do it my way.
16. condition, as to health, prosperity, or the like: to be in a bad way.
17. range or extent of experience or notice: the best device that ever came in my way.
18. a course of life, action, or experience: The way of transgressors is hard.
19. business: to be in the haberdashery way.
20. Nautical.
• two or more ground ways down which a hull slides in being launched.
• movement or passage through the water.
21. a longitudinal strip, as in a planer, guiding a moving part along a surface.

22. in the course of one's remarks; incidentally: By the way, have you received that letter yet?
23. by way of,
• by the route of; through; via.
• as a method or means of: to number articles by way of distinguishing them.
• in the state or position of (being, doing, etc.); ostensibly: He is by way of being an authority on the subject.
24. to come to one; befall one: A bit of good fortune came my way.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. to do something that inconveniences one; make an unusual effort: Please don't go out of your way on my account.
29. to have a charming, persuasive, or effective manner of dealing with: He has a way with children; to have a way with words.
30. (especially of a man) to have sexual intercourse with, sometimes by intimidating or forcing one's partner.
31. pregnant.
32. after a fashion; to some extent: In a way, she's the nicest person I know.
33. forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction: She might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way.
34. lead the way,
• to go along a course in advance of others, as a guide.
• to take the initiative; be first or most prominent: In fashion she has always led the way.
35. make one's way,
• to go forward; proceed: to make one's way through the mud.
• to achieve recognition or success; advance: to make one's way in the world.
36. make way,
• to allow to pass; clear the way: Make way for the king!
• to relinquish to another; withdraw: He resigned to make way for a younger man.
• to make forward or astern progress even though engines are not running.
37. not under any circumstances; no: Apologize to him? No way!
38. out of the way,
• in a state or condition so as not to obstruct or hinder.
• dealt with; disposed of: I feel better, now that one problem is out of the way.
• murdered: to have a person put out of the way.
• out of the frequented way; at a distance from the usual route.
• improper; amiss: There was something decidedly out of the way about her explanation.
• extraordinary; unusual: Such behavior was out of the way for him.
39. pave (def. 3).
40. to regard as suitable or possible; consider seriously: We couldn't see our way clear to spending so much money at once.
41. to start out; travel; go: He took his way across the park and headed uptown.

1. away; from this or that place: Go way.
2. to a great degree or at quite a distance; far: way too heavy; way down the road.

1. a manner, method, or means
2. a route or direction
• a means or line of passage, such as a path or track
• (in combination)
4. space or room for movement or activity (esp in the phrases make way, in the way, out of the way)
5. distance, usually distance in general
6. a passage or journey
7. characteristic style or manner
8. habits; idiosyncrasies
9. an aspect of something; particular
• a street in or leading out of a town
• (capital when part of a street name)
11. something that one wants in a determined manner (esp in the phrases get or have one's (own) way)
12. the experience or sphere in which one comes into contact with things (esp in the phrase come one's way)
13. a state or condition, usually financial or concerning health (esp in the phrases in a good (or bad) way)
14. the area or direction of one's home
15. movement of a ship or other vessel
16. a right of way in law
17. a guide along which something can be moved, such as the surface of a lathe along which the tailstock slides
18. the wooden or metal tracks down which a ship slides to be launched
19. a course of life including experiences, conduct, etc
20. calling or trade
21. in passing or incidentally
22. by way of
• via
• serving as
• in the state or condition of
23. (of a bet) laid on a horse, dog, etc, to win or gain a place
24. give way
• to collapse or break down
• to withdraw or yield
25. give way to
• to step aside for or stop for
• to give full rein to (emotions, etc)
26. to take considerable trouble or inconvenience oneself
27. to have such a manner or skill as to handle successfully
28. to enjoy two things that would normally contradict each other or be mutually exclusive
29. in some respects
30. not at all
31. lead the way
• to go first
• to set an example or precedent
32. make one's way
• to proceed or advance
• to achieve success in life
33. that is impossible
34. on the way out informal
• becoming unfashionable, obsolete, etc
• dying
35. out of the way
• removed or dealt with so as to be no longer a hindrance
• remote
• unusual and sometimes improper
36. pay one's way See pay 1 (def. 11)
37. to find it possible and be willing (to do something)
38. so that
39. having started moving or making progress

40. informal
• at a considerable distance or extent
• very far
41. by far; considerably
42. truly; genuinely

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