1. [n]  how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
2. [n]  a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
3. [n]  a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
4. [n]  any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
5. [n]  a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life"
6. [n]  the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways"
7. [n]  doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
8. [n]  a general category of things; used in the expression"in the way of"; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
9. [n]  a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
10. [n]  a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"
11. [n]  space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
12. [n]  the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
13. [adv]  (informal) to a great degree or by a great distance; very much; "way over budget"; "way off base"; "right smart" is regional (US S and Midland) as in"the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"

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1. \Way\, adv. [Aphetic form of away.]
   Away. [Obs. or Archaic] --Chaucer.
   {To do way}, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] ``Do way your
      hands.'' --Chaucer.
   {To make way with}, to make away with. See under {Away}.
      [Archaic]
   

2. \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
   G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v["a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,
   and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
   [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},
   {Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]
   1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
      opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
      road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
      way to the mine. ``To find the way to heaven.'' --Shak.
            I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
                                                  --Chaucer.
            The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
                                                  --Milton.
            The season and ways were very improper for his
            majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
                                                  --Evelyn.
   2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
      long way.
            And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began
            to fail.                              --Longfellow.
   3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
            I prythee, now, lead the way.         --Shak.
   4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
      action; advance.
            If that way be your walk, you have not far.
                                                  --Milton.
            And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
   5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
      accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
            My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
            By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
            What impious ways my wishes took!     --Prior.
   6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
      expressing one's ideas.
   7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
      conduct; mode of dealing. ``Having lost the way of
      nobleness.'' --Sir. P. Sidney.
            Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
            are peace.                            --Prov. iii.
                                                  17.
            When men lived in a grander way.      --Longfellow.
   8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
            The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
   9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
      to have one's way.
   10. (Naut.)
       (a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
       (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
   11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
       on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
       table or carriage moves.
   12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
   {By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
      connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
   {By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
   {Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.
   {In the family way}. See under {Family}.
   {In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
      etc.
   {In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being
      with; in the presence of.
   {Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.
   {No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the
      Vocabulary.
   {On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;
      advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
      country; on the way to success.
   {Out of the way}. See under {Out}.
   {Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over
      another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
      prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
      well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
   {To be under way}, or {To have way} (Naut.), to be in motion,
      as when a ship begins to move.
   {To give way}. See under {Give}.
   {To go one's way}, or {To come one's way}, to go or come; to
      depart or come along. --Shak.
   {To go the way of all the earth}, to die.
   {To make one's way}, to advance in life by one's personal
      efforts.
   {To make way}. See under {Make}, v. t.
   {Ways and means}.
       (a) Methods; resources; facilities.
       (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
           revenue.
   {Way leave}, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
      land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
   {Way of the cross} (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
      rotation the stations of the cross. See {Station}, n., 7
       (c) .
   {Way of the rounds} (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
      the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
      town.
   {Way pane}, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See {Pane},
      n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
   {Way passenger}, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
      intermediate place between the principal stations on a
      line of travel.
   {Ways of God}, his providential government, or his works.
   {Way station}, an intermediate station between principal
      stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
   {Way train}, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
      stations; an accommodation train.
   {Way warden}, the surveyor of a road.
   Syn: Street; highway; road.
   Usage: {Way}, {Street}, {Highway}, {Road}. Way is generic,
          denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
          is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
          convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
          for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
          a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
          hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
          highways in compact settlements.
                All keep the broad highway, and take delight
                With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
                There is but one road by which to climb up.
                                                  --Addison.
                When night Darkens the streets, then wander
                forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence
                and wine.                         --Milton.
   

3. \Way\, v. t.
   To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] ``In
   land not wayed.'' --Wyclif.
   

4. \Way\, v. i.
   To move; to progress; to go. [R.]
         On a time as they together wayed.        --Spenser.