way
adv.
to a great degree; distant, remote (Informal)
n.
path; lane; road; track; method, procedure, manner; direction; distance; style or manner particular to someone or something; progress
Way
WAY-FM
way
Noun
1. how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
(synonym) manner, mode, style, fashion
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) artistic style, idiom
2. 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"
(synonym) means, agency
(hypernym) implementation, effectuation
(hyponym) dint
3. a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
(hypernym) journey, journeying
4. the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
(hypernym) condition, status
5. 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"
(synonym) path, way of life
(hypernym) course, course of action
(hyponym) ambages
6. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) access, approach
(part-holonym) transportation system, transportation, transit
(part-meronym) wayside, roadside
7. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
(synonym) direction
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(hyponym) bearing, heading, aim
8. the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
(synonym) ways
(hypernym) distance
(classification) colloquialism
9. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
(hypernym) choice, pick, selection
10. a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
(hypernym) category
11. space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
(synonym) room, elbow room
(hypernym) position, spatial relation
(hyponym) seating, seats, seating room, seating area
12. a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
Adverb
1. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on"
(synonym) right smart
(classification) colloquialism
Way
(v. t.)
To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
(v. i.)
To move; to progress; to go.
(n.)
The timbers on which a ship is launched.
(n.)
The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
(n.)
The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Sphere or scope of observation.
(n.)
Right of way. See below.
(n.)
Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
(n.)
Progress; as, a ship has way.
(n.)
Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
(n.)
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
(n.)
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
(n.)
Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
(n.)
A moving; passage; procession; journey.
(adv.)
Away.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Way
A passage, street or road. A right of way is a privilege which an individual or a particular description of persons, such as the inhabitants of a particular place, or the owners or occupiers of such place may have, of going over another person's ground.
It is an incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, a mere easement, entirely different from public or private roads.
A right of way may arise, 1. By prescription and immemorial usage. 2. By grant. 3. By reservation 4. By custom. 5. By acts of the legislature. 6. From necessity, when a man's ground is enclosed and completely blocked up, so that he cannot, without passing over his neighbor's land, reach the public road. For example, should A grant a piece of land to B, surrounded by land belonging to A; a right of way over A's land passes of necessity to B, otherwise he could not derive any benefit from the acquisition. The way is to be taken where it will be least injurious to the owner. There are three kinds of ways. 1. A foot-way, called iter. 2. A foot-way and horse-way, called adus. 3. A cart-way, which contains the other two, called via.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.