Definition of way

• adv. - Away.
• 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. - Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
• n. - A moving; passage; procession; journey.
• n. - Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
• n. - The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
• n. - Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
• n. - Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
• n. - Sphere or scope of observation.
• n. - Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
• n. - Progress; as, a ship has way.
• n. - The timbers on which a ship is launched.
• 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. - Right of way. See below.
• v. t. - To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
• v. i. - To move; to progress; to go.