English Dictionary

way

/weɪ/

noun

A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another. / A means to enter or leave a place. / A roughly-defined geographical area.

I found a beautiful way to the beach.

意味（1）

A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut. It's a long way from here.

意味（2）

A means to enter or leave a place.

We got into the cinema through the back way.

意味（3）

A roughly-defined geographical area.

If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.

意味（4）

A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

You're going about it the wrong way. He's known for his quirky ways. I don't like the way she looks at me.

意味（5）

A state or condition

When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.

意味（6）

Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').

There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.

意味（7）

Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.

My little sister always whines until she gets her way.

意味（8）

(Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)

意味（9）

(nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.

Immediately afterwards, a quick and eager short dark man came into the room with so much way upon him that he was within a foot of Clennam before he could stop.

意味（10）

A degree, an amount, a sense.

In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.

意味（11）

(US, As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.

Way to ruin the moment, guys.

意味（12）

(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

By the time the Mauretania was ready for launching a total weight of 16,800 tons was standing in the berth, and this represented the heaviest weight that had ever been sent down the ways up to that time.

意味（13）

(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.