a method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

there are two ways of approaching this problem

a road, track, or path for travelling along

No. 3, Church Way

parts into which something divides or is divided

the national vote split three ways

a person's occupation or line of business

forward motion or momentum of a ship or boat through water

the dinghy lost way and drifted towards the shore

a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched

at or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis)

his understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

my grandchildren are way ahead of others their age