What is the meaning of ways?

noun

• How something is done or how it happens.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: manner, mode, style, way, fashion
• How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
  • usage: "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
  • synonyms: means, agency, way
• A line leading to a place or point.
  • usage: "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
  • synonyms: direction, way
• The condition of things generally.
  • usage: "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
  • synonyms: way
• A course of conduct.
  • usage: "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
  • synonyms: way, path, way of life
• Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.
  • usage: "he said he was looking for the way out"
  • synonyms: way
• A journey or passage.
  • usage: "they are on the way"
  • synonyms: way
• Space for movement.
  • usage: "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
  • synonyms: room, way, elbow room
• The property of distance in general.
  • usage: "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
  • synonyms: way
• Doing as one pleases or chooses.
  • usage: "if I had my way"
  • synonyms: way
• A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'.
  • usage: "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
  • synonyms: way
• A portion of something divided into shares.
  • usage: "they split the loot three ways"
  • synonyms: way
• Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
  • synonyms: shipway, slipway