highway

== English == === Alternative forms === hwy., hwy (abbreviation) hi'way, hi-way, hiway, hi way (abbreviation) === Etymology === From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high +‎ way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪweɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪweɪ === Noun === highway (plural highways) (archaic) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. (figurative) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic. (computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”). ==== Hyponyms ==== (main public road): expressway, motorway ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === highway (third-person singular simple present highways, present participle highwaying, simple past and past participle highwayed) To travel on a highway === References === “highway”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “highway”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.