highway

sostantivo

1. 1

   A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

   The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.

2. 2

   Any public road.

3. 3

   figuratoA way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.

   You're on a highway to greatness.

   I'm on the highway to hell

   So how do the scientists cope with their work being ignored for decades, and living in a world their findings indicate is on a “highway to hell”?.

4. 4

   arcaicoA road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.

5. 5

   Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).

verbo

1. 1

   To travel on a highway

Forme

plurale

highways

passato

highwayed

participio passato

highwayed

participio presente

highwaying

3ª persona singolare

highways