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highway

/ˈhaɪweɪ/ verb C2
  1. To travel on a highway

He/she/it highways · Past highwayed · Past participle highwayed · -ing form highwaying

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Verb forms

Base form
highway
He/she/it
highways
Past
highwayed
Past participle
highwayed
-ing form
highwaying

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After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 55 · B2
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1
The girl, after leaving her entertainer, sped swiftly cross-town until she arrived at a handsome and sedate mansion two squares to the east, facing on that avenue which is the highway of Mammon and the auxiliary gods.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1
A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 77 · B2

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