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Away

Away Meaning & Definition
Away Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Away?

[adv] from a particular thing or place or position; "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in"go forth and preach")
[adv] from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
[adv] in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"
[adv] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
[adv] out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
[adv] indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
[adv] in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
[adv] in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
[adv] at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
[adv] so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
[adv] freely or at will; "fire away!"
[adj] (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
[adj] (sport) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Away: aside | by | forth | inaccurate | off | out | outside

Related Terms | Find terms related to Away: a rebours | a reculons | absconded | absent | afar | against the grain | aloof | anticlockwise | apart | arear | aside | ass-backwards | astern | asunder | at a distance | at once | back | backward | backwards | counterclockwise | deleted | departed | directly | disappeared | distal | distant | distantly | elsewhere | elsewhither | exotic | expeditiously | extinct | far | far off | faraway | forth | forthwith | fro | gone | gone away | hence | hindward | hindwards | immediately | in juxtaposition | in reverse | instanter | instantly | lacking | long-distance | long-range | lost | lost to sight | lost to view | missing | momentarily | nearby | no longer present | no more | nonattendant | nonexistent | not found | not here | not present | now | off | omitted | on one side | on the side | out | out of sight | over | past and gone | promptly | pronto | punctually | quickly | rearward | rearwards | remote | remotely | removed | retrad | right | right away | right off | separated | sidelong | somewhere else | speedily | straight | straightway | subtracted | swiftly | taken away | thence | therefrom | thereof | to one side | to the side | vanished | wanting | whence | widdershins | wide apart | wide away

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Away In Webster's Dictionary

\A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. The sound is going away. --Shak. Have me away, for I am sore wounded. --2 Chron. xxxv. 23. 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. 3. Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. --Lockyer. 4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. Be near me when I fade away. --Tennyson. 5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod. xix. 24. 6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.] Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? ``Love hath wings, and will away.'' --Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. {Away with}, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] ``The calling of assemblies, I can not away with.'' (--Isa. i. 13), i. e., ``I can not bear or endure [it].'' {Away with} one, signifies, take him away. ``Away with him, crucify him.'' --John xix. 15. {To make away with}. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

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