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away

/əˈweɪ/

verb

Meaning

  • To depart; to go to another place.

    "At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed."

adjective

Meaning

  • Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

    "The master is away from home."

  • At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

    "He's miles away by now."

  • Not on one's home territory.

    "Next, they are playing away in Dallas."

  • (following the noun modified) Out.

    "Two men away in the bottom of the ninth."

adverb

Meaning

  • From a place, hence.

    "He went away on vacation."

  • Aside; off; in another direction.

    "I tried to approach him, but he turned away."

  • Aside, so as to discard something.

    "throw away, chuck away, toss away"

  • At a stated distance in time or space.

    "Christmas is only two weeks away."

  • In or to something's usual or proper storage place.

    "I'll dry the dishes and you put them away."

  • In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.

    "He was shut away in the castle tower for six months."

  • From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

    "fade away, die away"

  • So as to remove or use up something.

    "Please wipe away this spilled drink."

  • (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.

    "Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!"

  • On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

    "She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer."

  • Without restraint.

    "I saw her whaling away at her detractors."

Synonyms

at bay,
off

interjection

Meaning

  • Come on!; go on!