Away
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
"The pitch was away (or wide)"
"An outside pitch"
(2) Used of an opponent's ground
"An away game"
adverb
(3) From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
"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"
"Go forth and preach"
(4) From one's possession
"He gave out money to the poor"
"Gave away the tickets"
(5) In reserve; not for immediate use
"Started setting aside money to buy a car"
"Put something by for her old age"
"Has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
(6) Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
"Brush the objections aside"
"Pushed all doubts away"
(7) 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"
(8) 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"
(9) In a different direction
"Turn aside"
"Turn away one's face"
"Glanced away"
(10) 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"
(11) 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"
(12) So as to be removed or gotten rid of
"Cleared the mess away"
"The rotted wood had to be cut away"
WiktionaryText
English
Adverb
- From a place; hence.
- Go away!
- Absent; gone; at a distance;
- The master is away from home.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
- To release
- Anchors away!
- At a distance in time or space
- Christmas is only two weeks away.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Adjective
Quotations
- 1933+, Fran Striker, The Lone Ranger, WXYZ-AM
- Hi-yo Silver, away!