'away' definitions:
Definition of 'away'
(from WordNet)
adverb
From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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" [syn: away, off, forth]
adverb
From one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
adverb
Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away]
adverb
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"
adverb
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" [syn: off, away]
adverb
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"
adverb
So as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
adverb
Freely or at will; "fire away!"
adverb
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"
adverb
In a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
adverb
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" [syn: aside, by, away]
adjective
Not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
adjective
Used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
adjective
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside]
Synonyms of 'away'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'away'
- Where away,
- away down off,
- awayness,
- do away with,
- have it away,
- out and away,
- while away,
- Falling away,
- Hark away,
- Right away,
- Sock away,
- Spiriting away,
- To bargain away,
- To bear away,
- To blaze away,
- To boil away,
- To break away,
- To brush away,
- To carry away,
- To cast away,
- To chide away,
- To claw away,
- To come away,
- To dream away,
- To ease away,
- To edge away,
- To explain away,
- To fall away,
- To fetch away,
- To fling away,
- To fool away,
- To fritter away,
- To fume away,
- To get away with,
- To give away,
- To laugh away,
- To make away,
- To make away with,
- To pass away,
- To pluck away,
- To put away,
- To run away,
- To run away with,
- To salt away,
- To scare away,
- To sleep away,
- To take away,
- To throw away,
- To thrust away,
- To turn away,
- To veer away,
- To wear away,
- To whack away,
- away game,
- back away,
- barter away,
- bear away,
- beaver away,
- blaze away,
- blink away,
- break away,
- breaking away,
- carried away,
- carry away,
- cart away,
- cast away,
- chase away,
- chip away,
- chip away at,
- clear away,
- come away,
- cut away,
- die away,
- draw away,
- dribble away,
- drift away,
- drive away,
- drop away,
- dwindle away,
- dwindling away,
- eat away,
- eating away,
- ebb away,
- fade away,
- fading away,
- fall away,
- far and away,
- file away,
- flow away,
- fool away,
- frighten away,
- fritter away,
- frivol away,
- get away,
- get away with,
- give away,
- go away,
- going away,
- grind away,
- hammer away at,
- haul away,
- hive away,
- keep away,
- laugh away,
- lay away,
- lock away,
- look away,
- melt away,
- move away,
- pack away,
- pass away,
- peg away,
- piddle away,
- pine away,
- piss away,
- plug away,
- pound away,
- pull away,
- push away,
- put away,
- rationalise away,
- rationalize away,
- ride away,
- run away,
- running away,
- rush away,
- salt away,
- scare away,
- send away,
- shoo away,
- shut away,
- shy away from,
- sign away,
- slip away,
- sneak away,
- spirit away,
- square away,
- squirrel away,
- stack away,
- stash away,
- stay away,
- steal away,
- stow away,
- sweep away,
- take away,
- taking away,
- tear away,
- throw away,
- throwing away,
- toss away,
- trifle away,
- tuck away,
- turn away,
- turn away from,
- turning away,
- walk away,
- wanton away,
- wash away,
- waste away,
- wasting away,
- wear away,
- wearing away,
- while away the time,
- whisk away,
- whittle away,
- wipe away,
- worn away,
- yack away,
- yap away,
- To bear away the bell,
- home away from home,
- take-away,
- thrown-away,
- To give one's self away