away
adjective
1 away
Not present; having left.
Roget 187: absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence etc. ... show more
2 away
Used of an opponent's ground.
3 away
of a baseball pitch On the far side of home plate from the batter:
— The pitch was away (or wide).
synonym: outside.
adverb
1 away
From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete):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.
Roget 196: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, ... show more
2 away
From one's possession:
— Gave away the tickets.
synonym: out.
3 away
Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts):
— Pushed all doubts away.
synonym: aside.
4 away
Out of existence.
5 away
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.
synonym: off.
6 away
Indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily.
7 away
So as to be removed or gotten rid of.
8 away
Freely or at will.
9 away
In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping).
10 away
In a different direction:
— Turn away one's face.
— Glanced away.
synonym: aside.
11 away
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 ... show more.
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