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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
away
adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away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]
2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave
away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
4: 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"
5: 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]
6: 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"
7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
9: 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"
10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
11: 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]
adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you
must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother
is away"
2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
3: (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]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
1. From a place; hence.
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The sound is going away. --Shak.
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Have me away, for I am sore wounded. --2 Chron.
xxxv. 23.
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2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from
home.
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3. Aside; off; in another direction.
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The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
--Lockyer.
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4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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Be near me when I fade away. --Tennyson.
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5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go
or come away; begone; take away.
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And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod.
xix. 24.
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6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,
sing away. [Colloq.]
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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.
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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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Thesaurus Results for Away:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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