away

Adjective

• (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
  • the pitch was away (or wide)
    
  • an outside pitch
    

• used of an opponent's ground
  • an away game
    

• not present; having left
  • he's away right now
    
  • you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away
    

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
    

• in a different direction
  • turn aside
    
  • turn away one's face
    
  • glanced away
    

• 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
    

• freely or at will
  • fire away!
    

• so as to be removed or gotten rid of
  • cleared the mess away
    
  • the rotted wood had to be cut away
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
  • brush the objections aside
    
  • pushed all doubts away
    

• from one's possession
  • he gave out money to the poor
    
  • gave away the tickets
    

• from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  outside , away(p) , aside , by , off , out , forth