away
1. [ adverb ] from a particular thing or place or position
Synonyms: off forth
Examples:

"ran away from the lion" wanted to get away from there" "sent the children away to boarding school" "went off to school" "they drove off" (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach")

Related terms: archaism
2. [ adverb ] from one's possession
Synonyms: out
Examples:

"he gave out money to the poor" "gave away the tickets"

3. [ adverb ] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Synonyms: aside
Examples:

"brush the objections aside" "pushed all doubts away"

4. [ adjective ] distant in either space or time
Examples:

"the town is a mile away" "a country far away" "the game is a week away"

Related terms: distant
5. [ adverb ] out of existence
Examples:

"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"

6. [ adverb ] indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
Examples:

"he worked away at the project for more than a year" "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

7. [ adverb ] at a distance in space or time
Synonyms: off
Examples:

"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)" "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)" "away back in the 18th century"

8. [ adjective ] not present; having left
Synonyms: gone departed
Examples:

"he's away right now" "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" "everyone is gone now" "the departed guests"

Related terms: absent
9. [ adverb ] so as to be removed or gotten rid of
Examples:

"cleared the mess away" "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

10. [ adverb ] freely or at will
Examples:

"fire away!

11. [ adverb ] in reserve; not for immediate use
Synonyms: aside by
Examples:

"started setting aside money to buy a car" "put something by for her old age" "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"

12. [ adjective ] (sport) used of an opponent's ground
Examples:

"an away game"

Related terms: home sport
13. [ adverb ] in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
Examples:

"put the toys away "her jewels are locked away in a safe" "filed the letter away"

14. [ adverb ] in a different direction
Synonyms: aside
Examples:

"turn aside" "turn away one's face" "glanced away"

15. [ adjective ] away from home or business
Examples:

"he didn't leave an away phone number"

Related terms: out
16. [ adjective ] (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
Synonyms: outside
Examples:

"the pitch was away (or wide)" "an outside pitch"

Related terms: baseball inaccurate
Similar spelling:   awe