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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to get away from there" "sent the children away to boarding school" "went off to school" "they drove off" (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach") |
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Related terms: | archaism | |
2. | [ adverb ] from one's possession | |
Synonyms: | out | |
Examples: | "he gave out money to the poor" "gave away the tickets" |
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3. | [ adverb ] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | |
Synonyms: | aside | |
Examples: | "brush the objections aside" "pushed all doubts away" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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10. | [ adverb ] freely or at will | |
Examples: | "fire away! |
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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" |
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12. | [ adjective ] (sport) used of an opponent's ground | |
Examples: | "an away game" |
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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" |
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14. | [ adverb ] in a different direction | |
Synonyms: | aside | |
Examples: | "turn aside" "turn away one's face" "glanced away" |
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15. | [ adjective ] away from home or business | |
Examples: | "he didn't leave an away phone number" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | baseball inaccurate | |
Similar spelling: |
awe |