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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Away \A*way"\, adv [AS. aweg, anweg onweg on on + weg way.] 1. From a place hence The sound is going away --Shak. Have me away for I am sore wounded. --2 Chron. xxxv. 23. 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as the master is away from home. 3. Aside; off in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. --Lockyer. 4. From a state or condition of being out of existence. Be near me when I fade away --Tennyson. 5. By ellipsis of the verb equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away begone; take away And the Lord said . . . Away get thee down --Exod. xix. 24. 6. On in continuance; without intermission or delay; as sing away [Colloq.] 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 {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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: away adj 1: distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" [syn: {away(p)}] 2: not present; having left "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" [syn: {away(p)}, {gone(p)}, {departed(a)}] 3: (sport) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: {home(a)}] 4: away from home or business; "he didn't leave an away phone number" [syn: {away(a)}] 5: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: {outside}] adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position; "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school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach") [syn: {off}, {forth}] 2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: {out}] 3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: {aside}] 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 l8th century" [syn: {off}] 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: {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 nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: {aside}, {by}]
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