| Adj. | 1. | away - distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away"distant - separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" | |
| 2. | away - 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"absent - not in a specified place physically or mentally | |
| 3. | away - used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition home - used of your own ground; "a home game" | |
| 4. | away - (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" inaccurate - not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" | |
| Adv. | 1. | away - from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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" | |
| 2. | away - from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" | |
| 3. | away - out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" | |
| 4. | away - 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. | away - 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" | |
| 6. | 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" | |
| 7. | away - so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" | |
| 8. | away - freely or at will; "fire away!" | |
| 9. | 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" | |
| 10. | away - in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" | |
| 11. | away - 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" | |