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Away
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- 1 Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. not-comparable
"The master is away from home."
- 2 Misspelling of aweigh. alt-of, misspelling
- 3 At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. not-comparable
"He's miles away by now."
- 4 Not on one's home territory. not-comparable
"This is the entrance for away supporters."
- 5 Out. not-comparable
"Two men away in the bottom of the ninth."
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- 6 Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target). not-comparable
"For example, immediately after every person in the group has teed off, if you are clearly the away player (perhaps because you smacked your drive into the tree closest to the tee pad), you should grab your bag and try to be the first person advancing down the fairway."
- 1 (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter wordnet
- 2 used of an opponent's ground wordnet
- 3 not present; having left wordnet
- 1 From a place, hence. not-comparable
"He went away on vacation."
- 2 Aside; off; in another direction. not-comparable
"I tried to approach him, but he turned away."
- 3 Aside, so as to discard something. not-comparable
"throw away, chuck away, toss away"
- 4 At a stated distance in time or space. not-comparable
"Christmas is only two weeks away."
- 5 In or to something's usual or proper storage place. not-comparable
"I'll dry the dishes and you put them away."
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- 6 In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place. not-comparable
"The jewels were locked away in the safe."
- 7 From a state or condition of being; out of existence. not-comparable
"fade away, die away"
- 8 So as to remove or use up something. not-comparable
"The weather has worn away the inscription, and it is no longer legible."
- 9 Come away; go away; take away. not-comparable
"Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!"
- 10 On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. not-comparable
"She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer."
- 11 Without restraint. not-comparable
"You've got questions? Ask away!"
- 1 from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete) wordnet
- 2 from one's possession wordnet
- 3 in reserve; not for immediate use wordnet
- 4 out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) wordnet
- 5 out of existence wordnet
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- 6 indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily wordnet
- 7 in a different direction wordnet
- 8 in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping) wordnet
- 9 at a distance in space or time wordnet
- 10 so as to be removed or gotten rid of wordnet
- 11 freely or at will wordnet
- 1 Away with you! Go away! Scotland
- 1 To depart; to go to another place. intransitive, poetic
"At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed."
Etymology
From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).
From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).
From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).
From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way. Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).
See aweigh.
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