Meaning of away in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To depart; to go to another place.

  Example: At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.

adjective

• Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

  Example: The master is away from home.

• At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

  Example: He's miles away by now.

• Not on one's home territory.

  Example: Next, they are playing away in Dallas.

• (following the noun modified) Out.

  Example: Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.

adverb

• From a place, hence.

  Example: He went away on vacation.

• Aside; off; in another direction.

  Example: I tried to approach him, but he turned away.

• Aside, so as to discard something.

  Example: throw away, chuck away, toss away

• At a stated distance in time or space.

  Example: Christmas is only two weeks away.

• In or to something's usual or proper storage place.

  Example: I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.

• In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.

  Example: He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.

• From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

  Example: fade away, die away

• So as to remove or use up something.

  Example: Please wipe away this spilled drink.

• (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.

  Example: Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!

• On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

  Example: She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.

• Without restraint.

  Example: I saw her whaling away at her detractors.

interjection

• Come on!; go on!