AWAY
\ɐwˈe͡ɪ], \ɐwˈeɪ], \ɐ_w_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of AWAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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freely or at will; "fire away!"
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distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away"
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(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
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from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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".
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so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
By Princeton University
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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"
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in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
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(sport) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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freely or at will; "fire away!"
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away from home or business; "he didn't leave an away phone number"
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distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away"
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(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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From a place; hence.
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Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
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Aside; off; in another direction.
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From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
By Oddity Software
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From a place; hence.
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Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
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Aside; off; in another direction.
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From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
By Noah Webster.
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Begone! depart.
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Absent; at a distance; out of existence; off; removed; remote; in another direction; continuously; as, he worked away.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Out of the way: absent.
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Begone!- (I cannot) AWAY WITH-bear or endure: AWAY WITH (him)-take away: (make) AWAY WITH-destroy.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Absent; at a distance; apart.
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Begone; away with, cannot bear or endure; to make away with, to destroy; away-going, leaving.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.