verb
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To depart; to go to another place.
example
At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.
adjective
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Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
example
The master is away from home.
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At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
example
He's miles away by now.
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Not on one's home territory.
example
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
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(following the noun modified) Out.
example
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
adverb
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From a place, hence.
example
He went away on vacation.
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Aside; off; in another direction.
example
I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
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Aside, so as to discard something.
example
throw away, chuck away, toss away
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At a stated distance in time or space.
example
Christmas is only two weeks away.
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In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
example
I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.
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In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
example
He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.
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From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
example
fade away, die away
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So as to remove or use up something.
example
Please wipe away this spilled drink.
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(as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
example
Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!
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On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
example
She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.
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Without restraint.
example
I saw her whaling away at her detractors.
interjection
definition
Come on!; go on!