away (
http://definr.com/away)
adj 1: distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away";
"a country far away"; "the game is a week away" [syn:
away(p)]
2: away from home or business; "he didn't leave an away phone
number" [syn:
away(a)]
3: 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" [syn:
away(p),
gone(p),
departed(a)]
4: (sport) used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant:
home(a)]
5: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
[syn:
outside]
adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position; "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school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in
"go forth and preach") [syn:
off,
forth]
2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor";
"gave away the tickets" [syn:
out]
3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside]
4: 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: 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" [syn:
off]
6: 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: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8: freely or at will; "fire away!
9: 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: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn:
aside]
11: 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" [syn:
aside,
by]