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Adjective
/əˈwā/,
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To or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing,
  1. (of a sports competition) Played at the opponents' grounds
    • - tomorrow night's away game at Yankee Stadium
Adverb
  1. To or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing
    • - she landed badly, and crawled away
    • - they walked away from the church in silence
    • - Bernice pushed him away
    • - we'll be away for four nights
    • - there's a river not far away
  2. At a specified distance
    • - when he was ten or twelve feet away, he stopped
    • - a loud explosion a short distance away
    • - we have had patients from as far away as Toronto
  3. At a specified future distance in time
    • - the wedding is only weeks away
  4. Toward a lower level; downward
    • - in front of them the land fell away to the river
  5. Conceptually to one side, so as no longer to be the focus of attention
    • - the museum has shifted its emphasis away from research toward exhibitions
  6. Into an appropriate place for storage or safekeeping
    • - he put away the lawn furniture
    • - Philip locked away all the cash every night
  7. Toward or into nonexistence
    • - the sound of hoofbeats died away
    • - Marie felt her distress ebbing away
  8. Constantly, persistently, or continuously
    • - there was little Edgar crooning away
    • - have your camera ready and click away when you spot something
  1. away(p): not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
  2. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
  3. from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
  4. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
  5. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
  6. aside: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
  7. 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"
  8. off: 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"
  9. Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow. First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986, it tells the story of three internally-conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas, 1968. ...
  10. "Away" is the first single released from Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias' Greatest Hits album. The song features vocals from pop-rap singer Sean Garrett. The single was released on November 11, 2008. ...
  11. Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records. ...
  12. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation; At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively; Not on one's home territory; Out; From a place, hence; Aside; off; in another direction; From a state or condition of being; out of existence; Come away; go away; take away; ...
  13. (awayness) The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism
  14. the Golf ball is furthest from the hole. The golfer who is away plays first
  15. Away describes when you are the farthest distance from the hole.
  16. The fox is in the open and/or hounds are on the line.
  17. 1.(phrase. a-way) come on, hurry up. e.g. Away, wiz ready ter gan. = Come on, we are ready to leave.
  18. A trade, quote, or market that does not originate with the dealer in question, e.g., "the bid is 98-10 away from me."
  19. refers to a player's ball that is the longest distance from the hole and therefore, will be shooting first.
  20. (On-field oral communication) goalkeeper is telling the defensive teammate to kick or head the ball out from goal.
  21. Generally called by the keeper to tell defenders to clear the ball away from the goal in any direction (except towards the goal). Panic in voice is normal.
  22. The sideline where your stuff is not located. When you force away, you force away from your home sideline.
  23. adv. vel kyae Etym: vel toward, kyae elsewhere. Ex: "Vel kyae sshammav alakael." The snake slithers away.
  24. bombs, etc have been dropped. "Troops away!"
  25. A fox has "gone away" when he has left the covert. Hounds are "away when they have left covert on the line of a fox.