away
Meaning of away
verb
- To depart; to go to another place.
At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
The master is away from home.
- At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
He's miles away by now.
- Not on one's home territory.
Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
- (following the noun modified) Out.
Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
- From a place, hence.
He went away on vacation.
- Aside; off; in another direction.
I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
- Aside, so as to discard something.
throw away, chuck away, toss away
- At a stated distance in time or space.
Christmas is only two weeks away.
- In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.
- In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
He was shut away in the castle tower for six months.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
fade away, die away
- So as to remove or use up something.
Please wipe away this spilled drink.
- (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
Away! Be gone! And don't let me see you round here again!
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
She's been in her room all day, working away at her computer.
- Without restraint.
I saw her whaling away at her detractors.
interjection
Come on!; go on!
Information about away
- The plural form of away is: aways.
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Hyphenation of away
away
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- away is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
away synonyms
Meaning gone:
Meaning outside:
Meaning off:
Meaning out:
Meaning aside:
Translation of away
- Portuguese: fora, ausente, embora, a
- Italian: lontano, assente, distante
- German: abwesend, weg, fort, entfernt, auswärts
- French: parti, absent, loin, dans, distant
- Spanish: ausente, lejos
Words that rhyme with away
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