Dictionary
a•way
Pronunciation: (u-wā'), [key]—
adv.
1. from this or that place; off:
to go away.
2. aside; to another place; in another direction:
to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers
3. far; apart:
away back; away from the subject.
4. out of one's possession or use:
to give money away.
5. out of existence or notice; into extinction:
to fade away; to idle away the morning.
6. incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly:
He kept hammering away.
7. without hesitation:
Fire away.
8. away with,
a. take away:
Away with him!
b. go away! leave!:
Away with you!
9. do away with,
a. to get rid of; abolish; stop.
b. to kill:
Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
10. where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
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adj.
1. absent; gone:
to be away from home.
2. distant:
six miles away.
3. immediately off and on the way:
The order was given and he was away.
4. Sports.played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team:
winners in their last three away games. Cf.
home (def. 16).
5. Baseball.having been put out:
with two away in the top of the seventh.
6. Golf.
a. (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
b. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
