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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. --2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home. [1913 Webster] 3. Aside; off; in another direction. [1913 Webster] The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. --Lockyer. [1913 Webster] 4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. [1913 Webster] Be near me when I fade away. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away. [1913 Webster] And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod. xix. 24. [1913 Webster] 6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away." --Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. [1913 Webster] {Away with}, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (--Isa. i. 13), i. e., "I can not bear or endure [it]." {Away with} one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him." --John xix. 15. {To make away with}. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: away adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead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" [syn: {away}, {off}, {forth}] 2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: {away}, {out}] 3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: {aside}, {away}] 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}, {away}] 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: {away}, {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 nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: {aside}, {by}, {away}] adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" 2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: {home(a)}] 3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: {away}, {outside}]