away

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 ]

☞ 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 ]