Away

Definition: Away

Away

Adjective

1. Distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away".

2. Away from home or business; "he didn't leave an away phone number".

3. Not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests".

4. (sport) 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".

Adverb

1. From a particular thing or place or position; "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school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; (`forth' is obsolete as in "go forth and preach").

2. From one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets".

3. Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts 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".

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".

11. : in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "away" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Away \A*way"\, adverb. [from Anglo-Saxon expression aweg, anweg, onweg; on on weg way.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Away

Absence

Adjective: absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home; missing; lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence.

Distance

Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to.

Crosswords: Away

We women give you life, but we can take it away just as easily (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I figured, I've slept the first eleven years of my life away, so now I'm just making up for it. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Don't get carried away. Its not a murder weapon you're talking about you know (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

I love you. I don't want to go away with Carl (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

One day I'll fly away leave all this to yesterday (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

Things you say, you're driving me away (Walking Away; performing artist: Craig David)

And when I get close, you turn away (Running Away; performing artist: Hoobastank)

When away for a while came back my name is in ruins (Get Away; performing artist: Jade)

Dance away, fears (Dance Away; performing artist: Roxy Music)

I'm sailing away, (Come Sail Away; performing artist: STYX)

In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. (references; author: Woody Allen)

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. (references; author: Persian Proverb)

New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone (references; author: unknown)

If danger's a step away, safety's step away. (references; author: unknown)

A Scream Away from Happiness (1974)

While the Cat's Away (1972)

Getting Away from It All (1972)

Go Away Rain Rain (1972)

Home and Away (1972)

If You Go Away (performing artist: Neil Diamond)

Who Will Be With You When I'm Far Away (performing artist: Jimmy Durante)

GET AWAY (performing artist: WIND & FIRE EARTH)

WALK AWAY RENEE  (performing artist: Four Tops )

Throwing It All Away (performing artist: Genesis)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon (reference)

• Caillou Puts Away His Toys (Backpack) (reference)

• Go Away, Big Green Monster! (reference)

• Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America (reference)

• Where's Mom Now That I Need Her: Surviving Away from Home (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Home & Away - Illinois Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Breaking Away (reference)

• Cast Away (reference)

• Swept Away (reference)

• Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds 3 Pack (includes weight set) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Away from the Sun [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD] (reference)

• Blown Away (reference)

• Invisible Tears: We Can Fly Up Up & Away (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Roll Away (reference)

• Star Trek: Away Team (reference)

• Swing Away Golf (reference)

• Belkin Wall Mount Swing Away Relay Rack Black (reference)

• E.T. Away From Home (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Fold Away Mini Crib - White (reference)

• Swing Away Can Opener (reference)

• Swing Away Wall Can Opener (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured here is an experimental guinea pig lying on a lab table. Also seen are the hands of a female technician injecting a substance into the animal. The fur around the area being injected has been shaved away, exposing the area to be injected. Perhaps a chemical is being tested for its carcinogenic effect. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a radiology technician preparing a 42 year old white woman for a mammogram. The technician is positioning the paddle that compresses the breast. The patient's face is turned towards the technician, away from the camera, and her right shoulder and breast are exposed. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring ... Credit: NASA.

Looking far away and far back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has found some ... Credit: NASA.

MyCn18, a young planetary nebula located about 8,000 light-years away. Credit: NASA.

Happy to walk away Triangulation party of Norman Sylar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Malaspina Glacier 6 to 8 miles away with Mt. St. Elias towering over all Mt. St. Elias approximately 30 miles distant. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A derelict boat rotting away in the wetlands of Folly Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Looking east away from the sun during a sunset along the lower Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The view of the South Pole and the Antarctic Plateau from the station. The ice here is over 9000 feet thick. The nearest land feature is a mountain range over 300 miles away. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And I hope those who went away from Sparta with Palantus, mentioned by Justin, 1. (Second Treatise of Government)

But when the legislature proceeds to impose on that officer other duties; when he is directed peremptorily to perform certain acts; when the rights of individuals are dependent on the performance of those acts; he is so far the officer of the law; is amenable to the laws for his conduct; and cannot at his discretion sport away the vested rights of others. (reference)

You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property. (reference)

To the extent that animals so delivered cannot be identified as animals taken away or seized, the value of such animals shall be credited against the reparation obligations of Germany in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Annex. (reference)

To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But Mr. Elton, in person, had driven away all such cares

AFTER a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm

After it had passed away, they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with

And no sneaky knocking down Mr. Dent's house whilst he's away, alright

The grasp, cold as it was, took away what was dreariest in the interview

He was going like a man who was running away, and we arrested him in order to see.

The cheers died away in the soft grey air.

Away towards Salisbury

They shifted their feet for a moment and then they moved away, each one to his own tent

I dispatched four of them, but the rest got away, and I presently shut my window

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They often go away after a few hours. (references)

All of the symptoms do not go away completely. (references)

It goes away once you stop taking the medicine. (references)

Business

As for EDA transfers, the items are authorized to be given away free of charge. (references)

China is moving away from a state-run planned economy to a market-driven economy. (references)

In the past, developers unable to pay off bank loans simply walked away from the problem. (references)

Children

Guatemala

The majority of street children ran away from home after they were abused. (references)

Turkey

Some children continued on to high school, for which they generally must travel or live away from home. (references)

Nepal

Families often are stigmatized by and ashamed of family members with disabilities, who may be hidden away or neglected. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

Students who did not follow the instructions were turned away from their classrooms. (references)

Hong Kong

Li's pay eventually was docked for the months he spent away from work while detained in the mainland. (references)

Haiti

The police, who were approximately 200 yards away at the police station, took more than 1 hour to respond. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

Such restrictions have been done away with. (references)

Bulgaria

Price supports and state subsidies are being stripped away. (references)

Tanzania

Zanzibar's spices attracted ships from as far away as the United States. (references)

Human Rights

Venezuela

Neighbors witnessed the injured victim being placed in a DISIP vehicle and driven away. (references)

Peru

Hospital care is 6 to 8 hours away, depending on road conditions, by overland transportation. (references)

India

On April 14, four persons were arrested and taken away by BSF officers in Churachandpur district. (references)

Indigenous People

Suriname

Organizations representing Maroon and Amerindian communities complain that small-scale mining operations, mainly by illegal Brazilian gold miners, dig trenches that cut residents off from their agricultural land and threaten to drive them away from their traditional settlements. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

Protestant and Catholic families have moved away from mixed or border neighborhoods. (references)

Kenya

They also see Asians as taking jobs and commercial opportunities away from Africans. (references)

Political Economy

SOUTH AFRICA

The DTI has moved away from these policies to supply-side measures. (references)

ALGERIA

The Khalifa group has been taking market share away from Algeria's state-owned banks. (references)

Ukraine

The economy has made significant progress in moving away from barter and non-cash payments. (references)

Political Rights

Marshall Islands

However, urbanization and the movement of the population away from the lands that they control is leading to a decline in traditional authority exercised by women. (references)

Kazakhstan

On October 20, experimental local district akim elections were held, representing the first tentative movement away from Presidential appointment of local district akims. (references)

Zimbabwe

In many districts, the campaign reportedly backfired, resulting in additional votes for the opposition, but in others voters stayed away from the polls due to fear of retribution. (references)

Trade

Austria

Products that are inadequately labeled are not turned away at the border. (references)

Venezuela

Effective June 14, 1999 Congress did away with the 16.5 percent wholesale tax and replaced it with a 14.5 percent value added tax. (references)

India

However, the Indian capital markets, particularly the primary market, continue to be depressed with small investors generally shying away. (references)

Travel

Chad

Elephant Rock is 30 minutes away from Douguia. (references)

Sri Lanka

There are also dozens of fine beach resorts two to three hours away. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

In several cases, the carjackers have taken wives or children and then released them several miles away unharmed. (references)

Women

Slovenia

The shelters operate at capacity (approximately 40 beds combined) and turn away numerous women. (references)

Turkey

In June three brothers were convicted of murdering their 15-year old sister after she ran away from an arranged marriage to an older man. (references)

Cameroon

Another problem facing women is forced marriage; in some regions, girls' parents can and do give them away in marriage without their consent. (references)

Worker Rights

Bangladesh

Seeing no alternative for breaking the cycle of poverty, parents sometimes willingly send their children away. (references)

Bulgaria

Victims routinely reported that traffickers took away their passports and visas, and forced them to stay illegally in countries. (references)

Poland

While they are en route to what they believe to be their destinations, their passports and identity papers are taken away from them. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Taking away

As taken away

Taking away

Who cut or tear away

Sliding away

Torn away

Which glides away

The Lord hath taken away

God hath taken away

Taking away slander

Turning away

That drives away sorrow

Wiping away

God taking away

Taking away

Taking away

Taking away provision

That withdraws or takes away

That flies away

Who takes away protection

Taking away

Expressions using "away": accelerate away ♦ aside or away ♦ away back ♦ away down off ♦ away from ♦ away from home ♦ away game ♦ away ground ♦ away match ♦ away on leave ♦ away out through ♦ away over ♦ away over there ♦ away team ♦ away through ♦ away win ♦ Away with ♦ away with you! ♦ babble away ♦ back away ♦ bang away ♦ bargain away ♦ barter away ♦ be ... away ♦ be away ♦ be away from ♦ be away from home ♦ be blown away ♦ be carried away ♦ be cast away ♦ be consumed away ♦ be driven away ♦ be out and away the best ♦ be thrown away ♦ bear away ♦ bear away the bell ♦ beaver away ♦ beaver away at smth. ♦ bevel away ♦ blaze away ♦ bleed away ♦ blink away ♦ blow away ♦ blow away the cobwebs ♦ blunder away ♦ blunder away one's chance ♦ boil away ♦ bound away ♦ branch away ♦ break away ♦ break away curve ♦ break away from ♦ breaking away ♦ breath away ♦ bring away ♦ brush away ♦ burn away ♦ call away ♦ carried away ♦ carried away by my own momentum ♦ carried away by passion ♦ carry away ♦ carry away the bell ♦ cart away ♦ cast away ♦ cast away care ♦ catch away ♦ charm away ♦ chase away ♦ chat away ♦ chide hither chide from or chide away ♦ chip away ♦ chip away at ♦ chuck away ♦ churn away ♦ clear away ♦ come away ♦ come away with the impression ♦ conjure away ♦ consume away ♦ cower away ♦ crawl away ♦ creep away ♦ crumble away ♦ cry away ♦ cut away ♦ dab away ♦ dally away ♦ dash away a tear ♦ dawdle away ♦ dawdle away one's time ♦ die away ♦ dig away ♦ directed away from ♦ do away ♦ do away with ♦ do smth. right away ♦ doodle away ♦ doze away ♦ drag away ♦ drain away. Additional references.

Beginning with "away": away-day, away-days, away-from, away-from-it, away-from-it-all, away-goals, Away-going, away-leg, away-signal, away-swing, away-win.

Ending with "away": break-away, cut-away, falling-away, far-away, fly-away, fold-away, going-away, stay-away, throw-away, want-away.

Containing "away": get-away-from-it-all.

Afrikaans

ver (afar, distant, far, far away, remote, remotely). (various references)

Albanian

tutje (afield, aside, beyond, forth, hence, onward, outward). (various references)

Arabic 

‏من غير تردد (make no bones about), ‏غائب (absent, truant, wanting), ‏جانبا (apart, aside, off), ‏جار على أرض الخصم, ‏بعيدا (afar, apart, apart from, far, off, onward, past), ‏بعيد (afield, distant, far, out of the way, remote, soon after, unlikely), ‏باتجاه آخر. (various references)

Aymara

jaqomucuña (to throw away), jaltaña (to run away). (various references)

Basque

urrun (far, far away), kendu (pull away to, substract to, take to, tear away to), bota (shoe, throw away to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вън (hence, out, outside, outward, outwards, without), в отсъствие (in absentia), далеч (afar, afield, deep, distantly, far, far and away, far away, wide), далеко (far, far away). (various references)

Catalan

lluny (afar, far, far away, remotely). (various references)

Chinese 

撇 (cast away, throw), 席卷 (carry away everything, engulf, sweep), 急於 (be eager; want to do sth right away), 打發 (dispatch sb to do sth, pass the time, send sb away), 消失 (disappear, fade away), 流失 (be drained away, to run off, to wash away), 揮 (scatter, wield, wipe away), 橫掃 (to sweep away), 棄置 (to discard, to throw away), 棄 (abandon, relinquish, to discard, to throw away), 拂 (brush away), 抱頭鼠竄 (cover the head and sneak away like a rat, scurry off like a frightened rat), 擯棄 (abandon, cast away, discard), 掃除 (sweep away), 撤 (remove, take away, withdraw), 撣 (a brush or duster, brush away, dust off, to dust), 撱 (clip, shorten, throw away), 戢 (collect oneself, put away), 即 (namely, right away, to approach, to draw near), 出門 (be away from home, go on a journey), 出走 (to flee, to run away), 就 (at once, only, right away, then, to approach, to move towards, to undertake), 奔逃 (flee, run away), 外出 (go out; go away from one's present physical position), 不依 (get away with it, not comply, not go along with, not let off easily, not let sb), 擺脫 (break away from, cast away, freeoneself from, to break away, to break out, to get rid of), 遰 (go away, migrate), 除 (divide, do away with, except, remove, wipe out), 遙 (distant, far, far away, remote), 銷 (to do away with, to melt, to sell), 胡思亂想 (imaginings, let one's imagine run away with one), 賓至如歸 (a home away from home, guests feel at home), 逃荒 (run away from a famine), 逃 (to escape, to flee, to run away), 逝世 (die, pass away), 蕩 (a pond, dissolute, move, pool, shake, squander, sweep away, wash), 趕 (to catch up, to drive away, to hurry, to overtake, to rush), 溜 (slip away, to skate), 走出 (to move away from, to walk away from), 鞭長莫及 (beyond the reach of one's power, too far away for one to be able to help), 離 (from, to depart, to go away, to leave), 脫離 (break away, separate), 脫 (to escape, to get away from, to shed, to take off), 避風 (lie low, stay away from trouble, take shelter from the wind), 避暑 (be away for the summer holidays, prevent sunstroke, spend a holiday at a summer resort), 避 (avoid, escape, flee, leave, shun, to hide, to keep away, to leave), 馬上 (at once, immediately, right away), 藏 (accumulate, Buddhist or Taoist scripture, depository, store, storehouse, Tibet, to conceal, to harbor, to hide away, Zang), 竄 (escape, flee, leap, run away), 去世 (to die, to pass away), 去 (Away-going, Go, goes, going, gone). (various references)