away

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adv. From a particular thing or place: ran away from the lion; sent the children away to boarding school.
2. adv. At or to a distance in space or time: We live a block away from the park.
3. adv. At or by a considerable interval: away back in the 17th century; away off on the horizon.
4. adv. In a different direction; aside: glanced away.
5. adv. On the way: We want to get away early in the day.
6. adv. In or into storage or safekeeping: put the toys away; jewels locked away in a safe.
7. adv. Out of existence or notice: The music faded away.
8. adv. So as to remove, separate, or eliminate: chipped the paint away; cleared away the debris.
9. adv. From one's possession: gave the tickets away.
10. adv. Continuously; steadily: toiled away at the project for more than a year.
11. adv. Freely; at will: Fire away!
12. adj. Absent: The neighbors are away.
13. adj. Distant, as in space or time: The city is miles away. The game was still a week away.
14. adj. Played on an opponent's field or grounds: an away game.
15. adj. In golf, having the ball lying farthest from the hole and properly playing first among competitors.
16. adj. Baseball Out: bases loaded, with two away.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. On the way; onward; on; along: as, come away.
2. From this or that place; off: as, to go, run, flee, or sail away.
3. From one's own or accustomed place; absent: as, he is away from home; I found him away on a vacation.
4. From contact or adherence; off: as, to clear away obstructions; cut away the broken spars.
5. Removed; apart; remote: as, away from the subject.
6. From one's possession or keeping: as, to give away one's books or money; throw away a worn-out or discarded thing.
7. From one's immediate presence, attention, or use; aside: as, put or lay away your work; put away your fears; the things were laid away for the summer.
8. From this or that direction; in another or the other direction: as, turn your eyes away; he turned away.
9. At or to such a distance; distant; off: as, the village is six miles away.
10. From one state or condition to another; out of existence; to an end; to nothing: as, to pass, wear, waste, fade, pine, or die away; continual dropping wears away stone; the image soon faded away; the wind died away at sunset; she pined away with consumption.
11. Gone; vanished; departed: as, here's a health to them that's away.
12. On; continuously; steadily; without interruption: as, he worked away; he kept pegging away; and hence often as an intensive: as, to fire away, eat away, laugh away, snore away.
13. Often used elliptically, with a verb (as go, get) suppressed, and simulating an imperative: as, (go) away! (get) away! we must away; whither away so fast?
14. Away back, far back; long ago: as, away back in the years before the war; away back in 1844. [Colloq. often way back.]
15. Far away, far and away. At a great distance.
16. By far.
17. Right away, straightway; at once; immediately; forthwith.

Wiktionary

1. adv. From a place, hence.
2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
4. adv. as imperative, by ellipsis Come away; go away; take away.
5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
6. adv. Without restraint.
7. adv. At a distance in time or space
8. interj. Northern England come on!; go on!
9. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
10. adj. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
11. adj. Not on one's home territory.
12. adj. baseball Out.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adv. From a place; hence.
2. adv. Absent; gone; at a distance.
3. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
4. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
5. adv. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
6. adv. colloq. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

WordNet 3.0

1. adv. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
2. adv. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
3. adv. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
4. adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
5. adj. used of an opponent's ground
6. adj. not present; having left
7. adv. from one's possession
8. adv. so as to be removed or gotten rid of
9. adv. out of existence
10. adv. in a different direction
11. adv. at a distance in space or time
12. adv. freely or at will
13. adv. in reserve; not for immediate use
14. adv. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily