AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does away mean? 

• AWAY (adjective)
  The adjective AWAY has 3 senses:

1. not present; having left

2. used of an opponent's ground

3. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

  Familiarity information: AWAY used as an adjective is uncommon.

• AWAY (adverb)
  The adverb AWAY has 11 senses:

1. from a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete)

2. from one's possession

3. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

4. out of existence

5. at a distance in space or time

6. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

7. so as to be removed or gotten rid of

8. freely or at will

9. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

10. in a different direction

11. in reserve; not for immediate use

  Familiarity information: AWAY used as an adverb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AWAY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not present; having left

Context example:

you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away

Similar:

absent (not being in a specified place)

Derivation:

awayness (the state of being elsewhere than in particular place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used of an opponent's ground

Context example:

an away game

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Antonym:

home (used of your own ground)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

Synonyms:

away; outside

Context example:

an outside pitch

Similar:

inaccurate (not accurate)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

• AWAY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete)

Synonyms:

away; forth; off

Context example:

go forth and preach

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

From one's possession

Synonyms:

away; out

Context example:

gave away the tickets

Sense 3

Meaning:

Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

Synonyms:

aside; away

Context example:

pushed all doubts away

Sense 4

Meaning:

Out of existence

Context example:

her fingernails were worn away

Sense 5

Meaning:

At a distance in space or time

Synonyms:

away; off

Context example:

away back in the 18th century

Sense 6

Meaning:

Indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

Context example:

the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it

Sense 7

Meaning:

So as to be removed or gotten rid of

Context example:

the rotted wood had to be cut away

Sense 8

Meaning:

Freely or at will

Context example:

fire away!

Sense 9

Meaning:

In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

Context example:

filed the letter away

Sense 10

Meaning:

In a different direction

Synonyms:

aside; away

Context example:

glanced away

Sense 11

Meaning:

In reserve; not for immediate use

Synonyms:

aside; away; by

Context example:

has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day

 Context examples 

He gets a dry, hacking cough as the dead tissue sloughs away, and dies the following summer of pneumonia, wondering what it's all about.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

We could not tear ourselves away from each other nor persuade ourselves to say the word “Farewell!”

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

My marriage had drifted us away from each other.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The mate, Johansen, stood away several feet to the side of him, and fully three yards in front of him sat Wolf Larsen on one of the pivotal cabin chairs.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If they cannot, they may experience: • Panic and fear • Rapid heartbeat • Shortness of breath • Trembling • A strong desire to get away

(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

With early diagnosis, treatment can begin right away, before serious problems can occur or become permanent.

(Newborn Screening, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

We will see if my three years of absence have entirely taken away my power to surprise you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you have no symptoms, you may not need treatment right away.

(Multiple Myeloma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

As a result, your muscles weaken and waste away.

(Neuromuscular Disorders, NIH)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does he/she play childish pranks such as pinching or playing "keep away" for the fun of it?

(NPI - Play Childish Pranks, NCI Thesaurus)