| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | ahwey' |
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| Rhymes | airway, alleyway, anyway, and 67 more rhymes in wey at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Distant in either space or time. |
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| Examples | "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" |
| Similar to | distant |
| Meaning | Not present. Having left. |
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| Examples | "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" |
| Synonyms | gone, departed |
| Similar to | absent |
| Meaning | Used of an opponent's ground. |
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| Examples | "an away game" |
| Category | sport, athletics |
| Contrary | home |
| Meaning | (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter. |
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| Examples | "the pitch was away (or wide)" |
| Synonyms | outside |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
| Similar to | inaccurate |
| Meaning | From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete). |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Synonyms | off, forth |
| Usage | archaism, archaicism |
| Meaning | From one's possession. |
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| Examples | "gave away the tickets" |
| Synonyms | out |
| Meaning | Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts). |
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| Examples | "pushed all doubts away" |
| Synonyms | aside |
| Meaning | Out of existence. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Meaning | At a distance in space or time. |
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| Examples | "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" |
| Synonyms | off |
| Meaning | Indicating continuing action. Continuously or steadily. |
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| Examples | "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" |
| Meaning | So as to be removed or gotten rid of. |
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| Examples | "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" |
| Meaning | Freely or at will. |
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| Examples | "fire away!" |
| Meaning | In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping). |
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| Examples | "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" |
| Meaning | In a different direction. |
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| Examples | "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" |
| Synonyms | aside |
| Meaning | In reserve. Not for immediate use. |
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| Examples | "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" |
| Synonyms | aside, by |