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Adjective
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- the pitch was away (or wide)
- used of an opponent's ground
- not present; having left
- you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away
Adverb
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- started setting aside money to buy a car
- put something by for her old age
- has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- her jewels are locked away in a safe
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- the rotted wood had to be cut away
- 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
- 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
- out of existence
- tried to explain away the affair of the letter- H.E.Scudder
- her fingernails were worn away
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- brush the objections aside
- from one's possession
- he gave out money to the poor
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- wanted to get away from there
- sent the children away to boarding school
- the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal