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Definitions of away:

adjective: used of an opponent's ground
Example: "An away game"
adjective: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
Example: "The pitch was away (or wide)"
adverb: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
Example: "Ran away from the lion"
adverb: from one's possession
Example: "Gave away the tickets"
adverb: out of existence
Example: "The music faded away"
adverb: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
Example: "He worked away at the project for more than a year"
adverb: in a different direction
Example: "Turn away one's face"
adverb: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
Example: "Put the toys away"
adverb: so as to be removed or gotten rid of
Example: "Cleared the mess away"
adverb: freely or at will
Example: "Fire away!"
adverb: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Example: "Pushed all doubts away"
adverb: at a distance in space or time
Example: "The boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
adverb: in reserve; not for immediate use
Example: "Has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day"

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to away: (1238 results)
Synonyms:
aside, by, departed, forth, gone, inaccurate, off, out, outside

Often used in the same context:
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Appears in the definition of:
., abandonment, abaxial, abducent, abduct, abducting, abduction, abductor, abductor muscle, ablate, ablated, abolish, aborad, aboral, abrade, abrase, abroad, abscond, absconder, abscondment, absence, absent, absquatulate, abstract, accretion, addressed, aeriform, afield, akimboip, amiss, antapex, anticlinal, antique, apologise, apologize, atone, attract, aversion, avert, averting, avoid, avoidance, away game, awol, awry, axon, axone, balance, ball, banish, bed, bereft ofp, bilge well, bird-scarer, blaze, bleep, bligh, blindfold, blink, blink away, bolt, bounce, bound, breakaway, break away, breaking away, break loose, break out, breakwater, brush, buccaneering, bulwark, burglar alarm, busboy, buy back, camphor ball, canter, captain bligh, cart, cart away, cart off, carve, carving, cash-and-carry, cashier, casing, cast aside, cast away, cast-offa, cast out, caustic, centrifugal, chase away, chatter, cheese, chimney, chip at, chuck, chuck out, circus, cloaca, coolant, corrade, corroded, corrosive, creak, critter sitter, cup, cut away, cutout, cutting, cutwork, decamp, decampment, decentralisation, decentralisinga, decentralization, decentralizinga, deducted, deflect, degauss, deliquesce, demagnetise, demagnetize, demilitarise, demilitarize, denounce, deprive, deprived ofp, derivation, derogation, desorb, despatch, destroy, destruct, deter, deterge, detract, detritus, deviate, dig, disappearing, disarm, discard, discarded, discourage, dishearten, disinfestation officer, dismissal, dispatch, dispatched, dispel, disperse, dispose, dissident irish republican army, dissipate, dissolve, dissuade, distal, distract, distraction, distributary, ditch, divergence, divergency, divergent thinker, divergent thinking, diversion, diversionary attack, divert, divest, dodging, doppler effect, doppler shift, dorsal, downriver, downstream, downwind, drag, drain, drainpipe, draw away, draw back, drive away, drive off, drive out, duck, dump, durable, dwindling, dwindling away, eat away, ebb, echo, ecstasy, efferent, eliminate, elope, elopement, emaciate, epilating wax, eroded, erosion, erosive, eschew, euphemistically, eviscerate, exaltation, excuse, expatriate, explosion, fall back, far and away, far-off, fast one, fax, feabane mullet, fee simple, fee tail, fetch, fifth, fleabane, flee, fling, flow away, flow off, foreclose, foreswear, formal logic, fourth, frayed, frazzle, fret, fritter, fritter away, full gainer, gainer, get away, get by, get off, get out, get rid of, give away, give or take, go away, go forth, good sense, go off, grass, grave, groin, groyne, guard, gutter, hack, handcart, haphazard, haul away, haul off, hoarder, holiday, homesick, house sitter, hunt, impoverish, indelible, indelible ink, inland, instroke, invalidate, irremovable, jettison, jetty, john davison rockefeller, john d. rockefeller, justify, kidnap, kidnapping, land, lateral, lazily, leea, leeward, lift, lonesome, mathematical logic, meat thermometer, mehemet ali, misdirection, mohammed ali, mole, mothball, moth-eaten, mothy, motorial, move back, muck, muhammad ali, nearby, negative chemotaxis, nervously, nobble, nondisposable, nostalgic, obliterate, obliterator, obviate, off-center, off-centered, offhand, offshore, off-site, old catholic church, opposite, outboard, outgoing, outlier, out-of-the-box thinking, outward-developing, outward-moving, overburden, over-embellished, panic, part, pass away, peeling, pentagon gang, pet sitter, pet sitting, piracy, plug, plug away, plughole, poke check, precision rifle, pulicaria dysenterica, pull, pull away, pull back, pull out, pushing, put away, put off, quit, radial velocity, rain-wash, rapture, raptus, rat, rat-catcher, rationalise, rationalize, rationalize away, real ira, real irish republican army, rebound, rebuff, recede, recoil, relinquish, remainder, removable, remove, renounce, repent, repulse, repurchase, residual, residue, residuum, resile, retire, retract, retreat, retreating, reusable, reverberate, ricochet, ride away, ride off, rid of, rira, road game, rob, rockefeller, rot, rub down, rub off, rummage, run off, saponaceous, saved upp, scarecrow, scarer, scatter, scoured, scrape, scratch, scratch up, scrub plane, sculpt, sculpture, seal bomb, seawall, seaward, seclude, secularise, secularize, seduce, self-destroy, self-destruct, send off, separate, sequester, sequestrate, seventh, sewage, sewer, sewerage, shamash, shoo, shoo away, shoo off, shop, shrink back, shun, shunning, shy away from, sixth, skedaddle, skeleton key, sleepover, slider, slip, smudge, snatch, sniper rifle, snitch, snub, soapy, soil erosion, spirit away, splinter group, spread out, spring, spurious, sputter, squander, stag, stampede, stand back, stand out, stinkhorn, store, stored-upa, stored upp, storm, stowage, stowing, strawman, straw man, strip, subtracted, suction, symbolic logic, tailrace, take a hop, takeaway, take away, take flight, take leave, take off, taxis, tell on, third, thither, threadbare, thromboembolism, throw away, throwawaya, throwawayp, thrown-awaya, throw out, tick, torrent, toss, toss away, toss out, transport, trough, tumbleweed, turn away, turn back, turning away, unarm, uncivil, undercut, unerasable, uneroded, unobserved, unwanted, unweathered, upfield, upstage, uptown, valgus, vanish, vanishing, varied, vitiate, vitriolic, void, volatility, waiter's assistant, walk away, walk off, wanton, ward off, warn, wash, wash away, washout, waste pipe, wear away, wear ship, westerly, whang, whiff, whisk, whisk away, whisk off, whistle, whittle away, whittle down, william bligh, windward, wink, withdraw, work off, worn spot

Antonyms:
home(a)

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