away
     adj 1: distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away";
            "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" [syn:
            {away(p)}]
     2: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must
        not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is
        away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests" [syn:
         {away(p)}, {gone(p)}, {departed(a)}]
     3: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: {home(a)}]
     4: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
        batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
        [syn: {outside}]
     adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
            obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get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"; "went off to school"; "they drove off";
            "go forth and preach" [syn: {off}, {forth}]
     2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor";
        "gave away the tickets" [syn: {out}]
     3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
        the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: {aside}]
     4: out of existence; "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"
     5: 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" [syn: {off}]
     6: 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"
     7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
        away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
     8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
     9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or
        safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked
        away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
     10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
         face"; "glanced away" [syn: {aside}]
     11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
         money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
         "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: {aside},
          {by}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0