| adjective | not present; having left “he's away right now” |
| adjective | used of an opponent's ground “an away game” |
| adjective | (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter “the pitch was away (or wide)” |
| adverb | from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) “ran away from the lion” |
| adverb | from one's possession “he gave out money to the poor” |
| adverb | out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) “brush the objections aside” |
| adverb | out of existence; ; - H.E.Scudder “the music faded away” |
| adverb | at a distance in space or time “the boat was 5 miles off (or away)” |
| adverb | indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily “he worked away at the project for more than a year” |
| adverb | so as to be removed or gotten rid of “cleared the mess away” |
| adverb | freely or at will “fire away!” |
| adverb | in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping) “put the toys away” |
| adverb | in a different direction “turn aside” |
| adverb | in reserve; not for immediate use “started setting aside money to buy a car” |
| awayness | noun | the state of being elsewhere than in particular place |