On the way; onward; on; along: as, come away.From this or that place; off: as, to go, run, flee, or sail away.From one's own or accustomed place; absent: as, he is away from home; I found him away on a vacation.From contact or adherence; off: as, to clear away obstructions; cut away the broken spars.Removed; apart; remote: as, away from the subject.From one's possession or keeping: as, to give away one's books or money; throw away a worn-out or discarded thing.From one's immediate presence, attention, or use; aside: as, put or lay away your work; put away your fears; the things were laid away for the summer.From this or that direction; in another or the other direction: as, turn your eyes away; he turned away.At or to such a distance; distant; off: as, the village is six miles away.From one state or condition to another; out of existence; to an end; to nothing: as, to pass, wear, waste, fade, pine, or die away; continual dropping wears away stone; the image soon faded away; the wind died away at sunset; she pined away with consumption.Gone; vanished; departed: as, here's a health to them that's away.On; continuously; steadily; without interruption: as, he worked away; he kept pegging away; and hence often as an intensive: as, to fire away, eat away, laugh away, snore away.Often used elliptically, with a verb (as go, get) suppressed, and simulating an imperative: as, (go) away! (get) away! we must away; whither away so fast?Away back, far back; long ago: as, away back in the years before the war; away back in 1844. [Colloq. often way back.]Far away, far and away. At a great distance.By far.Right away, straightway; at once; immediately; forthwith.
