Webster's English Dictionary

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away

1. away \*-'wa-\ av 1: on the way : ALONG {get ~ early}  2: from this or 
   that place : HENCE, THENCE {go ~}  3a: in another place  3b: in another 
   direction  4: out of existence : to an end {echoes dying ~}  5: from one's 
   possession {gave ~ a fortune}  6a: UNINTERRUPTEDLY, ON {clocks ticking ~}  
   6b: without hesitation or delay  7: by a long distance or interval : FAR {~ 
   back in 1910} 
2. away aj 1: absent from a place : GONE  2: DISTANT {a lake 10 miles ~}  
   3a: played on an opponent's grounds {home and ~ games}  of a golf ball  3b: 
   lying farthest from the cup and to be played first  baseball  3c: OUT {two 
   ~ in the 9th}  - away.ness n