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Sounds | ahwey' |
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Rhymes | airway, alleyway, anyway, and 67 more rhymes in wey at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Distant in either space or time. |
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Examples | "the town is a mile away"; "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" |
Similar to | distant |
Meaning | Not present. Having left. |
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Examples | "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" |
Synonyms | gone, departed |
Similar to | absent |
Meaning | Used of an opponent's ground. |
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Examples | "an away game" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Contrary | home |
Meaning | (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter. |
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Examples | "the pitch was away (or wide)" |
Synonyms | outside |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Similar to | inaccurate |
Meaning | From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete). |
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Examples | "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" |
Synonyms | off, forth |
Usage | archaism, archaicism |
Meaning | From one's possession. |
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Examples | "gave away the tickets" |
Synonyms | out |
Meaning | Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts). |
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Examples | "pushed all doubts away" |
Synonyms | aside |
Meaning | Out of existence. |
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Examples | "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" |
Meaning | At a distance in space or time. |
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Examples | "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" |
Synonyms | off |
Meaning | Indicating continuing action. Continuously or steadily. |
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Examples | "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" |
Meaning | So as to be removed or gotten rid of. |
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Examples | "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" |
Meaning | Freely or at will. |
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Examples | "fire away!" |
Meaning | In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping). |
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Examples | "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" |
Meaning | In a different direction. |
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Examples | "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" |
Synonyms | aside |
Meaning | In reserve. Not for immediate use. |
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Examples | "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" |
Synonyms | aside, by |