Dictionary Entry

away

away is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: From a place; hence. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 20 senses

Definitions

1adverb
From a place; hence.
2adverb
Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3adverb
Aside; off; in another direction.
4adverb
From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
5adverb
By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
6adverb
On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
7adjective
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
"the pitch was away (or wide)"
"an outside pitch"
Synonyms
outside
8adjective
used of an opponent's ground
"an away game"
9adjective
not present; having left
"he's away right now"
"you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
10adverb
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
"ran away from the lion"
"wanted to get away from there"
Synonyms
forth off
11adverb
from one's possession
"he gave out money to the poor"
"gave away the tickets"
Synonyms
out
12adverb
in reserve; not for immediate use
"started setting aside money to buy a car"
"put something by for her old age"
Synonyms
aside by
13adverb
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
"brush the objections aside"
"pushed all doubts away"
Synonyms
aside
14adverb
out of existence- H.E.Scudder
"the music faded away"
"tried to explain away the affair of the letter"
15adverb
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"
16adverb
in a different direction
"turn aside"
"turn away one's face"
Synonyms
aside
17adverb
in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
"put the toys away"
"her jewels are locked away in a safe"
18adverb
at a distance in space or time
"the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"
"the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"
Synonyms
off
19adverb
so as to be removed or gotten rid of
"cleared the mess away"
"the rotted wood had to be cut away"
20adverb
freely or at will
"fire away!"

Synonyms

outside forth off out aside by

Common word forms

aways awayness

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