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

1. adverb. From a place; hence.
2. adverb. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3. adverb. Aside; off; in another direction.
4. adverb. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
5. adverb. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
6. adverb. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
7. adjective. (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

8. adjective. used of an opponent's ground

   "an away game"

9. adjective. not present; having left

   "he's away right now"

   "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

10. adverb. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)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

11. adverb. from one's possession

    "he gave out money to the poor"

    "gave away the tickets"

    Synonyms: out

12. adverb. in reserve; not for immediate use

    "started setting aside money to buy a car"

    "put something by for her old age"

    Synonyms: aside, by

13. adverb. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

    "brush the objections aside"

    "pushed all doubts away"

    Synonyms: aside

14. adverb. out of existence- H.E.Scudder

    "the music faded away"

    "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"

15. adverb. 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"

16. adverb. in a different direction

    "turn aside"

    "turn away one's face"

    Synonyms: aside

17. adverb. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

    "put the toys away"

    "her jewels are locked away in a safe"

18. adverb. 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

19. adverb. so as to be removed or gotten rid of

    "cleared the mess away"

    "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

20. adverb. freely or at will

    "fire away!"

Synonyms

outside, forth, off, out, aside, by

Common word forms

aways, awayness

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