away
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ran away from the lion
Related & opposite
- archaism domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
used of an opponent's ground
an away game
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
from one's possession
he gave out money to the poor
Sense 4 adjective
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
the pitch was away (or wide)
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
- inaccurate similar to
Sense 5 adverb
out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
brush the objections aside
Sense 6 adverb
out of existence
the music faded away
Sense 7 adverb
at a distance in space or time
the boat was 5 miles off (or away)
Sense 8 adverb
indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
he worked away at the project for more than a year
Sense 9 adverb
so as to be removed or gotten rid of
cleared the mess away
Sense 10 adverb
freely or at will
fire away!
Sense 11 adverb
in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
put the toys away
Sense 12 adverb
in a different direction
turn aside
Sense 13 adverb
in reserve; not for immediate use
started setting aside money to buy a car
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | homea |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inaccurate |