away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-wā'
ipa: /əˈweɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: aweigh
Forms: form: aways
form: awaying
form: awayed
form: awayed
Etymology: From Middle English away, awey, awei, oway, o wey, on way, from Old English āweġ, onweġ (“away”), originally on weġ (“on one's way; onward; on”), equivalent to a- (“on”) + way.
Cognate with Scots awa, away (“away”), Old Frisian aweg, awei (“away”), Saterland Frisian wäch, wääge (“away”), Dutch weg (“away”), German weg (“away”), Danish væk (“away”), Swedish i väg (“away; off; along”).
Senses: examples: text: At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.
glosses: To depart; to go to another place.
Derived terms: abstract away from
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
auto-away
autoaway
away at the races
awayday
away day
away-day girl
away from home
away game
away goal
away goals rule
away-going
away in a hack
awayness
away side
away swing
away team
away there
away to the races
awayward
away with the fairies
away with the pixies
away with you
back away
bang away
bargain away
bat away
bear away
bear away the bell
beaver away
blast away
blaze away
blow away
blow the cobwebs away
boil away
bombs away
book away
bottle away
break away
breakaway
bring away
bring oneself away
brush away
burn away
by far and away
call away
cannot away with
carried away
carry away
cart away
cast away
chase away
chat away
chip away
chocks away
chuck away
chug away
claw away
clear away
come away
come away empty
cut-away
cut away
cut away one's soul
die away
die-away
do away with
drain away
draw away
drive away
driveaway
drop away
dry up and blow away
eat away
eat away at
explain away
fade-away
fade away
fall away
far and away
faraway
far away
far far away
fend away
fetch away
fiddle away
fie away
figure away
file away
fill away
fire away
flag away
fly-away
flyaway
fold away
foldaway
fool away
footle away
frit away
fritter away
a mile away
fuck away
get away
get-away
getaway
get away with
get away with murder
get away with you
get carried away
get one's end away
give-away
give away
give-away shop
give away the farm
give away the store
give one's daughter away
give the game away
give the store away
give with one hand and take away with the other
glance away
go away
go-away bird
go-away-bird
going away
going away dress
grow away from
hack away
hammer away
hand away
have it away
hereaway
hide away
hideaway
hit away
hoistaway
home-and-away
home away from home
inch away
interpret away
jaw away
keep away
keep-away
keep away from
laugh away
lay away
lock away
lock someone up and throw away the key
look away
look like who did it and ran away
love away
make away
make away with
meltaway
melt away
miles away
move away
once and away
out and away
over the hills and far away
pack away
pack-away
pass away
peel away
peg away
pick away at
piddle away
pine away
piss away
plate away
play away
plug away
pom-pom-pull-away
pray away the gay
pray the gay away
pull away
pull away the shoulder
push away
put away
ridden hard and put away wet
ride hard and put away wet
ride someone hard and put them away wet
right away
right-away signal
roar away
roll away
rollaway
rot away
rub away
run away
run-away
runaway
run away from
run away together
run away with
salt away
scare away
scurry away
sell away
sell in May and go away
sell in May and stay away
sell in May then go away
send away
send away for
shoo away
show away
shrink away
shut away
shy away
shy away from
sign away
skurry away
slattern away
slave away
slip away
slog away
slug away
smooth away
soak away
soakaway
soaraway
sock away
spirit away
sport away
square away
squirrel away
standaway
stash away
stay away
stay-away
steal away
store away
stow away
straight away
strip away
sweep away
swing away
tail away
take away
take-away
take away from
take it away
take one's breath away
take someone's breath away
teach away
tear away
tearaway
the one that got away
there away
this too shall pass away
throw away
throw-away
throw away the key
throw money away
tick away
toss away
towaway
tow-away zone
trade away
trail away
trans the gay away
tuck away
tuckaway
turn away
turning away
turning-away
up and away
walk-away
walk away
walk away from
walk away with
want-away
wash away
waste away
wave away
wayward
wear away
whale away
wheel away
when the cat's away
when the cat's away the mice play
when the cat's away the mice will play
where away
while away
whisk away
whither away
wipe away
wire away
wish away
wither away
withering away of the state
work away
worlds away