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  away
       adj 1: distant in either space or time; "the town is a mile away";
              "a country far away"; "the game is a week away" [syn:
              away(p)]
       2: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must
          not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is
          away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests" [syn:
           away(p), gone(p), departed(a)]
       3: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
       4: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
          batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
          [syn: outside]
       adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
              obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get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"; "went off to school"; "they drove off";
              "go forth and preach" [syn: off, forth]
       2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor";
          "gave away the tickets" [syn: out]
       3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
          the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside]
       4: out of existence; "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"
       5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off
          (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)";
          "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off]
       6: 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"
       7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
          away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
       8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
       9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or
          safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked
          away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
       10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
           face"; "glanced away" [syn: aside]
       11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
           money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
           "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside,
            by]