AWAY - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adverb
from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
Example: 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
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Adverb
from one's possession
Example: he gave out money to the poor; gave away the tickets
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Adjective
(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
Example: the pitch was away (or wide); an outside pitch
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Adverb
out of existence
Example: 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
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Adverb
indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
Example: he worked away at the project for more than a year; the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it
Meaning 6
Part of speech: Adverb
so as to be removed or gotten rid of
Example: cleared the mess away; the rotted wood had to be cut away
Meaning 7
Part of speech: Adverb
freely or at will
Example: fire away!
Meaning 8
Part of speech: Adverb
in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
Example: put the toys away; her jewels are locked away in a safe; filed the letter away
Meaning 9
Part of speech: Adverb
in a different direction
Example: turn aside; turn away one's face; glanced away
Synonyms
Outside, Out, Off, Away, Aside
Antonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "away" comes from Old English aweġ, which comes from Middle English away. Many other languages have similar words:
- Scots: awa
- Old Frisian: aweg
- Saterland Frisian: wäch
- Dutch: weg
- German: weg
- Danish: væk
- Swedish: i väg
🔗 Related Words
– A related word in the same word family.
way – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Old English had grammatical genders for nouns, like German does today.