AWAY

Definitions

1. 1. From a place; hence. The sound is going away. Shak. Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.
2. 2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3. 3. Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.
4. 4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson.
5. 5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.
6. 6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]