most away
adverb
1.
from this or that place; off: to go away.
2.
aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers
3.
far; apart: away back; away from the subject.
4.
out of one's possession or use: to give money away.
5.
out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.
adjective
8.
absent; gone: to be away from home.
9.
distant: six miles away.
10.
immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.
11.
Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games. Compare home ( def 15 ).
12.
Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.
00:10
Most away
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
14.
Idioms do away with,
a.
to get rid of; abolish; stop.
b.
to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
15.
away with,
a.
take away: Away with him!
b.
go away! leave!: Away with you!
16.
where away?, (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To most away
Collins
World English Dictionary
away (əˈweɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | from a particular place; off: to swim away |
| 2. | in or to another, usual, or proper place: to put toys away |
| 3. | apart; at a distance: to keep away from strangers |
| 4. | out of existence: the music faded away |
| 5. | indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own possession, etc: to turn one's head away; to give away money |
| 6. | indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something: to sleep away the hours |
| 7. | continuously: laughing away; fire away |
| 8. | away with a command for a person to go or be removed: away with you; away with him to prison! |
| 9. | far and away by a very great margin: far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten |
| 10. | (Canadian) from away from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland |
| —adj | |
| 11. | not present: away from school |
| 12. | distant: he is a good way away |
| 13. | having started; released: he was away before sunrise; bombs away! |
| 14. | (also prenominal) sport played on an opponent's ground: an away game |
| 15. | golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole |
| 16. | baseball (of a player) having been put out |
| 17. | horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race |
| —n | |
| 18. | sport a game played or won at an opponent's ground |
| —interj | |
| 19. | an expression of dismissal |
| [Old English on weg on way] | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
away
O.E. aweg, earlier on weg "on from this (that) place;" see way. Colloquial use for "without delay" (fire away, also right away) is from earlier sense of "onward in time" (16c.). Intensive use (e.g. away back) is Amer.Eng., first attested 1818.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
away definition
|
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
