adj.
Pronunciation: ə - ' w ā
Function: adverb
Date: before 12th century
1 : on the way : ALONG <get away early>
2 : from this or that place <go away >
3 a : in a secure place or manner <locked away > b : in another direction <look away >
4 : out of existence : to an end <echoes dying away >
5 : from one's possession <gave away a fortune>
6 : steadily onward : UNINTERRUPTEDLY <clocks ticking away >
7 : by a long distance or interval : FAR < away back in 1910>