What is the meaning of away?

adjective

• Not present; having left.
  • usage: "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"
• Used of an opponent's ground.
  • usage: "an away game"
• Of a baseball pitch. ( on the far side of home plate from the batter)
  • usage: "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
  • synonyms: outside

adverb

• From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete. )
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: off, forth
• From one's possession.
  • usage: "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
  • synonyms: out
• Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts. )
  • usage: "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
  • synonyms: aside
• Out of existence.
  • usage: "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"
• At a distance in space or time)
  • usage: "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away. "; "away back in the 18th century"
  • synonyms: off
• Indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily.
  • usage: "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
• So as to be removed or gotten rid of.
  • usage: "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
• Freely or at will.
  • usage: "fire away"
• In or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping. )
  • usage: "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
• In a different direction.
  • usage: "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
  • synonyms: aside
• In reserve; not for immediate use.
  • usage: "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
  • synonyms: aside, by