away
əˈweɪ
Far enough away is gone
The picture Something moves further and further from here until it is out of sight altogether. Away leaves this spot behind; back returns to it.
Where the picture shows up in away
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a distance from here
The pharmacy is five minutes away.
ðə ˈfɑːrməsi ɪz faɪv ˈmɪnɪts əˈweɪ
The pharmacy is a five-minute walk.
A five-minute stretch of pavement lies between where you stand and the pharmacy
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moved out of sight
Put your phone away during the meeting.
pʊt jʊər foʊn əˈweɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ
Please keep your phone out of sight during the meeting.
The phone leaves the desk for a pocket and drops out of sight
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the person leaves
He walked away without a word.
hiː wɔːkt əˈweɪ wɪðˈaʊt ə wɜːrd
He left without saying a word.
A turned back grows smaller and smaller down the street
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thrown out of your life
Don't throw away the receipt.
doʊnt θroʊ əˈweɪ ðə rɪˈsiːt
Don't throw the receipt out.
The receipt is tossed into the bin and out of your life for good
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the feeling fades out
The pain went away after an hour.
ðə peɪn went əˈweɪ ˈæftər ən ˈaʊər
The pain was gone after an hour.
The pain drifts further off little by little until there is nothing left to feel
All of it in one picture
Away is one arrow leaving this spot. Hold a distance and it is away; move it out of sight and it is put away; let a person keep going and they walk away; drop it in the bin and you throw it away; let a feeling drift far enough and it goes away. Far enough from here stops meaning distant and starts meaning gone — that is the feeling under every away.