HyperDic: put_away

English > 7 senses of the expression *put away*:
VERB	contact	put away, lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up	place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
	possession	put away, discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away	throw or cast away
	social	put away, imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
	contact	put away, put aside	stop using
	contact	put away, put to sleep	kill gently, as with an injection
	consumption	put away, tuck in, tuck away	eat up
	communication	put away, put aside	turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Synonyms	lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up
Broader	confine	prevent from leaving or from being removed
Spanish	encerrar

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 2, possession
Meaning	throw or cast away.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"Put away your worries"
Synonyms	discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away
Narrower	abandon	forsake, leave behind
	close out	terminate by selling off or disposing of
	de-access	dispose of by selling
	deep-six, give it the deep six	toss out
	dump	throw away as refuse
	jettison	throw away, of something encumbering
	retire	dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
	sell out, sell up, liquidize	Get rid of all one's merchandise
	trash, junk, scrap	dispose of (something useless or old)
	unlearn	discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
	waste	Get rid of
Broader	get rid of, remove	dispose of
Spanish	arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar
Catalan	apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 3, social
Meaning	lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They want to put away the prisoners
Synonyms	imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	confine, detain	deprive of freedom
See also	put	put into a certain place or abstract location
Spanish	apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar
Catalan	empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 4, contact
Meaning	stop using.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"the children were told to put away their toys" "the students put away their notebooks"
Synonym	put aside

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 5, contact
Meaning	kill gently, as with an injection.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	put to sleep
Broader	kill	Cause to die
See also	put	cause to be in a certain state
Spanish	sacrificar

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 6, consumption
Meaning	eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They put away more bread
Synonyms	tuck in, tuck away
Entails	eat	Eat a meal
Broader	eat up, finish, polish off	Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
Spanish	devorar

English > *put away*: 7 senses > verb 7, communication
Meaning	turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"it's time for you to put away childish things"
Synonym	put aside
Broader	interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off	make a break / break in
Spanish	abandonar, dejar, guardar, reservar

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