Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To place out of the way, clean up.
WordNet
v. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" [syn: lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up]
throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away]
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand]
kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" [syn: put to sleep]
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza" [syn: tuck in, tuck away]
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She turned away from her painting"
Usage examples of "put away".
For Guatemoc prayed him again and yet again to put away his fears and declare open war upon the Teules before it was too late.
If thou wouldst learn to put away from thee every created thing, Jesus would freely take up His abode with thee.
It finally showed clear and she cased it back up and put away the wind-gauge.
As soon as he heard the bell he ran to meet Madame Bovary, took her shawl, and put away under the shop-counter the thick list shoes that she wore over her boots when there was snow.
What cash Stromer had managed to put away over the years was now worthless.
On the morrow there remained only half a pint of water, and this the doctor put away, all three having resolved not to touch it until the last extremity.
And I think that I have amply proved, by the reasons given above, that happiness ought not to be bestowed upon any one whose sins have not been wholly put away.
Nancy had said that they contained the winter clothing, put away for the summer.
We were on the unrailed front porch by that time, and Hotchkiss had put away his notebook.