verb
Meaning 1
To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
bear off
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verb
Meaning 2
To restrain; to keep from approaching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat
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verb
Meaning 4
To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: backgammon, games
Examples
- The first player to bear off all checkers is the winner.
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verb
Meaning 5
To remove a piece from play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: board games
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verb
Meaning 6
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands
- The car carried us off to the meeting
- I'll take you away on a holiday
- I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take away, bear away, carry away, carry off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: spirit away, spirit off, whisk off, whisk away
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: fer sortir — in backgammon
- German: auswürfeln — in backgammon
- Turkish: toplamak — in backgammon