verb
Meaning 1
To steal; to take away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to carry away a child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
carry away
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To be so excited that one is no longer in control of one's actions or behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To move away, as physically or emotionally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To take possession of the mind of; to charm, transport, or delude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to be carried away by music, or by temptation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To break under sudden pressure of violent wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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 off, bear 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
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ottaa pauloihinsa — to take possession of the mind
- Finnish: viedä mukanaan — to take possession of the mind
- Polish: ponosić — to take possession of the mind
- Polish: ponieść — to take possession of the mind
- Finnish: viedä mukanaan — nautical: to break under sudden wind
- Polish: łamać się od wiatru — nautical: to break under sudden wind
- Polish: złamać się od wiatru — nautical: to break under sudden wind