verb
Meaning 1
To transport away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I need a truck to carry off all this furniture.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
carry off
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 steal or kidnap
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Bandits carried off most of the money.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The actress carried off a difficult performance with dash.
- He is carrying off his act, convincing them he was a nuclear scientist.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To achieve (something); to succeed at (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Despite a slow start in the race, he carried it off in the end.
- We didn't think they'd finish by the deadline, but they carried it off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pull off
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To cause the death of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Malaria carried off many people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To win (a prize, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- After a closely-fought match, Oxford carried off the trophy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
kill in large numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plague wiped out an entire population
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
verb
Meaning 8
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 away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: spirit away, spirit off, whisk off, whisk away
verb
Meaning 9
be successful; achieve a goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She succeeded in persuading us all
- I managed to carry the box upstairs
- She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
- The pianist negociated the difficult runs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pull off, negociate, bring off, manage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: завличам (zavličam) — to transport away
- Bulgarian: завлека (zavleka) — to transport away
- Bulgarian: отмъквам (otmǎkvam) — to transport away
- Bulgarian: отмъкна (otmǎkna) — to transport away
- French: expédier — to transport away
- French: transporter — to transport away
- French: déplacer — to transport away
- Ingrian: vimpata — to transport away
- Latin: auferō — to transport away
- Latin: dēgerō — to transport away
- Māori: whakariua — to transport away
- Sanskrit: हरति (harati) — to transport away
- Ottoman Turkish: گوتورمك (götürmek) — to transport away
- Bulgarian: завличам (zavličam) — to steal or kidnap
- Bulgarian: завлека (zavleka) — to steal or kidnap
- Bulgarian: отмъквам (otmǎkvam) — to steal or kidnap
- Bulgarian: отмъкна (otmǎkna) — to steal or kidnap
- Egyptian: i-TA-A-D51:D40 (jṯꜣ) — to steal or kidnap
- Ingrian: vimpata — to steal or kidnap
- Irish: fuadaigh — to steal or kidnap
- Latin: raptō — to steal or kidnap
- Bulgarian: представям обедително (predstavjam obeditelno) — to act convincingly
- Bulgarian: представя обедително (predstavja obeditelno) — to act convincingly
- Bulgarian: справям се (spravjam se) — to act convincingly
- Bulgarian: справя се (spravja se) — to act convincingly
- Bulgarian: отнасям (otnasjam) — to cause death
- Bulgarian: отнеса (otnesa) — to cause death