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carried away

car·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kar-ee]
    • /ˈker- əˈweɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kar-ee]
    • /ˈker- əˈweɪ/

Definitions of carried away words

  • verb with object carried away to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people. 1
  • verb with object carried away to wear, hold, or have around one: He carries his knife in his pocket. He carries a cane. 1
  • verb with object carried away to contain or be capable of containing; hold: The suitcase will carry enough clothes for a week. 1
  • verb with object carried away to serve as an agency or medium for the transmission of: The wind carried the sound. He carried the message to me. 1
  • verb with object carried away to be the means of conveying or transporting (something or someone): The wind carried the balloon out of sight. 1
  • verb with object carried away to be pregnant with: His wife is carrying twins. 1

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Origin of carried away

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English carien < Anglo-French carier < Late Latin carricāre, apparently variant of *carrūcāre, derivative of Latin carrūca traveling carriage < Celtic; see car1

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Parts of speech for Carried away

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

carried away popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

carried away usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for carried away

adj carried away

  • agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
  • anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
  • berserk — Berserk means crazy and out of control.
  • bothered — worried or concerned
  • crazed — Crazed people are wild and uncontrolled, and perhaps insane.

adv carried away

  • overjoyed — to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate: It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.
  • in seventh heaven — ecstatically happy

verb carried away

  • send — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • unlade — to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.
  • unpack — to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
  • unburden — to free from a burden.

Antonyms for carried away

adj carried away

  • sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
  • collected — An author's collected works or letters are all their works or letters published in one book or in a set of books.
  • sane — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • controlled — held in check; curbed: poorly controlled anger.

verb carried away

  • detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
  • imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • hire — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
  • dam — A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
  • owe — to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage.

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