verb
- Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
- Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
- usage: "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
- Take out or remove.
- usage: "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
- synonyms: take out
- Take from a person or place.
- usage: "We took the abused child away from its parents"
- Buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food.
- usage: "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
- synonyms: take out
- Get rid of something abstract.
- usage: "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
- synonyms: remove
- Take away a part from; diminish.
- usage: "His bad manners detract from his good character"
- synonyms: detract
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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