Meaning

2 senses

  1. To take something away in order to dispose of it; to remove a large volume of materials.

    take away by means of a vehicle

  2. To remove someone difficult or troublesome.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. We watched the dustmen cart the rubbish away.

    deMan sah den Müllmännern beim Wegholen des Mülls zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. We watched the dustmen carting away the rubbish.

    deMan sah den Müllmännern beim Wegholen des Mülls zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We watched the binmen carting away the rubbish.

    deMan sah den Müllmännern beim Wegholen des Mülls zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Adriano pushed his cart away.

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Forms

carts away, carting away, carted away, carted away
Base formcart away · to cart away
3rd person singularcarts away
Present participlecarting away
Past simplecarted away
Past participlecarted away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycart away
he, she, itcarts away

Past simpleLesson

all personscarted away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave carted away
he, she, ithas carted away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cart away

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
carryA1carsickcartcartecartelcartercartilage
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