Of waves, running water, rain, etc.: To remove, dislodge, carry away; to carry or transport in a specified direction. With adverbs away, down, off…

transitive. To carry away, snatch, seize (a person), esp. by force; to drag (a person) away from a place or other person; to drag to or into a place…

Of water, the tide, etc.: to lift up, or support on its surface (anything buoyant); to bear (anything buoyant) along by the force of the current…

Nautical. Of a current, tide, etc.: To carry with force (a ship or its crew). Obsolete.

To carry by a current of water, to wash down, against something, etc. Also, to pour or carry (liquid) freely down.