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Carry   /kˈæri/  /kˈɛri/   Listen
Carry

verb
(past & past part. carried; pres. part. carrying)
1.
Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.  Synonym: transport.  "Carry the suitcases to the car" , "This train is carrying nuclear waste" , "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
2.
Have with oneself; have on one's person.  Synonyms: pack, take.  "I always carry money" , "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
3.
Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.  Synonyms: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit.  "The airwaves carry the sound" , "Many metals conduct heat"
4.
Serve as a means for expressing something.  Synonyms: convey, express.  "His voice carried a lot of anger"
5.
Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.  "How many credits is this student carrying?" , "We carry a very large mortgage"
6.
Support or hold in a certain manner.  Synonyms: bear, hold.  "He carried himself upright"
7.
Contain or hold; have within.  Synonyms: bear, contain, hold.  "The canteen holds fresh water" , "This can contains water"
8.
Extend to a certain degree.  "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
9.
Continue or extend.  Synonym: extend.  "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
10.
Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
11.
Win in an election.
12.
Include, as on a list.
13.
Behave in a certain manner.  Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport.  "He bore himself with dignity" , "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
14.
Have on hand.  Synonyms: stock, stockpile.
15.
Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.  Synonym: run.  "This paper carries a restaurant review" , "All major networks carried the press conference"
16.
Propel,.  Synonym: dribble.  "Dribble the ball"
17.
Pass on a communication.
18.
Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.  "The loan carries a high interest rate" , "This undertaking carries many dangers" , "She carries her mother's genes" , "These bonds carry warrants" , "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
19.
Be conveyed over a certain distance.
20.
Keep up with financial support.
21.
Have or possess something abstract.  "I will carry the secret to my grave" , "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head" , "I carry a lot of life insurance"
22.
Be equipped with (a mast or sail).
23.
Win approval or support for.  Synonyms: persuade, sway.  "His speech did not sway the voters"
24.
Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
25.
Take further or advance.
26.
Have on the surface or on the skin.
27.
Capture after a fight.
28.
Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.  Synonym: post.
29.
Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
30.
Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
31.
Bear (a crop).
32.
Propel or give impetus to.
33.
Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.  Synonym: hold.  "He had drunk more than he could carry"
34.
Be able to feed.
35.
Have a certain range.
36.
Cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
37.
Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).
38.
Be successful in.
39.
Sing or play against other voices or parts.
40.
Be pregnant with.  Synonyms: bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven.  "The are expecting another child in January" , "I am carrying his child"
noun
(pl. carries)
1.
The act of carrying something.



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"Carry" Quotes from Famous Books



... that he had gained little, if any, upon the pirate during the night, and became convinced that he must again commence firing upon her, trusting to some lucky ball to carry away a spar, or failing, to allow the villains to escape the punishment they so richly deserved, not only for their inhuman treatment of the crew of the Betsy Allen, but doubtless for numerous other crimes committed ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 • Various
... as it is now corruptly called the Witch, a wide covered drain below the furnace-wheel to carry off the water from it, usually arched, but here only covered with timbers to support the rubbish ...
— Iron Making in the Olden Times - as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean • H. G. Nicholls
... on these small, ungainly steamers which do their business up in the savage heart of Africa on the waters of the Haut Congo, and because every man with a gun for many reasons feels himself to be an enemy of the Free State, the steamers carry their firing logs stacked in ramparts round their boilers and other vital parts. But wood, as compared with coal, is bulky stuff to carry, and as the stowage capacity of these stern-wheelers is small, they have to make frequent calls ...
— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne
... not there, otherwise he would have come out," said the reporter. "Let us carry him to the ...
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room • Gaston Leroux
... are good things of the kind here below, too. After all, what were a magic carpet that could carry a single lucky wight,—at best, but a species of heavenly sulky,—compared with a railroad train that speeds along hundreds of men, women, and children, over land and water, with any amount of heavy baggage, as well as a boundless extent ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 11, September, 1858 • Various


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