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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



... now decided to carry the war against Holland into the New World. He sent word to the governors of the New England Colonists that he was about to dispatch war ships to the coasts of America, and he called upon them to give their utmost assistance ...
— Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam • John S. C. Abbott
... heavily on the line of Howlett's House, made serious demonstrations direct on Drewry's Bluff. Butler supposed that, the defenses being entirely uncovered by the drain of men for Lee's army, he could carry them with ease. In this hope he relied much upon the powerful aid of the fleet; but Admiral Lee, ascending in a double-ender, lost his pioneer-boat, the "Commodore Jones" and very nearly his own flag-ship, ...
— Four Years in Rebel Capitals - An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death • T. C. DeLeon
... which the town of Jillifrey is situated, produces great plenty of the necessaries of life; but the chief trade of the inhabitants is in salt, which commodity they carry up the river in canoes as high as Barraconda, and bring down in return Indian corn, cotton cloths, elephants' teeth, small quantities of gold dust, &c. The number of canoes and people constantly employed in this trade makes the king of Barra more formidable to ...
— Travels in the Interior of Africa - Volume 1 • Mungo Park
... rub one another's corners down, and mutually rectify mistakes. The existence of many views will at any rate lay a foundation of tolerance. Those who possess knowledge and capacity may betake themselves to the study of philosophy, or even in their own persons carry the history of ...
— The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, A Dialogue, Etc. • Arthur Schopenhauer
... to-morrow's paper. I should think the Sun had better use the sketch of his life they had about two years ago, when he went to Berlin and settled the potash difficulty. I remember it was a very good sketch, and they won't be able to carry much more than that. As for our paper, of course we have a great quantity of cuttings, mostly rubbish. The sub-editors shall have them as soon as they come in. Then we have two very good portraits ...
— The Woman in Black • Edmund Clerihew Bentley


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