carry(n = noun.act) - the act of carrying something;
is a kind of conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
has particulars: backpacking, packing, piggyback, fireman's carry, portage, porterage
Derived forms verb carry9, verb carry4, verb carry36, verb carry35, verb carry1, verb carry6, verb carry30, verb carry29, verb carry3, verb carry28, verb carry8, verb carry21, verb carry7, verb carry2, verb carry19
1. carry(v = verb.contact) transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
is one way to displace, move
Derived forms noun carrier3, noun carrier2, noun carrier5, noun carrier1, noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
2. carry(v = verb.stative) pack, take - have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
is one way to feature, have
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
They carry more bread
3. carry(v = verb.motion) channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
is one way to bring, convey, take
Derived forms noun carrier6, noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
4. carry(v = verb.communication) convey, express - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
5. carry(v = verb.contact) - bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
is one way to hold, hold up, support, sustain
Derived form noun carrier10
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
6. carry(v = verb.contact) bear, hold - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
Derived forms noun carriage3, noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
7. carry(v = verb.stative) bear, contain, hold - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
is one way to include
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
8. carry(v = verb.social) - extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
is one way to effect
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
9. carry(v = verb.change) extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
is one way to continue
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
10. carry(v = verb.stative) - be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
is one way to imply, involve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
11. carry(v = verb.competition) - win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
is one way to win
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
12. carry(v = verb.cognition) - include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?"
is one way to include
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
13. carry(v = verb.social) acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
is one way to bear, carry, hold, act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
14. carry(v = verb.possession) stock, stockpile - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
is one way to have, have got, hold
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
15. carry(v = verb.creation) run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
is one way to broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
16. carry(v = verb.contact) dribble - propel,; "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
is one way to hit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
17. carry(v = verb.communication) - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"
is one way to communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
18. carry(v = verb.stative) - have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "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"
is one way to feature, have
Derived form noun carrier9
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
19. carry(v = verb.stative) - be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
is one way to range
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
20. carry(v = verb.stative) - keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
is one way to keep, maintain, sustain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
21. carry(v = verb.stative) - have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "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"
is one way to have, have got, hold
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
22. carry(v = verb.stative) - be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail"
is one way to feature, have
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
23. carry(v = verb.social) persuade, sway - win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
is one way to act upon, influence, work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
24. carry(v = verb.social) - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
is one way to compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
25. carry(v = verb.social) - take further or advance; "carry a cause"
is one way to advance, boost, encourage, further, promote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
26. carry(v = verb.possession) - have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
is one way to bear
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
27. carry(v = verb.possession) - capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
is one way to appropriate, capture, conquer, seize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
28. carry(v = verb.possession) post - transfer (entries) from one account book to another;
is one way to transfer
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
29. carry(v = verb.motion) - transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
is one way to shift, transfer
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
30. carry(v = verb.motion) - pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
is one way to follow
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
31. carry(v = verb.creation) - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
is one way to farm, grow, produce, raise
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
32. carry(v = verb.contact) - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
is one way to impel, propel
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
33. carry(v = verb.consumption) hold - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"
is one way to booze, drink, fuddle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
34. carry(v = verb.consumption) - be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
is one way to nourish, nurture, sustain
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
35. carry(v = verb.competition) - have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
is one way to feature, have
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
36. carry(v = verb.competition) - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun carry1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
37. carry(v = verb.competition) - secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"
is one way to obtain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
38. carry(v = verb.competition) - be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
is one way to win
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
39. carry(v = verb.communication) - sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"
is one way to do, execute, perform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
40. carry(v = verb.body) bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
is one way to bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. [1913 Webster]
"When he dieth he shall carry nothing away." [1913 Webster]
"Devout men carried Stephen to his burial." [1913 Webster]
"Another carried the intelligence to Russell." [1913 Webster]
"The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles." [1913 Webster]
2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. [1913 Webster]
"If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds." [1913 Webster]
3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. [1913 Webster]
"Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet." [1913 Webster]
"He carried away all his cattle." [1913 Webster]
"Passion and revenge will carry them too far." [1913 Webster]
4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures. [1913 Webster]
5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther. [1913 Webster]
6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"The carrying of our main point." [1913 Webster]
7. To get possession of by force; to capture. [1913 Webster]
"The town would have been carried in the end." [1913 Webster]
8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply. [1913 Webster]
"He thought it carried something of argument in it." [1913 Webster]
"It carries too great an imputation of ignorance." [1913 Webster]
9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns. [1913 Webster]
"He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious." [1913 Webster]
10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. [1913 Webster]
1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry. [1913 Webster]
2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. [1913 Webster]
3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. [1913 Webster]
4. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. [1913 Webster]
carry, v. & n.
--v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. support or hold up, esp. while moving.
2 tr. convey with one from one place to another.
3 tr. have on one's person (carry a watch).
4 tr. conduct or transmit (pipe carries water; wire carries electric current).
5 tr. take (a process etc.) to a specified point (carry into effect; carry a joke too far).
6 tr. (foll. by to) continue or prolong (carry modesty to excess).
7 tr. involve, imply; have as a feature or consequence (carries a two-year guarantee; principles carry consequences).
8 tr. (in reckoning) transfer (a figure) to a column of higher value.
9 tr. hold in a specified way (carry oneself erect).
10 tr. a (of a newspaper or magazine) publish; include in its contents, esp. regularly. b (of a radio or television station) broadcast, esp. regularly.
11 tr. (of a retailing outlet) keep a regular stock of (particular goods for sale) (have stopped carrying that brand).
12 intr. a (of sound, esp. a voice) be audible at a distance. b (of a missile) travel, penetrate.
13 tr. (of a gun etc.) propel to a specified distance.
14 tr. a win victory or acceptance for (a proposal etc.). b win acceptance from (carried the audience with them). c win, capture (a prize, a fortress, etc.). d US gain (a State or district) in an election. e Golf cause the ball to pass beyond (a bunker etc.).
15 tr. a endure the weight of; support (columns carry the dome). b be the chief cause of the effectiveness of; be the driving force in (you carry the sales department).
16 tr. be pregnant with (is carrying twins).
17 tr. a (of a motive, money, etc.) cause or enable (a person) to go to a specified place. b (of a journey) bring (a person) to a specified point.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 an act of carrying.
2 Golf the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground.
3 a portage between rivers etc.
4 the range of a gun etc.
Idiom:
carry-all
1 a light carriage (cf. CARRIOLE).
2 US a car with seats placed sideways.
3 US a large bag or case. carry all before one succeed; overcome all opposition. carry away 1 remove.
2 inspire; affect emotionally or spiritually.
3 deprive of self-control (got carried away).
4 Naut. a lose (a mast etc.) by breakage. b break off or away. carry back take (a person) back in thought to a past time. carry one's bat Cricket be not out at the end of a side's completed innings. carry the can colloq. bear the responsibility or blame. carry conviction be convincing. carry-cot a portable cot for a baby. carry the day be victorious or successful. carry forward transfer to a new page or account. carrying-on (or carryings-on) = carry-on. carrying-trade the conveying of goods from one country to another by water or air as a business. carry it off (or carry it off well) do well under difficulties.
carry off
1 take away, esp. by force.
2 win (a prize).
3 (esp. of a disease) kill.
4 render acceptable or passable.
carry on
1 continue (carry on eating; carry on, don't mind me).
2 engage in (a conversation or a business).
3 colloq. behave strangely or excitedly.
4 (often foll. by with) colloq. flirt or have a love affair.
5 advance (a process) by a stage. carry-on n. Brit.
sl.
1 a state of excitement or fuss.
2 a questionable piece of behaviour.
3 a flirtation or love affair. carry out put (ideas, instructions, etc.) into practice. carry-out attrib.adj. & n. esp. Sc. & US = take-away.
carry over
1 = carry forward.
2 postpone (work etc.).
3 Stock Exch. keep over to the next settling-day.
carry-over n.
1 something carried over.
2 Stock Exch. postponement to the next settling-day.
carry through
1 complete successfully.
2 bring safely out of difficulties. carry weight be influential or important. carry with one bear in mind.
Etymology:
ME f. AF & ONF carier (as CAR)
VB induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon, press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle.
VB tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards, promote.
VB be supported, lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on, have at one's back, bestride, bestraddle, support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder, hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up, uphold, upbear, prop, under prop, under pin, under set, riprap, bandage, give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations, bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed, maintain, keep on foot, aid.
VB be insolent, bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust, swear, rap out oaths, roister, arrogate, assume, presume, make bold, make free, take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell, domineer, bully, dictate, hector, lord it over, traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas, exact, snub, huff, beard, fly in the face of, put to the blush, bear down, beat down, browbeat, intimidate, trample down, tread down, trample under foot, dragoon, ride roughshod over, out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave, stare out of countenance, brazen out, lay down the law, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, assume a lofty bearing, talk big, look big, put on big looks, act the grand seigneur, mount the high horse, ride the high horse, toss the head, carry, with a high hand, tempt Providence, want snuffing.
VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
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