Meaning of carry in English
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Pronunciation
/ˈkɛri/US accent
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carryEtymology
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carier, based on Latin carrus‘wheeled vehicle’Definitions
1. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's bodyExamples
- « 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 »
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- 2. have with oneself
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- « have on one's person »
- « She always takes an umbrella »
- « I always carry money »
- « She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains »
- 3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
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- « Sound carries well over water »
- « The airwaves carry the sound »
- « Many metals conduct heat »
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- 4. serve as a means for expressing something
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- « The painting of Mary carries motherly love »
- « His voice carried a lot af anger »
- 5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
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- « His efforts carried the entire project »
- « How many credits is this student carrying? »
- « We carry a very large mortgage »
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- 6. support or hold in a certain manner
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- « She holds her head high »
- « He carried himself upright »
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- 7. contain or hold
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- « have within »
- « The jar carries wine »
- « The canteen holds fresh water »
- « This can contains water »
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- 8. extend to a certain degree
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- « carry too far »
- « She carries her ideas to the extreme »
- 9. continue or extend
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- « The civil war carried into the neighboring province »
- « The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces »
- 10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
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- « This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison »
- 11. win in an election
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- « The senator carried his home state »
- 12. include, as on a list
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- « How many people are carried on the payroll? »
- 13. behave in a certain manner
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- « She carried herself well »
- « he bore himself with dignity »
- « They conducted themselves well during these difficult times »
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- 14. have on hand
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- « Do you carry kerosene heaters? »
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- 15. include as the content
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- « broadcast or publicize »
- « We ran the ad three times »
- « This paper carries a restaurant review »
- « All major networks carried the press conference »
- 16. propel, "Carry the ball"
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- « dribble the ball »
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- 17. pass on a communication
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- « The news was carried to every village in the province »
- 18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
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- « 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 »
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- 19. be conveyed over a certain distance
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- « Her voice carries very well in this big opera house »
- 20. keep up with financial support
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- « The Federal Government carried the province for many years »
- 21. have or possess something abstract
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- « 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 »
- 22. win approval or support for
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- « Carry all before one »
- « His speech did not sway the voters »
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- 23. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
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- « I resent having to carry her all the time »
- 24. take further or advance
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- « carry a cause »
- 25. have on the surface or on the skin
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- « carry scars »
- 26. capture after a fight
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- « The troops carried the town after a brief fight »
- 27. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- 28. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
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- « put down 5 and carry 2 »
- 29. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
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- « the dog was taught to fetch and carry »
- 30. bear (a crop)
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- « this land does not carry olives »
- 31. propel or give impetus to
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- « The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence »
- 32. drink alcohol without showing ill effects
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- « He can hold his liquor »
- « he had drunk more than he could carry »
- 33. be able to feed
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- « This land will carry ten cows to the acre »
- 34. have a certain range
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- « This rifle carries for 3,000 feet »
- 35. cover a certain distance or advance beyond
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- « The drive carried to the green »
- 36. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
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- « The motion carried easily »
- 37. be successful in
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- « She lost the game but carried the match »
- 38. sing or play against other voices or parts
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- « He cannot carry a tune »
- 39. be pregnant with
Examples
- « She is bearing his child »
- « The are expecting another child in January »
- « I am carrying his child »
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Noun
carryDefinitions
1. the act of carrying somethingDerived terms
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