Meaning of carry in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkɛri/

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  1. Verb

    carry

    Etymology

    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 body

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  2. 2. have with oneself

    Examples

    • « 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. 3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

    Examples

    • « Sound carries well over water »
    • « The airwaves carry the sound »
    • « Many metals conduct heat »
  4. 4. serve as a means for expressing something

    Examples

    • « The painting of Mary carries motherly love »
    • « His voice carried a lot af anger »
  5. 5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

    Examples

    • « His efforts carried the entire project »
    • « How many credits is this student carrying? »
    • « We carry a very large mortgage »
  6. 6. support or hold in a certain manner

    Examples

    • « She holds her head high »
    • « He carried himself upright »
  7. 7. contain or hold

    Examples

    • « have within »
    • « The jar carries wine »
    • « The canteen holds fresh water »
    • « This can contains water »
  8. 8. extend to a certain degree

    Examples

    • « carry too far »
    • « She carries her ideas to the extreme »
  9. 9. continue or extend

    Examples

    • « The civil war carried into the neighboring province »
    • « The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces »
  10. 10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

    Examples

    • « This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison »
  11. 11. win in an election

    Examples

    • « The senator carried his home state »
  12. 12. include, as on a list

    Examples

    • « How many people are carried on the payroll? »
  13. 13. behave in a certain manner

    Examples

    • « She carried herself well »
    • « he bore himself with dignity »
    • « They conducted themselves well during these difficult times »
  14. 14. have on hand

    Examples

    • « Do you carry kerosene heaters? »
  15. 15. include as the content

    Examples

    • « broadcast or publicize »
    • « We ran the ad three times »
    • « This paper carries a restaurant review »
    • « All major networks carried the press conference »
  16. 16. propel, "Carry the ball"

    Examples

    • « dribble the ball »
  17. 17. pass on a communication

    Examples

    • « The news was carried to every village in the province »
  18. 18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  19. 19. be conveyed over a certain distance

    Examples

    • « Her voice carries very well in this big opera house »
  20. 20. keep up with financial support

    Examples

    • « The Federal Government carried the province for many years »
  21. 21. have or possess something abstract

    Examples

    • « 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. 22. win approval or support for

    Examples

    • « Carry all before one »
    • « His speech did not sway the voters »
  23. 23. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

    Examples

    • « I resent having to carry her all the time »
  24. 24. take further or advance

    Examples

    • « carry a cause »
  25. 25. have on the surface or on the skin

    Examples

    • « carry scars »
  26. 26. capture after a fight

    Examples

    • « The troops carried the town after a brief fight »
  27. 27. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
  28. 28. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

    Examples

    • « put down 5 and carry 2 »
  29. 29. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

    Examples

    • « the dog was taught to fetch and carry »
  30. 30. bear (a crop)

    Examples

    • « this land does not carry olives »
  31. 31. propel or give impetus to

    Examples

    • « The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence »
  32. 32. drink alcohol without showing ill effects

    Examples

    • « He can hold his liquor »
    • « he had drunk more than he could carry »
  33. 33. be able to feed

    Examples

    • « This land will carry ten cows to the acre »
  34. 34. have a certain range

    Examples

    • « This rifle carries for 3,000 feet »
  35. 35. cover a certain distance or advance beyond

    Examples

    • « The drive carried to the green »
  36. 36. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

    Examples

    • « The motion carried easily »
  37. 37. be successful in

    Examples

    • « She lost the game but carried the match »
  38. 38. sing or play against other voices or parts

    Examples

    • « He cannot carry a tune »
  39. 39. be pregnant with

    Examples

    • « She is bearing his child »
    • « The are expecting another child in January »
    • « I am carrying his child »

  40. Noun

    carry

    Definitions

    1. the act of carrying something