carry
Nouns
- (n) the act of carrying something
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- Sound carries well over water
- The airwaves carry the sound
- Many metals conduct heat
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(v) serve as a means for expressing something
- The painting of Mary carries motherly love
- His voice carried a lot of anger
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(v) 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
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(v) support or hold in a certain manner
- She holds her head high
- He carried himself upright
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(v) contain or hold; have within
- The jar carries wine
- The canteen holds fresh water
- This can contains water
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(v) extend to a certain degree
- carry too far
- She carries her ideas to the extreme
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(v) continue or extend
- The civil war carried into the neighboring province
- The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
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(v) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison
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(v) win in an election
- The senator carried his home state
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(v) include, as on a list
- How many people are carried on the payroll?
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(v) behave in a certain manner
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
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(v) have on hand
- Do you carry kerosene heaters?
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(v) 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
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(v) propel, "Carry the ball"
- dribble the ball
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(v) pass on a communication
- The news was carried to every village in the province
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(v) 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
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(v) be conveyed over a certain distance
- Her voice carries very well in this big opera house
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(v) keep up with financial support
- The Federal Government carried the province for many years
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(v) 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
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(v) be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- This boat can only carry a small sail
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(v) win approval or support for
- Carry all before one
- His speech did not sway the voters
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(v) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- I resent having to carry her all the time
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(v) take further or advance
- carry a cause
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(v) have on the surface or on the skin
- carry scars
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(v) capture after a fight
- The troops carried the town after a brief fight
- (v) transfer (entries) from one account book to another post,
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(v) 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
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(v) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- the dog was taught to fetch and carry
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(v) bear (a crop)
- this land does not carry olives
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(v) propel or give impetus to
- The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence
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(v) drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- He can hold his liquor
- he had drunk more than he could carry
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(v) be able to feed
- This land will carry ten cows to the acre
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(v) have a certain range
- This rifle carries for 3,000 feet
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(v) cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- The drive carried to the green
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(v) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- The motion carried easily
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(v) be successful in
- She lost the game but carried the match
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(v) sing or play against other voices or parts
- He cannot carry a tune
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(v) be pregnant with
- She is bearing his child
- The are expecting another child in January
- I am carrying his child