carry
Meaning
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- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- To move; to convey using force
- To lead or guide.
- To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- To be transmitted; to travel.
- (slang) To insult, to diss.
- To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To have on one's person.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
Concepts
carry
bear
take
transport
bring
hold
convey
lift
support
haul
transfer
load
deliver
wear
lead
run
move
drag
fetch
contain
sustain
conduct
take away
pick up
pass
raise
drive
transmit
carry off
lug
pack
stock
carrying
carry away
embrace
extend
comport
range
post
have
channel
ferry
undertake
get
use
draw
be pregnant with
seize
accomplish
relocate
publish
carry on head
remove
ship
impart
behave
express
prop
expect
gestate
dribble
stockpile
sway
tote
ride
carry on back
bring along
tow
carry over
give
take up
hug
pull
bring forth
have with one
put on
catch
burden
portage
distribute
offer
sell
push aside
shoulder
shove
have a bun in the oven
acquit
deport
persuade
escort
hold up
rush
implement
keep
marry
cart
capture
conquer
carry forward
make
balance
stand up
feed
put out
bring out
piggyback
transit
shift
come
comprise
go
rest
possess
pass on
play
do
engage
pay
buttress
reinforce
underpin
reach
occupy
overcome
lift up
carry in arms
take along
pick-up
present with
see off
send
forward
dominate
bring away
coach
train
carry a burden
put up with
steal away
kidnap
take hostage
be in communication with
continue
get results
rearrange
reposition
switch
be delivered
cradle
nestle
nurse
hold in arms
hold between one’s lips
hold in the mouth
cross
be loaded with
heave
be filled up with
be loaded up with
carry something on one’s waist
support [the weight]
enroll
vend
retrieve
handle
palm
take hold of
bring near
wield
draw along
take care of
take charge of
communicate
disseminate
maintain
uphold
involve
demean
behave oneself
supply
keep on hand
display
conveyance
vehicle
report
enforce
endure
keep in
conceive
digest
keep to oneself
exempt
release to forgive
carry up
bribe
carry under one’s arm
carry a heavy load
transpose
come up with
own
detain
intern
keep to
reserve
retain
withhold
delivery
propagation
transmittal transport
haulage
physically handing
transportation
bearing
fulcrum bearing
holding
pecker block
supporting
back guy
backstop
fasten
mast
poling
stay bearing
strut
surround
sustainer
choose
gather
pick
receive
carry on shoulders
briefcase
suffer
tolerate
be carried
arise
begin
depart
emerge
squeeze
fast
frown
be pregnant
hang
put up
raise up
bring up
to
bring on
circulate
issue
leak
publicize
release
write
bear off
carry to term
porter
porterage
emanate
advance
build
build up
concoct
contrive
cultivate
develop
elaborate
evolve
forge
perfect
polish
revitalize
work out
work up
compensate
chauffeur
drive around
guide
propel
truck
ambulate
fall
locomote
roll
stir
travel
anticipate
apprehend
await
hang on
hold on
look for
look to
wait
waylay
be
carry weight
constitute
dwell
have got
house
lend
lie
make up
number
olla
place
repose
represent
reside
sit
total
appropriate
carve out
come upon
highjack
repossess
fuel
nourish
rack up
slop
swill
alien
alienate
assign
bring forward
defer
dislocate
dislodge
displace
dispose
disturb
evacuate
form
manoeuver
negociate
offload
pin
port
propagate
put over
reassign
redeploy
reschedule
saltate
submit
transfuse
translocate
transplant
implicate
include
subsume
turn in
complete
cut
disburse
discharge
dispatch
execute
perform
prosecute
settle
transact
adhere
back
bear out
bolster
boost
brace
brace up
endorse
indorse
patronage
prop up
reward
second
sponsor
stand by
stick
stick by
subsidise
subsidize
subvent
subvention
trellis
truss
undergird
underlay
underwrite
derive
generate
manufacture
output
produce
realise
return
set up
turn out
utter
wreak
yield
poke out
reach out
spread-eagle
intermediate
like
look
predicate
absorb
corner
encroach upon
engulf
grip
move in on
overrun
overwhelm
raid
squat
take over
whelm
draw back
draw in
draw off
draw out
extract
get out
pull back
pull out
pull up
retract
tug
wind
wind up
bear away
export
set down
snatch
steal
beat
beat out
best
have the best
letter
lick
outdo
outgo
outmatch
outplay
pip
prevail
quell
sack
scoop
shell
transcend
triumph
trounce
vanquish
win
go with
pride
pass by
walking
called
install
pretend
shoulder carry
in addition
wrap
waft
harbor
harbour
deduction
detention
reservoir
restraint
shore up
underprop
manhandle
band
belt
girdle
region
ribbon
tape
tie
zone
shipping
enclose
carry along
weigh
deliver to
withdraw
bag
basket
take around
suspend
carry in hand
carry on shoulder
pregnant
wipe out
long table
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkæɹ.ɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English carrien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.
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