Verb: carry ker-ee [N. Amer], ka-ree [Brit]
- Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
"carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"; "You must carry your camping gear";
- transport
- Have with oneself; have on one's person
"I always carry money";
- pack, take
- 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"
- Serve as the medium for transmission, allow movement of
"Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
- impart, conduct, transmit, convey, channel
- Serve as a means for expressing something
"The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger";
- convey, express
- Support or hold in a certain manner
"He carried himself upright";
- hold, bear
- Have or maintain something within or upon
"The jar carries wine";
- hold, bear, contain
- Extend to a certain degree
"She carries her ideas to the extreme"; "carry too far"
- Continue in location
"The civil war carried into the neighbouring province";
- extend
- Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
- Run with the ball, in basketball bouncing the ball or in soccer or hockey making small kicks
"Carry the ball";
- dribble
- Pass on a communication
"The news was carried to every village in the province"
- 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"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"; "These bonds carry warrants"
- Be conveyed over a certain distance
"Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
- Keep up with financial support
"The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
- Have or possess something abstract
"I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"
- Be equipped with (a mast or sail)
"This boat can only carry a small sail"
- Win approval or support for
"Carry all before one";
- persuade, sway
- Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
"I resent having to carry her all the time"
- Take further or advance
"carry a cause"
- Have on the surface or on the skin
"carry scars"
- Capture after a fight
"The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
- Transfer (entries) from one account book to another
"The accountant carried the transactions to the general ledger";
- post
- 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"
- Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
"the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
- (farming) bear (a crop)
"this land does not carry olives"
- Propel or give impetus to
"The wind carried the sailing boat across the lake"
- Drink alcohol without showing ill effects
"he had drunk more than he could carry";
- hold
- Be able to feed
"This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
- Have a certain range
"This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
- (golf) cover a certain distance or advance beyond
"The drive carried to the green"
- Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
"The motion carried easily"
- Win in an election
"The senator carried his home state"
- Be successful in
"She lost the game but carried the match"
- Sing or play against other voices or parts
"He cannot carry a tune"
- Include, as on a list
"How many people are carried on the payroll?"
- Be pregnant with
"I am carrying his child";
- have a bun in the oven [informal], bear, gestate, expect
- Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
"She carries herself with grace and dignity";
- act, behave, do, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport
- Have on hand
"Do you carry kerosene heaters?";
- stock, stockpile
- Include as the content; broadcast or publicize
"This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference";
- run
- The act of carrying something
"The porter's carry of the heavy luggage impressed the hotel guests"
- Range; the distance something travels, e.g. in golf the distance a ball travels through the air
"His drive had excellent carry, landing well beyond the bunker"
- (finance) the cost or profit of holding an investment position
"The negative carry on the bond made it an unattractive long-term hold"
- [informal] (gaming) a player or character that becomes very powerful late in the game and can "carry" the team to victory
"Our team's strategy revolves around protecting our carry until they reach full strength"
- [N. Amer] The act of carrying a weapon, especially concealed
"He had a permit for concealed carry"
Derived forms: carried, carrying, carries
Type of: act, act upon, advance, appropriate, bear, birth, boost, booze [informal], bring, broadcast, capture, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, communicate, compensate, conquer, continue, convey, conveyance, correct, counterbalance, deliver, diffuse, disperse, displace, disseminate, distribute, do, drink, effect, encourage, even off, even out, even up, execute, farm, feature, follow, fuddle, further, give birth, go, grow, have, have got, hit, hit the bottle [informal], hold, hold up, impel, imply, include, influence, intercommunicate, involve, keep, locomote, maintain, make up, move, nourish, nurture, obtain, pass, pass along, pass around, pass on, perform, produce, promote, propagate, propel, put across, raise, range, seize, shift, spread, support, sustain, take, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation, travel, win, work
Encyclopedia: Carry, David