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carry

verb(car-ry)

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Synonyms: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit,

Examples:

The airwaves carry the sound.

carry

verb(car-ry)

transfer (entries) from one account book to another

Synonyms: post,

carry

verb(car-ry)

have with oneself; have on one's person

Synonyms: pack, take,

Examples:

I always carry money.

carry

verb(car-ry)

drink alcohol without showing ill effects

Synonyms: hold,

Examples:

He had drunk more than he could carry.

carry

verb(car-ry)

serve as a means for expressing something

Synonyms: convey, express,

carry

verb(car-ry)

continue or extend

Synonyms: extend,

carry

verb(car-ry)

include as the content; broadcast or publicize

Synonyms: run,

carry

verb(car-ry)

win approval or support for

Synonyms: persuade, sway,

carry

verb(car-ry)

have on hand

Synonyms: stock, stockpile,

Examples:

Do you carry kerosene heaters?.

carry

verb(car-ry)

behave in a certain manner

Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport,

carry

verb(car-ry)

contain or hold; have within

Synonyms: bear, contain, hold,

carry

verb(car-ry)

propel

Synonyms: dribble,

carry

verb(car-ry)

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

Synonyms: transport,

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.

carry

verb(car-ry)

support or hold in a certain manner

Synonyms: bear, hold,

carry

verb(car-ry)

be pregnant with

Synonyms: bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven,

Examples:

I am carrying his child.

carry

verb(car-ry)

be able to feed

Examples:

This land will carry ten cows to the acre.

carry

verb(car-ry)

bear (a crop)

Examples:

This land does not carry olives.

carry

verb(car-ry)

bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

Examples:

How many credits is this student carrying?.
We carry a very large mortgage.

carry

verb(car-ry)

be conveyed over a certain distance

carry

verb(car-ry)

be equipped with (a mast or sail)

Examples:

This boat can only carry a small sail.

carry

verb(car-ry)

be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

carry

verb(car-ry)

be successful in

carry

verb(car-ry)

capture after a fight

carry

verb(car-ry)

compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

Examples:

I resent having to carry her all the time.

carry

verb(car-ry)

cover a certain distance or advance beyond

carry

verb(car-ry)

extend to a certain degree

Examples:

Carry too far.

carry

verb(car-ry)

have a certain range

carry

verb(car-ry)

have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

Examples:

These bonds carry warrants.

carry

verb(car-ry)

have on the surface or on the skin

Examples:

Carry scars.

carry

verb(car-ry)

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.

carry

verb(car-ry)

include, as on a list

carry

verb(car-ry)

keep up with financial support

carry

verb(car-ry)

pass on a communication

carry

verb(car-ry)

propel or give impetus to

carry

verb(car-ry)

pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

Examples:

The dog was taught to fetch and carry.

carry

verb(car-ry)

secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

carry

verb(car-ry)

sing or play against other voices or parts

Examples:

He cannot carry a tune.

carry

verb(car-ry)

take further or advance

Examples:

Carry a cause.

carry

noun(car-ry)

the act of carrying something

carry

verb(car-ry)

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.

carry

verb(car-ry)

win in an election

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