Noun | 1. | carry - the act of carrying something |
Verb | 1. | carry - 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" Synonyms: transport |
2. | carry - 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" | |
3. | carry - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" | |
4. | carry - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger" | |
5. | carry - 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" | |
6. | carry - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" | |
7. | carry - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" | |
8. | carry - extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme" | |
9. | carry - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" Synonyms: extend | |
10. | carry - be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" | |
11. | carry - win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" | |
12. | carry - include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" | |
13. | carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | |
14. | carry - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" | |
15. | carry - 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" Synonyms: run | |
16. | carry - propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" Synonyms: dribble | |
17. | carry - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" | |
18. | carry - 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" | |
19. | carry - be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" | |
20. | carry - keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" | |
21. | carry - 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" | |
22. | carry - win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" | |
23. | carry - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" | |
24. | carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause" | |
25. | carry - have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" | |
26. | carry - capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" | |
27. | carry - transfer (entries) from one account book to another Synonyms: post | |
28. | carry - 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" | |
29. | carry - pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" | |
30. | carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" | |
31. | carry - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" | |
32. | carry - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" Synonyms: hold | |
33. | carry - be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" | |
34. | carry - have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" | |
35. | carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" | |
36. | carry - secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" | |
37. | carry - be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match" | |
38. | carry - sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" | |
39. | carry - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |