Carry

['kærɪ] or ['kæri]

Definition

(noun.) the act of carrying something.

(verb.) continue or extend; 'The civil war carried into the neighboring province'; 'The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces'.

(verb.) sing or play against other voices or parts; 'He cannot carry a tune'.

(verb.) serve as a means for expressing something; 'The painting of Mary carries motherly love'; 'His voice carried a lot of anger'.

(verb.) pass on a communication; 'The news was carried to every village in the province'.

(verb.) win in an election; 'The senator carried his home state'.

(verb.) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); 'The motion carried easily'.

(verb.) cover a certain distance or advance beyond; 'The drive carried to the green'.

(verb.) have a certain range; 'This rifle carries for 3,000 feet'.

(verb.) be able to feed; 'This land will carry ten cows to the acre'.

(verb.) drink alcohol without showing ill effects; 'He can hold his liquor'; 'he had drunk more than he could carry'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) bear (a crop); 'this land does not carry olives'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; 'the dog was taught to fetch and carry'.

(verb.) capture after a fight; 'The troops carried the town after a brief fight'.

(verb.) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; 'I resent having to carry her all the time'.

(verb.) extend to a certain degree; 'carry too far'; 'She carries her ideas to the extreme'.

(verb.) win approval or support for; 'Carry all before one'; 'His speech did not sway the voters'.

(verb.) be equipped with (a mast or sail); 'This boat can only carry a small sail'.

(verb.) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; 'This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) have on the surface or on the skin; 'carry scars'.

(verb.) include, as on a list; 'How many people are carried on the payroll?'.

(verb.) be successful in; 'She lost the game but carried the match'.

(verb.) propel or give impetus to; 'The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence'.

(verb.) take further or advance; 'carry a cause'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) keep up with financial support; 'The Federal Government carried the province for many years'.

(verb.) be conveyed over a certain distance; 'Her voice carries very well in this big opera house'.

Edited by Ervin--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

(v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.

(v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

(v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

(v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

(v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.

(v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

(v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

(v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.

(v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

(v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

(v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

(v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

(v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

(n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Editor: Maggie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Convey, bear, transport, transmit, TOTE, WAFT, FETCH.[2]. Urge, impel, push forward.[3]. Accomplish, effect, gain, secure, compass, bring about.[4]. Support, sustain, bear up.[5]. Transfer.[6]. Imply, import, signify.

Typist: Stephanie

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See BEAK]

Editor: Sonya

Definition

v.t. to convey or bear: to lead or transport: to take by force: to effect: to behave or demean: (of money) to be sufficient for a certain purpose: to gain the election of a candidate: to get a bill passed by a majority.—v.i. (of a gun &c.) to reach indicating the range of its shot:—pr.p. carr′ying; pa.p. carr′ied.—n. the distance a golf-ball goes when struck till it touches the ground: range: the portage of a boat: land across which a boat has to be carried between one navigable stream and another: the position of 'carry arms ' &c.: (prov.) the sky cloud-drift.—ns. Carr′ier one who carries esp. for hire; Carr′y-all a light four-wheeled one-horsed carriage; Carr′ying the act of one who carries; Carr′y-tale (Shak.) a tale-bearer.—Carry all before one to bear down all obstacles; Carry away to carry off: to excite the feelings: to transport; Carry off to cause the death of: to gain to win as a prize: to cause to pass muster to make to pass by assurance or dissimulation; Carry on to promote: to continue: to behave in a certain fashion (a term of mild reprobation); Carry one's point to overrule objections in favour of one's plan; Carry out to accomplish fully: to carry out for burial; Carry out one's bat (cricket) to leave the wickets without having been put out; Carry over to induce to join the other party; Carry the day or Carry it to be successful: to win the day; Carry through to succeed in accomplishing; Carry too far to exceed reasonable limits; Carry up to continue a building to a certain height: to trace back; Carry weight to possess authority: to have force.—Be carried to be highly excited: to have the head turned.

Typist: Rosa