carry
IPA: kˈæri
noun
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey using force
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive, arithmetic) 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.
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- (transitive) To have on one's person.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (hunting) 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
- (reflexive) 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.
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- (Southern US) to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
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Examples of "carry" in Sentences
- He denies to carry stigma.
- Cowboys usually carry lariats.
- He hired porters to carry his bags.
- In fact, the human may carry the burro, but the burro may not carry the human.