carry
noun
1. the act of carrying something
Definition categories: act, conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation
Sentences with carry as a noun:
- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
verb
1. 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
Similar word(s): transport
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
2. have with oneself; have on one's person
- I always carry money
Definition categories: stative, feature, have
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- The airwaves carry the sound
Similar word(s): channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit
Definition categories: motion, bring, convey, take
4. serve as a means for expressing something
Similar word(s): convey, express
Definition categories: communication, communicate, intercommunicate
5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- How many credits is this student carrying?
- We carry a very large mortgage
Definition categories: contact, hold, support, sustain
6. support or hold in a certain manner
Definition categories: contact
7. contain or hold; have within
Similar word(s): bear, contain, hold
Definition categories: stative, include
8. extend to a certain degree
- carry too far
Definition categories: social, effect
9. continue or extend
Similar word(s): extend
Definition categories: change, continue
10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
Definition categories: stative, imply, involve
11. win in an election
Definition categories: competition, win
12. include, as on a list
Definition categories: cognition, include
13. behave in a certain manner
Similar word(s): acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport
Definition categories: social, bear, carry, hold, act, move
14. have on hand
- Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Similar word(s): stock, stockpile
Definition categories: possession, have, hold
15. include as the content; broadcast or publicize
Similar word(s): run
Definition categories: creation, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread
16. propel
- Carry the ball
Similar word(s): dribble
Definition categories: contact, hit
17. pass on a communication
Definition categories: communication, communicate, pass
18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- These bonds carry warrants
Definition categories: stative, feature, have
19. be conveyed over a certain distance
Definition categories: stative, range
20. keep up with financial support
Definition categories: stative, keep, maintain, sustain
21. 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
Definition categories: stative, have, hold
22. be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- This boat can only carry a small sail
Definition categories: stative, feature, have
23. win approval or support for
- Carry all before one
Similar word(s): persuade, sway
Definition categories: social, influence, work
24. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- I resent having to carry her all the time
Definition categories: social, compensate, correct, counterbalance
25. take further or advance
- carry a cause
Definition categories: social, advance, boost, encourage, further, promote
26. have on the surface or on the skin
- carry scars
Definition categories: possession, bear
27. capture after a fight
Definition categories: possession, appropriate, capture, conquer, seize
28. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Similar word(s): post
Definition categories: possession, transfer
29. 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
Definition categories: motion, shift, transfer
30. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- the dog was taught to fetch and carry
Definition categories: motion, follow
31. bear (a crop)
- this land does not carry olives
Definition categories: creation, farm, grow, produce, raise
32. propel or give impetus to
Definition categories: contact, impel, propel
33. drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- he had drunk more than he could carry
Similar word(s): hold
Definition categories: consumption, booze, drink, fuddle
34. be able to feed
- This land will carry ten cows to the acre
Definition categories: consumption, nourish, nurture, sustain
35. have a certain range
Definition categories: competition, feature, have
36. cover a certain distance or advance beyond
Definition categories: competition, go, locomote, move, travel
37. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
Definition categories: competition, obtain
38. be successful in
Definition categories: competition, win
39. sing or play against other voices or parts
- He cannot carry a tune
Definition categories: communication, do, execute, perform
40. be pregnant with
- I am carrying his child
Similar word(s): bear, expect, gestate
Definition categories: body, bear, birth, deliver, have
Sentences with carry as a verb:
- to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger
- The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof. They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.
- The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
- I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
- Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
- Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
- she always carries a purse; marsupials carry their young in a pouch
- The doctor said she's carrying twins.
- to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck
- A merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.