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carry Definition

carry (kar′ē)

transitive verb carried -·ried, carrying -·ry·ing

  1. to hold or support while moving to carry a package
  2. to take from one place to another; transport, as in a vehicle to carry the mail
  3. to hold, and direct the motion of; be a channel for; convey a pipe carrying water
  4. to cause to go; lead or impel his ambition carried him to the top
  5. to be a medium for the transmission of air carries sounds
  6. to transfer or extend to carry a wall along a precipice
  7. to transfer (a figure, entry, account, etc.) from one column, page, time, etc. to the next in order
    1. to bear the weight of the balusters carry a railing
    2. to support or sustain when others were injured, Jones carried the team
  9. to be pregnant with
    1. to bear as a mark
    2. to have as a quality, characteristic, consequence, etc.; involve; imply to carry a guarantee
  11. to have on one's person or keep with one to carry a watch, to carry memories
  12. to hold or poise (oneself, one's weight, etc.) in a specified way
  13. to conduct (oneself) in a specified way
  14. ☆ to include as part of its contents or program schedule: said of a newspaper, radio or TV station, etc.
  15. to have or keep on a list or register to be carried on the tax list
    1. ☆ to support financially
    2. to bear the cost of to carry insurance on a car
  17. to enable (an opponent, a subordinate, etc.) to continue through one's own efforts, generosity, etc.
  18. to capture (a fortress, etc.)
  19. to win over, lead, or influence (a group)
    1. to gain support or victory for (a cause, point, etc.)
    2. to win (an election, argument, etc.)
    3. to gain a majority of the votes in (a district, state, etc.)
  21. to drink (liquor) without showing the effects
  22. South to accompany; escort
  23. ☆ Commerce
    1. to keep in stock; deal in to carry leather goods
    2. to keep on one's account books, etc.
  24. Agric.
    1. to bear as a crop; produce
    2. to support (livestock)
  25. Golf to go past or beyond (an object or expanse) or cover (a distance) with one stroke
  26. Hunting to keep and follow (a scent)
  27. Music to sing the notes of (a melody or part) accurately

Etymology: ME carien < Anglo-Fr carier < NormFr carre, car

intransitive verb

  1. to act as a bearer, conductor, etc.
    1. to have or cover a range the shot carried to the next hill
    2. to move easily through the air: said of a propelled object
  3. to have the intended effect upon those watching or listening
  4. to hold the head, etc. in a specified way: said of a horse
  5. to win approval the motion carried

noun pl. carries -·ries

  1. the range of, or distance covered by, a gun, golf ball, projectile, etc.
  2. ☆ a portage between two navigable bodies of water
  3. the act or manner of carrying
carry Idioms

be carried away

or get carried away
to be moved to great or unreasoning emotion or enthusiasm

carry forward

  1. to proceed or progress with
  2. Bookkeeping to transfer from one column, page, book, or account to another

carry off

  1. to kill the disease carried off thousands
  2. to win (a prize, honors, etc.)
  3. to handle (a delicate situation), esp. with success

carry on

  1. to engage in; conduct
  2. to go on (with); continue as before, esp. in the face of difficulties
  3. Informal to behave in a wild, extravagant, or childish way
  4. Informal to engage in an illicit love affair

carry out

  1. to put (plans, instructions, etc.) into practice
  2. to get done; bring to completion; accomplish

carry over

  1. to have or be remaining
  2. to transfer or hold over
  3. to postpone or allow to postpone; continue

carry through

  1. to get done; accomplish
  2. to keep (a person) going; sustain
carry Synonyms

carry

v.

  1. To take from one place to another

    convey, move, transport, transplant, transfer, ship, cart, truck, import, transmit, freight, remove, conduct, bear, take, bring, fetch, shift, displace, waft, portage, pack, shoulder, haul, ferry, lead, convoy, relocate, relay, lug*, tote*, pack off*, schlep*; see also send 1, ship.

  2. To transmit

    pass on, transfer, communicate, conduct, bear, transport, convey, relay, give; see also send 4.

  3. To support, as weight

    bear, sustain, shoulder; see strengthen, support 1, 2, sustain 1.

  4. To win

    be victorious, prevail, succeed; see defeat 1, 2, win 1.

  5. To keep in stock

    offer, stock, deal in, display; see provide 1, sell 1.

carry means to hold and take something from one place to another and implies a person as the agent or the use of a vehicle or other medium; bear emphasizes the support of the weight or the importance of that which is carried to be borne on a sedan chair, to bear good tidings; convey, often simply a formal equivalent of carry, is preferred where continuous movement is involved the boxes are conveyed on a moving belt or where passage by means of a channel or medium is implied words convey ideas; transport is applied to the movement of goods or people from one place to another, esp. over long distances; transmit stresses causal agency in the sending or conducting of things the telegrapher transmitted the message

be<strong> or </strong>get carried away<strong>

overreact, be zealous, get excited, be exuberant; see excited.

carry Finance Definition
The interest cost of financing securities. A positive carry occurs when the return from a security exceeds the financing cost. A negative carry occurs when the financing cost exceeds the return on the security that has been financed.
carry Usage Examples

Followed by a transitive particle

  • out: Our experts will carry out a full Training Needs Analysis - then design the courses you need to deliver powerful results.

Preposition: on

  • conversation: But she still was mentally clear and if you had patience you could carry on a slow conversation.

Particle object:

  • survey: When we carry out a survey, it identifies all the work that would fail the Decent Homes Standard.
  • investigation: Jeremy Colman, the auditor general for Wales, is to carry out an investigation into the crisis-hit Welsh ambulance service.
  • task: Do you work with a particular group or carry out certain tasks for an organization?
  • assessment: Firstly, who should carry out the initial assessment?

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • on: On reaching ground level the team will pick up a second outer shutter and carry on up to the 21 m level.
  • around: This handheld is compact and light weight it is easy to carry around in hard working condition.
carry Quotes

In arguing too, the parson owned his skill, For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around, And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.

—Goldsmith, Oliver

Asthe Spanishproverbsays,'He, whowould bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me carry us not up hence.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Though wetravel theworld over tofind the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.

—Repplier, Agnes