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1. | [ verb ] move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | |
Synonyms: | transport | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | move bring bear lug haul fly return pack pipe_in bucket shoulder port porter chariot port cart aircraft_carrier carrier conveyer_belt transporter | |
2. | [ verb ] have with oneself; have on one's person | |
Synonyms: | take pack | |
Examples: | "She always takes an umbrella" "I always carry money" "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
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Related terms: | have | |
3. | [ verb ] serve as a means for expressing something | |
Synonyms: | express convey | |
Examples: | : "The painting of Mary carries motherly love" "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
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Related terms: | communicate quantify conduct | |
4. | [ verb ] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images | |
Synonyms: | transmit channel conduct convey | |
Examples: | "Sound carries well over water" "The airwaves carry the sound" "Many metals conduct heat" |
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Related terms: | bring wash_up retransmit pipe_in bring_in transmission conduction conductor carrier_wave conductor | |
5. | [ verb ] bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of | |
Examples: | "His efforts carried the entire project" "How many credits is this student carrying?" "We carry a very large mortgage" |
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Related terms: | hold | |
6. | [ verb ] support or hold in a certain manner | |
Synonyms: | hold bear | |
Examples: | "She holds her head high" "He carried himself upright" |
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Related terms: | behave poise stoop piggyback stoop behave carriage | |
7. | [ verb ] contain or hold; have within | |
Synonyms: | hold contain bear | |
Examples: | : "The jar carries wine" "The canteen holds fresh water" "This can contains water" |
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Related terms: | include surround house retain enclose contain capacity cargo_area | |
8. | [ verb ] extend beyond reasonable limits | |
Synonyms: | execute | |
Examples: | "carry too far" "She carries her ideas to the extreme" |
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Related terms: | sign effect enforce dispatch | |
9. | [ verb ] continue or extend | |
Synonyms: | extend | |
Examples: | "The civil war carried into the neighboring province" "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" |
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Related terms: | continue prolong extend | |
10. | [ verb ] win in an election | |
Examples: | "The senator carried his home state" |
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Related terms: | win | |
11. | [ verb ] include, as on a list | |
Examples: | "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
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Related terms: | include | |
12. | [ verb ] be necessarily associated with or result in or involve | |
Examples: | "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" |
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Related terms: | imply | |
13. | [ verb ] have on hand | |
Synonyms: | stock stockpile | |
Examples: | "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
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Related terms: | have must stock store stockpile stockist | |
14. | [ verb ] pass on a communication | |
Examples: | : "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
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Related terms: | communicate transport | |
15. | [ verb ] (sport) move, as in hockey or soccer | |
Synonyms: | dribble | |
Examples: | "Carry the ball" |
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Related terms: | hit sport dribble | |
16. | [ verb ] behave in a certain manner | |
Synonyms: | behave conduct deport bear comport acquit | |
Examples: | "She carried herself well" "he bore himself with dignity" "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
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Related terms: | act hold deal assert fluster walk_around pose hold behavior demeanor bearing | |
17. | [ verb ] include as the content; broadcast or publicize | |
Synonyms: | run | |
Examples: | "We ran the ad three times" "This paper carries a restaurant review" "All major networks carried the press conference" |
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Related terms: | circulate go_around | |
18. | [ noun ] (transportation) the act of carrying something | |
Related terms: | transportation porterage portage packing fireman's_carry transport hold conduct | |
19. | [ verb ] win approval or support for | |
Synonyms: | persuade sway | |
Examples: | "Carry all before one" "His speech did not sway the voters" |
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Related terms: | influence | |
20. | [ verb ] keep as a debtor in one's account | |
Examples: | : "He carried the enumployed customer for several months" |
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Related terms: | keep sustain | |
21. | [ verb ] propel or give impetus to | |
Examples: | "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" |
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Related terms: | propel transport | |
22. | [ verb ] have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence | |
Examples: | "This new washer carries a two year guarantee" "The loan carries a high interest rate" "She carries her mother's genes" "The restaurant carries an unusual name" |
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Related terms: | have | |
23. | [ verb ] be conveyed over a certain distance | |
Examples: | "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
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Related terms: | range conduct | |
24. | [ verb ] be successful in | |
Examples: | "She lost the game but carried the match" |
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Related terms: | win | |
25. | [ verb ] transfer (entries) from one account book to another | |
Synonyms: | post | |
Related terms: | transfer | |
26. | [ verb ] keep up with financial support | |
Examples: | "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" |
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Related terms: | sustain | |
27. | [ verb ] (food,agriculture) bear (a crop) | |
Examples: | : "this land does not carry olives" |
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Related terms: | grow farming | |
28. | [ verb ] pursue a line of scent or be a bearer, as of a dog | |
Examples: | "fetch and carry" |
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Related terms: | follow | |
29. | [ verb ] transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication | |
Examples: | "put down 5 and carry 2" |
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Related terms: | transfer | |
30. | [ verb ] (golf) cover a certain distance or advance beyond, as of a ball in golf | |
Examples: | "The drive carried to the green" |
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Related terms: | travel golf | |
31. | [ verb ] secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions) | |
Examples: | "The motion carried easily" |
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Related terms: | obtain | |
32. | [ verb ] (music) sing or play against other voices or parts | |
Examples: | "He cannot carry a tune" |
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Related terms: | perform | |
33. | [ verb ] have on the surface or on the skin | |
Examples: | "carry scars" |
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Related terms: | bear | |
34. | [ verb ] (military) capture after a fight | |
Examples: | "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" |
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Related terms: | appropriate capture | |
35. | [ verb ] (food) sustain, as of livestock | |
Examples: | "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
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Related terms: | nourish livestock | |
36. | [ verb ] take further or advance | |
Examples: | "carry a cause" |
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Related terms: | promote | |
37. | [ verb ] compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance | |
Examples: | "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
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Related terms: | compensate | |
38. | [ verb ] maintain or support somebody who is weaker or less competent | |
Related terms: | support | |
39. | [ verb ] drink alcohol without showing ill effects | |
Synonyms: | hold | |
Examples: | "He can hold his liquor" "he had drunk more than he could carry" |
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Related terms: | drink | |
40. | [ verb ] have or possess something abstract | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | have must | |
41. | [ verb ] have a certain range, as of guns | |
Examples: | "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" |
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Related terms: | have | |
42. | [ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3393 | |
43. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30642 | |
44. | [ verb ] be pregnant with | |
Synonyms: | expect gestate have_a_bun_in_the_oven bear | |
Examples: | "She is bearing his child" "The are expecting another child in January" "I am carrying his child" |
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Related terms: | give_birth expect pregnancy gestation conceive | |
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