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Noun (1 meaning)
1. the act of carrying something.
carry is a type of:
- transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance (noun) - the act of moving something from one location to another
types of carry:
- fireman's carry (noun) - the act of carrying a person over your shoulder
- packing, backpacking (noun) - carrying something in a pack on the back
- piggyback (noun) - the act of carrying something piggyback
- portage (noun) - carrying boats and supplies overland
- porterage (noun) - the transportation of burdens by porters
carry is derivationally related to:
- to carry, extend (verb) - continue or extend
- to carry, convey, express (verb) - serve as a means for expressing something
- to carry (verb) - cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- to carry (verb) - have a certain range
- to carry (verb) - pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- to carry (verb) - transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- to carry (verb) - extend to a certain degree
- to carry (verb) - have or possess something abstract
- to carry, pack, take (verb) - have with oneself
- to carry (verb) - be conveyed over a certain distance
- to hold, carry, bear (verb) - support or hold in a certain manner
- to hold, bear, carry, contain (verb) - contain or hold
- to impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel (verb) - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- to post, carry (verb) - transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- to transport, carry (verb) - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
Verb (40 meanings)
1. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
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”
to carry is a way to:
- to move, displace (verb) - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
ways to carry:
- to bear (verb) - move while holding up or supporting
- to bring, convey, take (verb) - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- to bucket (verb) - carry in a bucket
- to cart (verb) - transport something in a cart
- to chariot (verb) - transport in a chariot
- to fly (verb) - transport by aeroplane
- to haul (verb) - transport in a vehicle
- to lug, tote, tug (verb) - carry with difficulty
- to pack (verb) - carry, as on one's back
- to pipe in (verb) - transport to a destiny through pipes
- to port (verb) - carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
- to port (verb) - carry, bear, convey, or bring
- to porter (verb) - carry luggage or supplies
- to return (verb) - make a return
- to shoulder (verb) - carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
to carry is derivationally related to:
- aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier (noun) - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- carrier (noun) - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- carrier, common carrier (noun) - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- carrier, bearer, toter (noun) - someone whose employment involves carrying something
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
- conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyer, conveyor, transporter (noun) - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
- transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance (noun) - the act of moving something from one location to another
- transporter, car transporter (noun) - a long truck for carrying motor vehicles
Verb group:
Examples:
- “She always takes an umbrella”,
- “I always carry money”,
- “She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains”
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
Examples:
- “Sound carries well over water”,
- “The airwaves carry the sound”,
- “Many metals conduct heat”
to carry is a way to:
ways to carry:
- to bring in (verb) - transmit
- to pipe in (verb) - bring in through pipes
- to retransmit (verb) - transmit again
- to wash up (verb) - carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carrier wave, carrier (noun) - a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
- channel, transmission channel (noun) - a path over which electrical signals can pass
- channel, communication channel, line (noun) - (often plural) a means of communication or access
- conduction, conductivity (noun) - the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
- conductive (adjective) - having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound
- conductor (noun) - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
- conductor (noun) - a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat
- transmission, transmittal, transmitting (noun) - the act of sending a message
- transmission (noun) - communication by means of transmitted signals
Verb group:
Examples:
- “The painting of Mary carries motherly love”,
- “His voice carried a lot of anger”
to carry is a way to:
- to communicate, intercommunicate (verb) - transmit thoughts or feelings
ways to carry:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
- expressible (adjective) - capable of being expressed
- expressive (adjective) - characterized by expression
Verb group:
5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.
to carry
Examples:
- “His efforts carried the entire project”,
- “How many credits is this student carrying?”,
- “We carry a very large mortgage”
to carry is a way to:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carrier (noun) - a rack attached to a vehicle
Verb group:
Examples:
- “She holds her head high”,
- “He carried himself upright”
ways to carry:
- to behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (verb) - behave in a certain manner
- to piggyback (verb) - support on the back and shoulders
- to poise, balance (verb) - hold or carry in equilibrium
- to sling (verb) - hold or carry in a sling
- to stoop (verb) - carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carriage, bearing, posture (noun) - characteristic way of bearing one's body
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
Verb group:
- to bear (verb) - move while holding up or supporting
Examples:
- “The jar carries wine”,
- “The canteen holds fresh water”,
- “This can contains water”
to carry is a way to:
- to include (verb) - have as a part, be made up out of
ways to carry:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- capacity, content (noun) - the amount that can be contained
- cargo area, cargo deck, cargo hold, hold, storage area (noun) - the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
- container (noun) - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
- continent (adjective) - having control over urination and defecation
Verb group:
8. extend to a certain degree.
to carry
Examples:
- “carry too far”,
- “She carries her ideas to the extreme”
Examples:
- “The civil war carried into the neighboring province”,
- “The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces”
10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
to carry
Example:
- “This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison”
11. win in an election.
to carry
Example:
- “The senator carried his home state”
12. include, as on a list.
to carry
Example:
- “How many people are carried on the payroll?”
to carry is a way to:
- to include (verb) - consider as part of something
Examples:
- “She carried herself well”,
- “he bore himself with dignity”,
- “They conducted themselves well during these difficult times”
to carry is a way to:
- to act, move (verb) - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- to hold, carry, bear (verb) - support or hold in a certain manner
ways to carry:
- to assert, put forward (verb) - insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- to deal (verb) - behave in a certain way towards others
- to fluster (verb) - be flustered
- to pose, posture (verb) - behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
- to walk around (verb) - behave in a certain manner or have certain properties
to carry is derivationally related to:
Example:
- “Do you carry kerosene heaters?”
to carry is a way to:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- reserve, backlog, stockpile (noun) - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- stock, inventory (noun) - the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- stockist (noun) - one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
- stockpile (noun) - a storage pile accumulated for future use
- stockpiling (noun) - accumulating and storing a reserve supply
Examples:
- “We ran the ad three times”,
- “This paper carries a restaurant review”,
- “All major networks carried the press conference”
to carry is a way to:
- to circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around (verb) - cause to become widely known
Example:
- “dribble the ball”
17. pass on a communication.
to carry
Example:
- “The news was carried to every village in the province”
18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
to carry
Examples:
- “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”
to carry is a way to:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carrier, immune carrier (noun) - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Verb group:
- to carry (verb) - be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
19. be conveyed over a certain distance.
to carry
Example:
- “Her voice carries very well in this big opera house”
20. keep up with financial support.
to carry
Example:
- “The Federal Government carried the province for many years”
21. have or possess something abstract.
to carry
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”
22. be equipped with (a mast or sail).
to carry
Example:
- “This boat can only carry a small sail”
Examples:
- “Carry all before one”,
- “His speech did not sway the voters”
to carry is a way to:
to carry is derivationally related to:
- convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasible (adjective) - being susceptible to persuasion
- persuasive (adjective) - intended or having the power to induce action or belief
- sway (noun) - controlling influence
Verb group:
- to carry (verb) - win in an election
24. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
to carry
Example:
- “I resent having to carry her all the time”
to carry is a way to:
- to compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up (verb) - adjust for
Verb group:
- to carry (verb) - bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
25. take further or advance.
to carry
Example:
- “carry a cause”
26. have on the surface or on the skin.
to carry
Example:
- “carry scars”
to carry is a way to:
- to bear (verb) - have
27. capture after a fight.
to carry
Example:
- “The troops carried the town after a brief fight”
to carry is a way to:
- to appropriate, capture, seize, conquer (verb) - take possession of by force, as after an invasion
to carry is a way to:
- to transfer (verb) - move from one place to another
to carry is derivationally related to:
- carry (noun) - the act of carrying something
Verb group:
- to carry (verb) - transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
29. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
to carry
Example:
- “put down 5 and carry 2”
30. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
to carry
Example:
- “the dog was taught to fetch and carry”
31. bear (a crop).
to carry
Example:
- “this land does not carry olives”
to carry is a way to:
- to grow, raise, farm, produce (verb) - cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- farming, agriculture, husbandry (noun) - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Verb group:
- to carry (verb) - be able to feed
32. propel or give impetus to.
to carry
Example:
- “The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence”
Examples:
- “He can hold his liquor”,
- “he had drunk more than he could carry”
34. be able to feed.
to carry
Example:
- “This land will carry ten cows to the acre”
35. have a certain range.
to carry
Example:
- “This rifle carries for 3,000 feet”
36. cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
to carry
Example:
- “The drive carried to the green”
37. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).
to carry
Example:
- “The motion carried easily”
38. be successful in.
to carry
Example:
- “She lost the game but carried the match”
39. sing or play against other voices or parts.
to carry
Example:
- “He cannot carry a tune”
40. be pregnant with.
to have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
Examples:
- “She is bearing his child”,
- “The are expecting another child in January”,
- “I am carrying his child”
to carry is a way to:
- to give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have (verb) - cause to be born
to carry is derivationally related to:
- big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child (adjective) - in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- expectation (noun) - the feeling that something is about to happen
- gestation, gestation period (noun) - the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
- pregnancy, gestation, maternity (noun) - the state of being pregnant
to carry entails:
- to conceive (verb) - become pregnant