/ˈkæɹ.ɪ/, /ˈkæɹ.i/, /ˈkɛɹ.i/
OriginFrom Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.
- transitiveTo lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
“"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."”
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of ”
“Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in Sout”
- transitiveTo notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
“to carry the war from Greece into Asia”
“to carry an account to the ledger”
- transitiveTo convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
“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.”
- archaic, transitiveTo move; to convey using force
- transitiveTo lead or guide.
“Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.”
“And he carried away all his cattle […] for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.”
“Passion and revenge will carry them too far.”
- transitiveTo stock or supply (something); to have in store.
“The corner drugstore doesn’t carry his favorite brand of aspirin.”
- transitiveTo adopt (something); take (something) over.
“I think I can carry Smith’s work while she is out.”
- transitiveTo adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
“The court carries that motion.”
- transitiveIn 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.
“Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.”
- transitiveTo have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
“Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.”
- intransitiveTo be transmitted; to travel.
“The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.”
“It might seem easy to hit the head of a barrel at that distance, but either the lads were not expert enough or else the snowballs, being of irregular shapes and rather light, did not carry well. Whate”
- slang, transitiveTo insult, to diss.
- transitiveTo capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- transitiveTo transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
“Nani collected the ball on the halfway line, drifted past Bryan Ruiz, and carried the ball unchallenged 50 yards down the left before picking out Welbeck for a crisp finish from seven yards.”
- intransitiveFor the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- transitiveTo have on one’s person.
“She always carries a purse.”
“Marsupials carry their young in a pouch”
“Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.”
- To be pregnant (with).
“The doctor said she’s carrying twins.”
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
“A gun or mortar carries well.”
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
“to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck”
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
“The frost[…]caused the fallows and seeds to ‘carry’ a good deal, and they could only hunt very slowly.”
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
“the carrying of our main point”
“McCloughlin […] makes for the kind of fantasy girl you don't forget when the film is over. Still, she alone is not interesting enough to carry the piece.”
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
“The Tories carried the election.”
“The greater part carries it.”
- obsoleteTo get possession of by force; to capture.
“The Town [of Bulloign] was both well fortified, and well manned; yet it was distressed, and ready for an Assault: which if it had been given (as was thought) would have cost much blood; but yet the To”
“But the gallant D’Oyley, landing at the head of his well disciplined band, immediately attacked the Spaniards in their intrenchments, carried the principal fortress by a vigorous assault, destroyed on”
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
“Things of little value carry great importance.”
“It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.”
- reflexiveTo bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
“He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.”
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
“to carry a life insurance”
“A merchant is carrying a large stock.”
“A farm carries a mortgage.”
- intransitiveTo have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
“Nobody looked like they were carrying, other than those who had knives strapped to their belts, although with Alaska's new concealed-carry permit, available to anyone who trundled themselves down to t”
- (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
“Despite zero goals and zero assists, she still stands out for carrying her team's defense.”
“The other outfielders had no hustle, but fortunately the centerfielder carried them.”
“He absolutely carried, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.”
- Southern-USTo physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
“Will you carry me to town?”
- Canada, USTo bear a firearm, such as a gun.
“A holster can help you carry in confidence, knowing that your weapon is secure and close at hand.”
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
“Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don’t tire too quickly.”
“When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Be”
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
“Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry below the dam at the lake’s outlet.”
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
“On paper, simply add the carry to the next addition; that is, $B2 + $9C + 1. That’s fine for paper, but how is it done by computer?”
- The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
“The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.”
- The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- Carried interest.
- UK, dialectalThe sky; cloud-drift.
Formscarries(present, singular, third-person) · carrying(participle, present) · carried(participle, past) · carried(past) · carries(plural) · Carrys(plural)