What is carry?

More definitions of "carry":

• (verb): Have on hand.
  Example: "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
  Synonyms: stock, stockpile

• (verb): Behave in a certain manner.
  Synonyms: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport

• (verb): Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
  Example: "The airwaves carry the sound"
  Synonyms: conduct, transmit, convey, channel

• (verb): Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
  Example: "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"

• (verb): Pass on a communication.
  Example: "The news was carried to every village in the province"

• (verb): Contain or hold; have within.
  Synonyms: hold, bear, contain

• (verb): Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.
  Example: "He had drunk more than he could carry"
  Synonyms: hold

• (verb): Take further or advance.
  Example: "Carry a cause"

• (verb): Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
  Example: "Put down 5 and carry 2"

• (verb): Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).
  Example: "The motion carried easily"

• (verb): Extend to a certain degree.
  Example: "Carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"

• (verb): Support or hold in a certain manner.
  Synonyms: hold, bear

• (noun): The act of carrying something.

• (verb): Have a certain range.
  Example: "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"

• (verb): Propel or give impetus to.
  Example: "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"

• (verb): Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.
  Synonyms: run

• (verb): Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
  Example: "I resent having to carry her all the time"

• (verb): Have or possess something abstract.
  Example: "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"

• (verb): Bear (a crop).
  Example: "This land does not carry olives"

• (verb): Win approval or support for.
  Example: "Carry all before one"
  Synonyms: persuade, sway

• (verb): Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
  Example: "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
  Synonyms: transport

• (verb): Be pregnant with.
  Synonyms: have a bun in the oven, bear, gestate, expect

• (verb): Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
  Example: "The dog was taught to fetch and carry"

• (verb): Be successful in.
  Example: "She lost the game but carried the match"

• (verb): Capture after a fight.
  Example: "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"

• (verb): Have with oneself; have on one's person.
  Example: "I always carry money"
  Synonyms: pack, take

• (verb): Cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
  Example: "The drive carried to the green"

• (verb): Continue or extend.
  Synonyms: extend

• (verb): Keep up with financial support.
  Example: "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"

• (verb): Be conveyed over a certain distance.
  Example: "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"

• (verb): Have on the surface or on the skin.
  Example: "Carry scars"

• (verb): Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
  Example: "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"

• (verb): Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.
  Example: "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"

• (verb): Win in an election.
  Example: "The senator carried his home state"

• (verb): Sing or play against other voices or parts.
  Example: "He cannot carry a tune"

• (verb): Include, as on a list.
  Example: "How many people are carried on the payroll?"

• (verb): .
  Example: "Propel, "Carry the ball"
  Synonyms: dribble

• (verb): Serve as a means for expressing something.
  Synonyms: convey, express

• (verb): Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.
  Synonyms: post

Famous quotes containing the word carry:

“I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back.”
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)

“A good businessman never makes a contract unless he’s sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)

“Ends in themselves, my letters plot no change;
They carry nothing dutiable; they won’t
Aspire, astound, establish or estrange.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)