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Carrying

verb
/ˈkæɹiɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 30.1

Definitions

1.verbTo lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
2.verbTo transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
"to carry an account to the ledger"
3.verbTo 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."
4.verbTo move; to convey using force
5.verbTo lead or guide.
6.verbTo stock or supply (something); to have in store.
"The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin."
7.verbTo adopt (something); take (something) over.
"I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out."
8.verbTo adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
"The court carries that motion."
9.verbIn 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."
10.verbTo have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
"Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss."
11.verbTo be transmitted; to travel.
"The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind."
12.verbTo insult, to diss.
13.verbTo capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
14.verbTo transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
15.verbTo have on one's person.
"she always carries a purse;  marsupials carry their young in a pouch"
16.verbTo be pregnant (with).
"The doctor said she's carrying twins."
17.verbTo have propulsive power; to propel.
"A gun or mortar carries well."
18.verbTo hold the head; said of a horse.
"to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck"
19.verbTo have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
20.verbTo bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
21.verbTo succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
"The Tories carried the election."
22.verbTo get possession of by force; to capture.
23.verbTo contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
24.verbTo bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
25.verbTo bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
"A merchant is carrying a large stock;  a farm carries a mortgage;  a broker carries stock for a customer;  to carry a life insurance."
26.verbTo have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
27.verbTo be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
"He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself."
28.nounTransportation.
"carryings away of goods"

Synonyms

adopttake ontake overbearmovetransportconductimpelhavekeepstocksupply

Antonyms

borrow

Rhymes With

tarryingvaryingferryingparryingburyingmarryingharryingremarrying
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