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carry
English
- 🔊 the act of carrying something
- 🔊 continue or extend“The civil war carried into the neighboring province”
- 🔊 include, as on a list“How many people are carried on the payroll?”
- 🔊 sing or play against other voices or parts“He cannot carry a tune”
- 🔊 serve as a means for expressing something“The painting of Mary carries motherly love”
- 🔊 pass on a communication“The news was carried to every village in the province”
- 🔊 be successful in“She lost the game but carried the match”
- 🔊 win in an election“The senator carried his home state”
- 🔊 secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)“The motion carried easily”
- 🔊 cover a certain distance or advance beyond“The drive carried to the green”
- 🔊 have a certain range“This rifle carries for 3,000 feet”
- 🔊 be able to feed“This land will carry ten cows to the acre”
- 🔊 drink alcohol without showing ill effects“He can hold his liquor”
- 🔊 bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of“His efforts carried the entire project”
- 🔊 propel or give impetus to“The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence”
- 🔊 bear (a crop)“this land does not carry olives”
- 🔊 include as the content“We ran the ad three times”
- 🔊 pursue a line of scent or be a bearer“the dog was taught to fetch and carry”
- 🔊 transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication“put down 5 and carry 2”
- 🔊 capture after a fight“The troops carried the town after a brief fight”
- 🔊 have on the surface or on the skin“carry scars”
- 🔊 take further or advance“carry a cause”
- 🔊 compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance“I resent having to carry her all the time”
- 🔊 extend to a certain degree“carry too far”
- 🔊 win approval or support for“Carry all before one”
- 🔊 be equipped with (a mast or sail)“This boat can only carry a small sail”
- 🔊 be necessarily associated with or result in or involve“This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison”
- 🔊 have or possess something abstract“I carry her image in my mind's eye”
- 🔊 keep up with financial support“The Federal Government carried the province for many years”
- 🔊 have with oneself“She always takes an umbrella”
- 🔊 be conveyed over a certain distance“Her voice carries very well in this big opera house”
- 🔊 have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence“This new washer carries a two year guarantee”
- 🔊 propel“Carry the ball”
- 🔊 move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body“You must carry your camping gear”
- 🔊 support or hold in a certain manner“She holds her head high”
- 🔊 transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- 🔊 have on hand“Do you carry kerosene heaters?”
- 🔊 be pregnant with“She is bearing his child”
- 🔊 contain or hold“The jar carries wine”
- 🔊 transmit or serve as the medium for transmission“Sound carries well over water”
Spanish
- 🔊 acarreo carry
- 🔊 carrilear to carry
- 🔊 acarrear to carry, haul
- 🔊 carrear to carry, to have the ability or enough power to carry a team to victory single-handedly