Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
carry (verb)transitive verb
1.
to move while supporting - transport her legs refused to carry her further Ellen Glasgow
2.
to convey by direct communication - carry tales about a friend
3.
chiefly dialect - conduct escort
4.
to influence by mental or emotional appeal - sway
5.
to get possession or control of - capture carried off the prize
6.
to transfer from one place (as a column) to another - carry a number in adding
7.
to contain and direct the course of - the drain carries sewage
8.
a) to wear or have on one's person
b) to bear upon or within one - is carrying an unborn child
9.
a) to have or bear especially as a mark, attribute, or property - carry a scar
b) - imply involve the crime carried a heavy penalty
10.
to hold or comport (as one's person) in a specified manner
11.
to sustain the weight or burden of - pillars carry an arch is carrying a full course load
12.
to bear as a crop
13.
to sing with reasonable correctness of pitch - carry a tune
14.
a) to keep in stock for sale
b) to provide sustenance for - land carrying 10 head of cattle
c) to have or maintain on a list or record - carry a person on a payroll carried six guards on the team
15.
to be chiefly or solely responsible for the success, effectiveness, or continuation of - a player capable of carrying a team her performance carried the play
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to prolong or maintain in space, time, or degree - carry a principle too far carry the wall above the eaves carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning
17.
a) to gain victory for , especially to secure the adoption or passage of
b) to win a majority or plurality of votes in (as a legislative body or a state)
18.
to present for public use or consumption - newspapers carry weather reports channel nine will carry the game
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a) to bear the charges of holding or having (as stocks or merchandise) from one time to another
b) to keep on one's books as a debtor - a merchant carries a customer
20.
to hold to and follow after (as a scent)
21.
to hoist and maintain (a sail) in use
22.
to pass over (as a hazard) at a single stroke in golf - carry a bunker
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intransitive verb
to propel and control (a puck or ball) along a playing surface
1.
to act as a bearer
2.
a) to reach or penetrate to a distance - voices carry well fly balls don't carry well in cold air
b) to convey itself to a reader or audience
3.
to undergo or admit of in a specified way - carriage
4.
of a hunting dog to keep and follow the scent
5.
to win adoption - the motion carried by a vote of 71–25
1.
power - carrying , especially the range of a gun or projectile or of a struck or thrown ball
2.
a) - portage
b) the act or method of carrying - fireman's carry
c) the act of rushing with the ball in football - averaged four yards per carry
3.
the position assumed by a color-bearer with the flag or guidon held in position for marching
4.
a quantity that is transferred in addition from one number place to the adjacent one of higher place value
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
carry (verb)1.
to support and take from one place to another
SYNONIMS:
bear, cart, convey, ferry, haul, lug, pack, tote, transportRELATED WORDS:
deliver, hand over, transfer; forward, send, ship, transmit; bring, fetch, take; move, remove, shift2.
to wear or have on one's person
SYNONIMS:
bear, packRELATED WORDS:
flaunt, show off, sport; display, exhibit, parade, show3.
to bring before the public in performance or exhibition
SYNONIMS:
carry, give, mount, offer, stageRELATED WORDS:
display, exhibit, expose, parade, show, show off, unveil; preview; act, impersonate, perform, play, portray; depict, dramatize, enact, render, represent; extend, proffer, tender4.
to have as part of a whole
SYNONIMS:
carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, subsume, take inRELATED WORDS:
comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrateNEAR ANTONYMS:
ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace5.
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
SYNONIMS:
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, upholdRELATED WORDS:
steady, truss, underlie6.
to receive as return for effort
SYNONIMS:
acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, winRELATED WORDS:
clear, gross, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, amass, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; annex, occupy, take over; reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remakeNEAR ANTONYMS:
accord, give, grant, pay; give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield7.
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
SYNONIMS:
acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, quitRELATED WORDS:
check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrain; moderate, modulate, temper; act, impersonate, playNEAR ANTONYMS:
act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct
