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CARRY
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Irregular inflected form: carried
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of carrying something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("carry" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carry"):
backpacking; packing (carrying something in a pack on the back)
piggyback (the act of carrying something piggyback)
fireman's carry (the act of carrying a person over your shoulder)
portage (carrying boats and supplies overland)
porterage (the transportation of burdens by porters)
Derivation:
carry (be conveyed over a certain distance)
carry (have with oneself; have on one's person)
carry (contain or hold; have within)
carry (have or possess something abstract)
carry (extend to a certain degree)
carry (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)
carry (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
carry (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication)
carry (pursue a line of scent or be a bearer)
carry (support or hold in a certain manner)
carry (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
carry (have a certain range)
carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond)
carry (serve as a means for expressing something)
carry (continue or extend)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they carry ... he / she / it carries
Past simple: carried
Past participle: carried
-ing form: carrying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be pregnant with
Example:
I am carrying his child
Synonyms:
bear; carry; expect; gestate; have a bun in the oven
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)
"Carry" entails doing...:
conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)
Verb group:
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)
expect (look forward to the birth of a child)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Continue or extend
Example:
The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
Synonyms:
carry; extend
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
continue (exist over a prolonged period of time)
Verb group:
draw out; extend; prolong; protract (lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer)
extend (prolong the time allowed for payment of)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Include, as on a list
Example:
How many people are carried on the payroll?
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
include (consider as part of something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Sing or play against other voices or parts
Example:
He cannot carry a tune
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Serve as a means for expressing something
Example:
His voice carried a lot of anger
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Verb group:
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Pass on a communication
Example:
The news was carried to every village in the province
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Verb group:
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Be successful in
Example:
She lost the game but carried the match
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Verb group:
carry (win in an election)
carry (secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Win in an election
Example:
The senator carried his home state
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Verb group:
carry (be successful in)
carry; persuade; sway (win approval or support for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
Example:
The motion carried easily
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Verb group:
carry (be successful in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Cover a certain distance or advance beyond
Example:
The drive carried to the green
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
carry (have a certain range)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Have a certain range
Example:
This rifle carries for 3,000 feet
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Verb group:
carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Be able to feed
Example:
This land will carry ten cows to the acre
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
nourish; nurture; sustain (provide with nourishment)
Verb group:
carry (bear (a crop))
Domain category:
farm animal; livestock; stock (any animals kept for use or profit)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Drink alcohol without showing ill effects
Example:
he had drunk more than he could carry
Synonyms:
carry; hold
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
Meaning:
Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
Example:
We carry a very large mortgage
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Verb group:
carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance)
carry (keep up with financial support)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
carrier (a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Propel or give impetus to
Example:
The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Verb group:
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 16
Meaning:
Propel
Example:
dribble the ball
Synonyms:
carry; dribble
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
Example:
These pipes carry waste water into the river
Synonyms:
carry; transport
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
carry (pass on a communication)
carry (propel or give impetus to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
chariot (transport in a chariot)
drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
lug; tote; tug (carry with difficulty)
haul (transport in a vehicle)
fly (transport by aeroplane)
cart (transport something in a cart)
pack (carry, as on one's back)
porter (carry luggage or supplies)
port (carry, bear, convey, or bring)
pipe in (transport to a destination through pipes)
return (make a return)
bucket (carry in a bucket)
bear (move while holding up or supporting)
port (carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons)
shoulder (carry a burden, either real or metaphoric)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
carrier (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
carrier (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something)
carrier (a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages)
carrier (someone whose employment involves carrying something)
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Support or hold in a certain manner
Example:
He carried himself upright
Synonyms:
bear; carry; hold
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)
balance; poise (hold or carry in equilibrium)
piggyback (support on the back and shoulders)
stoop (carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward)
sling (hold or carry in a sling)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carriage (characteristic way of bearing one's body)
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 19
Meaning:
Bear (a crop)
Example:
this land does not carry olives
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
farm; grow; produce; raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
Verb group:
carry (be able to feed)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 20
Meaning:
Include as the content; broadcast or publicize
Example:
All major networks carried the press conference
Synonyms:
carry; run
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 21
Meaning:
Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
Example:
the dog was taught to fetch and carry
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 22
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
shift; transfer (move around)
Verb group:
carry; post (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 23
Meaning:
Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Example:
Many metals conduct heat
Synonyms:
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
Verb group:
carry; convey; express (serve as a means for expressing something)
carry (be conveyed over a certain distance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
wash up (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves))
pipe in (bring in through pipes)
bring in (transmit)
retransmit (transmit again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
carrier (a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal)
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 24
Meaning:
Transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Synonyms:
carry; post
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Verb group:
carry (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 25
Meaning:
Have on hand
Example:
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Synonyms:
carry; stock; stockpile
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 26
Meaning:
Capture after a fight
Example:
The troops carried the town after a brief fight
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
appropriate; capture; conquer; seize (take possession of by force, as after an invasion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
Meaning:
Have on the surface or on the skin
Example:
carry scars
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear (have)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 28
Meaning:
Behave in a certain manner
Example:
They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
Synonyms:
acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear; carry; hold (support or hold in a certain manner)
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
fluster (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)
assert; put forward (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized)
deal (behave in a certain way towards others)
walk around (behave in a certain manner or have certain properties)
pose; posture (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 29
Meaning:
Take further or advance
Example:
carry a cause
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
advance; boost; encourage; further; promote (contribute to the progress or growth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 30
Meaning:
Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
Example:
I resent having to carry her all the time
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)
Verb group:
carry (bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 31
Meaning:
Extend to a certain degree
Example:
She carries her ideas to the extreme
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
effect (act so as to bring into existence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 32
Meaning:
Win approval or support for
Example:
His speech did not sway the voters
Synonyms:
carry; persuade; sway
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Verb group:
carry (win in an election)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 33
Meaning:
Be equipped with (a mast or sail)
Example:
This boat can only carry a small sail
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 34
Meaning:
Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
Example:
This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
imply; involve (have as a necessary feature)
Verb group:
carry (have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 35
Meaning:
Have or possess something abstract
Example:
I carry a lot of life insurance
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Verb group:
carry; pack; take (have with oneself; have on one's person)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 36
Meaning:
Keep up with financial support
Example:
The Federal Government carried the province for many years
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
keep; maintain; sustain (supply with necessities and support)
Verb group:
carry (bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 37
Meaning:
Contain or hold; have within
Example:
This can contains water
Synonyms:
bear; carry; contain; hold
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
include (have as a part, be made up out of)
Verb group:
contain; hold; take (be capable of holding or containing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
retain (hold back within)
confine; enclose; hold in (close in)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 38
Meaning:
Have with oneself; have on one's person
Example:
She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
Synonyms:
carry; pack; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Verb group:
carry (have or possess something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They carry more bread
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 39
Meaning:
Be conveyed over a certain distance
Example:
Her voice carries very well in this big opera house
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
range (have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun)
Verb group:
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
carry (the act of carrying something)
Sense 40
Meaning:
Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
Example:
The restaurant carries an unusual name
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Verb group:
carry (be necessarily associated with or result in or involve)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
carrier ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
Context examples:
In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I think our investigations must now carry us to Woolwich.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have often wondered since why he should have carried about these shells with him in his wandering, guilty, and hunted life.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In this state I was carried back and placed on a bed, hardly conscious of what had happened; my eyes wandered round the room as if to seek something that I had lost.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The next thing was to get the money; and where do you think he carried us but to that place with the door?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A broad leather strap hanging from his shoulder supported a scrip or satchel such as travellers were wont to carry.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sometimes he could walk in, and sometimes he was led in, and sometimes he was carried in, and it was only by his clothes that I could know him—
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The research, carried out by Fuzhou Children's Hospital in China, involved 54 obese children between six and 14 years old.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The fungus was likely carried to the United States by humans traveling to and from Europe.
(Hibernation season over, will disease-ridden bats emerge from caves and mines this spring?, NSF)
The new work builds on a study of mice engineered to carry a gene associated with an increased risk — but not a guarantee — of Alzheimer's disease in humans.
(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)
