CARRY (carried)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carry mean? 

• CARRY (noun)
  The noun CARRY has 1 sense:

1. the act of carrying something

  Familiarity information: CARRY used as a noun is very rare.

• CARRY (verb)
  The verb CARRY has 40 senses:

1. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

2. have with oneself; have on one's person

3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

4. serve as a means for expressing something

5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

6. support or hold in a certain manner

7. contain or hold; have within

8. extend to a certain degree

9. continue or extend

10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

11. win in an election

12. include, as on a list

13. behave in a certain manner

14. have on hand

15. include as the content; broadcast or publicize

16. propel

17. pass on a communication

18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

19. be conveyed over a certain distance

20. keep up with financial support

21. have or possess something abstract

22. be equipped with (a mast or sail)

23. win approval or support for

24. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

25. take further or advance

26. have on the surface or on the skin

27. capture after a fight

28. transfer (entries) from one account book to another

29. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

30. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

31. bear (a crop)

32. propel or give impetus to

33. drink alcohol without showing ill effects

34. be able to feed

35. have a certain range

36. cover a certain distance or advance beyond

37. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

38. be successful in

39. sing or play against other voices or parts

40. be pregnant with

  Familiarity information: CARRY used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRY (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"):

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)

backpacking; packing (carrying something in a pack on the back)

Derivation:

carry (extend to a certain degree)

carry (continue or extend)

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 (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 (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

carry; transport

Context example:

These pipes carry waste water into the river

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"):

drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

chariot (transport in a chariot)

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)

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)

porter (carry luggage or supplies)

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 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)

carrier (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have with oneself; have on one's person

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

carry; pack; take

Context example:

She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains

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 3

Meaning:

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit

Context example:

Many metals conduct heat

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 4

Meaning:

Serve as a means for expressing something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

carry; convey; express

Context example:

His voice carried a lot of anger

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 5

Meaning:

Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

We carry a very large mortgage

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 6

Meaning:

Support or hold in a certain manner

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bear; carry; hold

Context example:

He carried himself upright

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 7

Meaning:

Contain or hold; have within

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

bear; carry; contain; hold

Context example:

This can contains water

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 8

Meaning:

Extend to a certain degree

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She carries her ideas to the extreme

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 9

Meaning:

Continue or extend

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carry; extend

Context example:

The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces

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 10

Meaning:

Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison

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 11

Meaning:

Win in an election

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The senator carried his home state

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 12

Meaning:

Include, as on a list

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

How many people are carried on the payroll?

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

include (consider as part of something)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 13

Meaning:

Behave in a certain manner

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport

Context example:

They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

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 14

Meaning:

Have on hand

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

carry; stock; stockpile

Context example:

Do you carry kerosene heaters?

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 15

Meaning:

Include as the content; broadcast or publicize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

carry; run

Context example:

All major networks carried the press conference

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 16

Meaning:

Propel

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

carry; dribble

Context example:

dribble the ball

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:

Pass on a communication

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The news was carried to every village in the province

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 18

Meaning:

Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The restaurant carries an unusual name

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)

Sense 19

Meaning:

Be conveyed over a certain distance

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Her voice carries very well in this big opera house

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 20

Meaning:

Keep up with financial support

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The Federal Government carried the province for many years

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 21

Meaning:

Have or possess something abstract

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

I carry a lot of life insurance

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 22

Meaning:

Be equipped with (a mast or sail)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

This boat can only carry a small sail

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 23

Meaning:

Win approval or support for

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

carry; persuade; sway

Context example:

His speech did not sway the voters

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 24

Meaning:

Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

I resent having to carry her all the time

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 25

Meaning:

Take further or advance

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

carry a cause

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 26

Meaning:

Have on the surface or on the skin

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

carry scars

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

bear (have)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 27

Meaning:

Capture after a fight

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The troops carried the town after a brief fight

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 28

Meaning:

Transfer (entries) from one account book to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

carry; post

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 29

Meaning:

Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

put down 5 and carry 2

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 30

Meaning:

Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the dog was taught to fetch and carry

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 31

Meaning:

Bear (a crop)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

this land does not carry olives

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 32

Meaning:

Propel or give impetus to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence

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 33

Meaning:

Drink alcohol without showing ill effects

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

carry; hold

Context example:

he had drunk more than he could carry

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 34

Meaning:

Be able to feed

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

This land will carry ten cows to the acre

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 35

Meaning:

Have a certain range

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

This rifle carries for 3,000 feet

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 36

Meaning:

Cover a certain distance or advance beyond

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The drive carried to the green

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 37

Meaning:

Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

The motion carried easily

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Verb group:

carry (be successful in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 38

Meaning:

Be successful in

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

She lost the game but carried the match

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 39

Meaning:

Sing or play against other voices or parts

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

He cannot carry a tune

Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):

do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 40

Meaning:

Be pregnant with

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bear; carry; expect; gestate; have a bun in the oven

Context example:

I am carrying his child

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

 Context examples 

He appeared to be deformed, for he carried his head low and walked with his knees bent.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It carried a message to him beyond its mere wording.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Well, he carried over this one first, and he copied it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Let us make a chair with our hands and carry her," said the Scarecrow.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

But the bird set up such a loud scream that all the soldiers awoke, and they took him prisoner and carried him before the king.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

My remaining stock I carried with me, part in money and part in goods, in hopes to improve my fortunes.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Eclipses are major events—they are dress-up affairs—and nothing is humdrum or usual at eclipse time as events tend to carry important weight and meaning.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Death Larsen is in command of the only sealing steamer in the fleet, the Macedonia, which carries fourteen boats, whereas the rest of the schooners carry only six.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Indeed, we pressed the matter so far that we almost came into collision, for she asked us if we were or were not prepared to carry out her wishes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He would survive and carry it to the ship in the shining sea.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)