Part Of Speech: verb
Definition: To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
Definition: To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
Example: to carry an account to the ledger
Definition: To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
Example: 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.
Definition: To move; to convey using force
Definition: To lead or guide.
Definition: To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
Example: The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
Definition: To adopt (something); take (something) over.
Example: I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
Definition: To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
Example: The court carries that motion.
Definition: In 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.
Example: Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
Definition: To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
Example: Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
Definition: To be transmitted; to travel.
Example: The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
Definition: To insult, to diss.
Definition: To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
Definition: To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
Definition: To have on one's person.
Example: she always carries a purse; marsupials carry their young in a pouch
Definition: To be pregnant (with).
Example: The doctor said she's carrying twins.
Definition: To have propulsive power; to propel.
Example: A gun or mortar carries well.
Definition: To hold the head; said of a horse.
Example: to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck
Definition: To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
Definition: To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
Definition: To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
Example: The Tories carried the election.
Definition: To get possession of by force; to capture.
Definition: To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
Definition: To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
Definition: To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
Example: A merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
Definition: To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
Definition: To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
Example: He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.
