ALL meanings of carry
car·ry
C c - verb carry If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground. 3
- verb carry If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go. 3
- verb carry If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. 3
- verb carry If a person or animal is carrying a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals. 3
- verb carry If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it carries it. 3
- verb carry If a quality or advantage carries someone into a particular position or through a difficult situation, it helps them to achieve that position or deal with that situation. 3
- verb carry If you carry an idea or a method to a particular extent, you use or develop it to that extent. 3
- verb carry If a newspaper or poster carries a picture or a piece of writing, it contains it or displays it. 3
- verb carry In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it. 3
- verb carry If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment. 3
- verb carry If a sound carries, it can be heard a long way away. 3
- verb carry If a candidate or party carries a state or area, they win the election in that state or area. 3
- verb carry If you carry yourself in a particular way, you walk and move in that way. 3
- verb carry If a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant. 3
- verb carry to take or bear (something) from one place to another 3
- verb carry to transfer for consideration; take 3
- verb carry to have on one's person 3
- verb carry to be transmitted or serve as a medium for transmitting 3
- verb carry to contain or be capable of containing 3
- verb carry to bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure, or responsibility of 3
- verb carry to have as an attribute or result 3
- verb carry to bring or communicate 3
- verb carry to be pregnant with (young) 3
- verb carry to bear (the head, body, etc) in a specified manner 3
- verb carry to conduct or bear (oneself) in a specified manner 3
- verb carry to continue or extend 3
- verb carry to cause to move or go 3
- verb carry to influence, esp by emotional appeal 3
- verb carry to secure the passage of (a bill, motion, etc) 3
- verb carry to win (an election) 3
- verb carry to obtain victory for (a candidate or measure) in an election 3
- verb carry to win a plurality or majority of votes in (a district, legislative body, etc) 3
- verb carry to capture 3
- verb carry (of communications media) to include as the content 3
- verb carry to transfer (an item) to another account, esp to transfer to the following year's account instead of writing off against profit and loss 3
- verb carry to transfer (a number) from one column of figures to the next, as from units to tens in multiplication and addition 3
- verb carry (of a shop, trader, etc) to keep in stock 3
- verb carry to support (a musical part or melody) against the other parts 3
- verb carry to sustain (livestock) 3
- verb carry to maintain (livestock) in good health but without increasing their weight or obtaining any products from them 3
- verb carry (of a ball, projectile, etc) to travel through the air or reach a specified point 3
- verb carry (of a ball) to travel beyond 3
- verb carry (of a gun) to have a range as specified 3
- verb carry to retain contact with and pursue (a line of scent) 3
- verb carry (of ground) to be in such a condition that scent lies well upon it 3
- verb carry to move (the puck) forwards, keeping it against the blade of the stick 3
- verb carry to imbibe (alcoholic drink) without showing ill effects 3
- verb carry to have drugs on one's person 3
- noun carry the act of carrying 3
- noun carry a portion of land over which a boat must be portaged 3