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Definition: Carry |
CarryNoun1. The act of carrying something. Verb1. Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river". 2. Have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains". 3. Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat". 4. Serve as a means for expressing something: "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger". 5. Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage". 6. Support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright". 7. Contain or hold; have within: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water". 8. Extend beyond reasonable limits; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme". 9. Continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces". 10. : be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison". 11. : win in an election; "The senator carried his home state". 12. : include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?". 13. : behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times". 14. : have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?". 15. : include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference". 16. : move, as in hockey or soccer; "Carry the ball". 17. : pass on a communication: "The news was carried to every village in the province". 18. : have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name". 19. : be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house". 20. : keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years". 21. : have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance". 22. : win approval or support for; "Carry all before one". 23. : compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time". 24. : take further or advance; "carry a cause". 25. : have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars". 26. : capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight". 27. : transfer (entries) from one account book to another. 28. : transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2". 29. : pursue a line of scent or be a bearer, as of a dog; "fetch and carry". 30. : bear (a crop): "this land does not carry olives". 31. : propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence". 32. : drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry". 33. : sustain, as of livestock; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre". 34. : have a certain range, as of guns; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet". 35. : cover a certain distance or advance beyond, as of a ball in golf; "The drive carried to the green". 36. : secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily". 37. : be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match". 38. : sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune". 39. : be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Carry" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man". |
Date "carry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | The action of transferring a carry digit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The passage of digital information from one circuit to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Of a pesticide, the average distance from the point(s)of discharge(nozzle, spray-boom orifice), generally measured horizontally, that the droplets or particles reach under given conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Scot. The thickness of roof rock taken down in working a seam. b. The thickness of seam that can be conveniently taken down at oneworking. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Bring, Fetch, Carry. Bring implies motion from the object toward the person who issues the command or makes the request. Fetch implies two motions, first, toward the object; second, toward the person who wishes it. The gardener, who is in the garden, calls to his servant, who is at the barn, "John, bring me the rake. You will find it in the barn." And if John is with him in the garden, he would say, "John, fetch me the rake from the barn." The use of fetch is more common among English writers than with us. In fact, many speakers and writers in America rarely use the word. Carry is a more general term, and means to convey, without thought of the direction. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CAC | English | Cash and carry | Finance |
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Synonyms: CarrySynonyms: acquit (v), bear (v), behave (v), channel (v), comport (v), conduct (v), contain (v), convey (v), deport (v), dribble (v), execute (v), expect (v), express (v), extend (v), gestate (v), hold (v), pack (v), persuade (v), post (v), run (v), stock (v), stockpile (v), sway (v), take (v), transmit (v), transport (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: throw-in (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insolence | Out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave; stare out of countenance; brazen out; lay down the law; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; assume a lofty bearing; talk big, look big; put on big looks, act the grand seigneur; mount the high horse, ride the high horse; toss the head, carry, with a high hand. |
Motive | Persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court. |
Support | Support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage. |
Tendency | Verb: tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; promote; (aid). |
Transference | Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Carry |
| English words defined with "carry": Carry arms, carry off, carry to term ♦ To carry away, To carry on, To carry through. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "carry": authorisation provisionally to carry out the concentration ♦ Carry Arms!, Carry Coals, Carry out one's Bat, Carry Swords!, CARRY WITCHET. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "carry": Vecture. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't think they let people in my condition carry a gun. (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben) The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Never mind son, you just might meet him if you carry on like that (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I'll carry you - kicking and screaming - and in the end you'll thank me. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) We anty up and kick in, sir. But I still don't want to carry your flag (Glory; writing credit: Robert Gould Shaw; Lincoln Kirstein) | |
Lyrics | You want to carry on (Lost In Love; performing artist: Air Supply) Carry me. (Swing Swing; performing artist: ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS) I'll help you carry on ("Lean On Me"; performing artist: Bill Withers) Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home (All the Small Things; performing artist: Blink 182) Will you carry the words of love with you (Oh Very Young; performing artist: Cat Stevens) | |
Clever | You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. (references; author: unknown) Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. (references; author: unknown) Happiness is not something you have in your hands; it is something you carry in you heart. (references; author: unknown) When God allows a burden to be put upon you, He will put His arms underneath you to help you carry it. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes five minutes to run. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Carry On Dick (1974) What a Carry On! (1973) Carry On Abroad (1972) Doctor Carry On Again (1969) Carry On Camping (1969) | |
Song Titles | CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON (performing artist: KANSAS) Carry On Wayward Son (performing artist: The Oak Ridge Boys) Voices Carry (performing artist: 'til tuesday) | |
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 | This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Pictured are various slides of woodchucks. These animals carry a Hepatitis B-like virus in their blood and are being studied to understand the link of virus to liver cancer. Post-mortem examination indicates that about 25% of the woodchucks die of liver cancer and have the virus in their blood samples. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | The use of DDT increased enormously on a worldwide basis after WWII, because of its effectiveness against the mosquito that spreads malaria and lice that carry typhus. The World Health Organization claims that the use of DDT saved 25 million lives. Credit: CDC. |  | Jasper Bilby at Station Foss 1904 Minnesota Wagon used by him to carry instruments and other light outfit. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Spring reconnaissance with pack-dogs after leaving the railroad at Cantwell Each dog could carry about 30 pounds Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Currents carry many dead things to Punuk Island making it the graveyard of the Bering Sea. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Brazilian Pepper bushes are an ornamental from Brazil that looks like Holly. They produce red berries that birds eat. The birds carry their seeds spreading the plant throughout mangrove habitat where the Pepper bush outcompetes the mangroves. The red berries are beautiful but toxic; direct contact with them causes a poison ivy-like rash. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Map of TIROS II infrared imagery with accompanying cloud analysis. TIROS II was the first meteorological satellite to carry infra-red remote sensing instruments. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Raptor 4001 shows its claws during a recent side-weapons-bay-doors-open test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The F-22 is designed to carry two AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range, heat-seeking air-to-air missiles in its side weapons bays. The F-22 flight test. |  | Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard carry the remains of fallen sailors from the USS Cole out of a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct.13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred. (Photo b. |
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| "Attention"NO GUNS"" by Karoly Feher Commentary: "At the NATO bases there are several pubs too for every nation. You can drink after 18.00. But you may not carry your weapon to the area, to exclude drunken soldiers shooting to each other down because of -for example- nacionalist arguments." | "Couch" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "Two men watch a group of people carry a couch through a park. Visit http://www.qr5.com ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Cardinal De Richelieu | Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it. |
Carry Nation | Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils. |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. |
Confucius | Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that carry them apart. |
Haliburton | To carry care to bed, is to sleep with a pack on your back. |
Hazlitt | To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us. |
James Russell Lowell | Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. |
Oscar Wilde | Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. |
Theodore Roosevelt | Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Secondly, In the state of nature there wants a known and indifferent judge, with authority to determine all differences according to the established law: for every one in that state being both judge and executioner of the law of nature, men being partial to themselves, passion and revenge is very apt to carry them too far, and with too much heat, in their own cases; as well as negligence, and unconcernedness, to make them too remiss in other men's. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In requiring the proletariat to carry out such a system, and thereby to march straightway into the social New Jerusalem, it but requires in reality, that the proletariat should remain within the bounds of existing society, but should cast away all its hateful ideas concerning the bourgeoisie. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | They may carry with them their movable property of every description. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It should carry with it the continuance of the present facilities for mutual security by the joint use of all Naval and Air Force bases in the possession of either country all over the world. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | When the Campbells are returned, we shall meet them in London, and continue there, I trust, till we may carry her northward |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | We need something more than a fixed Law of Nature to settle which nerve shall carry it. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | One brief sigh sufficed to carry off the entire burden of these dismal reminiscences |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And even carry burdens |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And they would carry the coffin out of the chapel slowly and he would be buried in the little graveyard of the community off the main avenue of limes |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | If he refused now, not only was he not a good guy, but he was forced to carry a sticker, was not allowed to have company |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I hired two mules with a guide to show me the way, and carry my small baggage |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Have put animals to their best use, for they are all beasts of burden, in a sense, made to carry some portion of our thoughts |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Rodents can carry and spread the bacteria. (references) | |
Common house mice do not carry hantavirus. (references) | ||
Carry a water bottle with you to sip from often. (references) | ||
Business | Distributors do not usually carry full inventories. (references) | |
Generally, companies do not carry large inventories. (references) | ||
Locks carry a 2.7 percent duty rate, alarms 2.2 percent. (references) | ||
Children | Dominican Republic | Despite the existence of government institutions dedicated to child welfare, private social and religious organizations carry the principal burden. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The media carry features highlighting the accomplishments of persons with disabilities and sharply criticizing parents who neglect children with disabilities. (references) | |
Turkey | The law stipulates that the state prosecutor or a designated assistant should carry out interrogations of minors and that minors must be provided with lawyers; however, in practice police and prosecutors often denied minors access to lawyers and failed to inform parents. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | Citizens still carry internal passports. (references) |
El Salvador | All carry major local stations and a wide range of international programming. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Every citizen must carry such a document when traveling inside or outside the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | The incentives do not carry performance requirements. (references) |
Argentina | Foreign companies may carry out any single transaction. (references) | |
Russia | Roads currently carry only 10 percent of total cargo traffic. (references) | |
Human Rights | Saudi Arabia | A woman's testimony does not carry the same weight as that of a man. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | The SNB, the MVD, and the General Procurator carry out investigations. (references) | |
Qatar | The final decision to carry out or commute the executions rests with the Amir. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Sri Lanka | The executive order granted the Veddas the freedom to protect their culture and to carry on their traditional way of life without hindrance. (references) |
Venezuela | In late 1999, in an out-of-court settlement the Government pledged, among other commitments, to provide better security and to carry out health care projects in the area. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | All foreign residents still are required to carry alien registration certificates at all times, but the revised law reduces the penalties imposed on those found without documentation. (references) |
Political Economy | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Even when independent decisions were rendered, local authorities often refused to carry them out. (references) |
PORTUGAL | Employers are legally responsible for accidents at work and are required to carry accident insurance. (references) | |
ARGENTINA | In 1999, Argentina instituted new rules under which imported electronics would have to carry a local safety certification. (references) | |
Political Rights | China | The committees also carry out political work by serving as a channel of communication between villagers and the Government. (references) |
Malaysia | Opposition leaders credibly claimed that the Election Commission, which is responsible for holding and monitoring elections, did not carry out its duties impartially. (references) | |
Mali | The opposition contended that the Government failed to carry out constitutionally mandated annual electoral list revisions and that, therefore, the elections should be declared invalid. (references) | |
Trade | Cyprus | Luxury items carry the highest duties. (references) |
Costa Rica | Violations of documentation laws carry heavy fines. (references) | |
Nigeria | All Categories of Company Shares to Carry one Vote. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | Travellers should carry prescriptions noting generic names. (references) |
Bulgaria | Visitors should carry their passport with them at all times. (references) | |
France | Rain is frequent and most experienced travelers carry collapsible umbrellas. (references) | |
Women | Malta | Rape and violent indecent assault carry sentences of up to 10 years' imprisonment. (references) |
Singapore | Prostitutes are required to undergo periodic health checks and to carry a health card. (references) | |
Belize | The laws carry penalties of fines up to $500 (bz$1,000) or 1 year of imprisonment, and are weakly enforced. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Syria | Children are not allowed to lift, carry, or drag heavy objects. (references) |
Pakistan | Unions associated with opposition parties are allowed to carry on their activities freely. (references) | |
Fiji | In order to carry out a legal strike, organizers must notify the employer 28 days prior to the start of the strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and particularly in poetry, the elements of success are exceedingly simple, and are admirably set forth in the following lines by the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape, entitled, for some mysterious reason, "John A. Joyce." The bard who would prosper must carry a book, Do his thinking in prose and wear A crimson cravat, a far-away look And a head of hexameter hair. Be thin in your thought and your body'll be fat; If you wear your hair long you needn't your hat. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Nothing shall be wanting on my part to inform as far as in my power the legislative judgment, nor to carry that judgment into faithful execution. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Happily, I shall carry with me from the public theater other sources, which those who love their country most will best appreciate. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | Those opinions I shall endeavor to carry out with my utmost ability. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In addition, we must carry out our plans for reducing the barriers to world trade and increasing its volume. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We already carry on a large program in this country for research and health. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I am confident that the newest arrivals to our country will carry on this tradition. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But a second American Revolution must carry the promise of opportunity for all. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | John, you will carry with you America's hopes. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. |
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| "Carry" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 70.28% of the time. "Carry" is used about 10,040 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 70.28% | 7,057 | 1,371 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 29.26% | 2,938 | 3,176 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.46% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,040 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "carry" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Carry | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,393 |
| Carry | Last name | 200 | 30,642 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Carry" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Carry." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cari | Female | N/A | Caroline |
| Carolus | Male | Ancient Germanic (Latinized) | Charles |
| Careen | Female | English | Caroline |
| Carlyn | Female | English | Caroline |
| Caroline | Female | English | Carolus |
| Carolyn | Female | English | Caroline |
| Carrie | Female | English | Caroline |
| Carry | Female | English | Caroline |
| Charles | Male | English | N/A |
| Karolyn | Female | English | Caroline |
| Caroline | Female | French | Carolus |
| Charles | Male | French | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | Metro Cash & Carry Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "carry": and carry four ♦ authorisation provisionally to carry out the concentration ♦ carry a division ♦ carry a theory into practice ♦ carry a torch for ♦ carry a torch for smb. ♦ carry about ♦ carry along ♦ carry Amelia Moore Nation ♦ carry an obligation ♦ carry arms ♦ carry away ♦ carry away the bell ♦ carry back ♦ carry back to ♦ Carry basis ♦ carry by ♦ carry by assault ♦ carry cargo ♦ carry change ♦ carry child ♦ carry coal to newcastle ♦ carry coals ♦ carry coals to newcastle ♦ carry congratulations /to ♦ carry conviction ♦ carry cot ♦ carry down ♦ carry favor ♦ carry favour ♦ carry forth ♦ carry forward ♦ carry forward into subsequent period ♦ carry in ♦ carry insurance ♦ carry into effect ♦ carry into execution ♦ carry it off ♦ carry me out! ♦ carry much conviction ♦ carry Nation ♦ carry off ♦ carry off the bays ♦ carry off the palm ♦ carry off the victor's crown ♦ carry on ♦ carry on a lawsuit ♦ carry on driving ♦ carry on like a madman ♦ carry on like the devil ♦ carry on luggage ♦ carry on one's back ♦ carry on undeterred ♦ carry on with ♦ carry on with smb. ♦ carry on! ♦ carry one off one's legs ♦ carry one's head high ♦ carry one's point ♦ carry one's thoughts back ♦ carry oneself ♦ carry out ♦ carry out a postmortem on ♦ carry out experiments ♦ carry out interviews ♦ carry out one's duties ♦ carry out surgery ♦ carry out the vogil of arms ♦ carry over ♦ carry past ♦ carry smb. off his feet ♦ carry smth. across one's back ♦ carry smth. in one's hand ♦ carry smth. into execution ♦ carry tales ♦ carry the audience ♦ carry the baby ♦ carry the bat ♦ carry the can ♦ carry the can for ♦ carry the day ♦ carry the motion ♦ carry the prize ♦ carry there ♦ carry things too far ♦ carry through ♦ carry through to the end ♦ carry to excess ♦ carry to term ♦ carry too far ♦ carry too many guns for one ♦ carry too much sail ♦ carry two ♦ carry up ♦ carry weight ♦ carry weight with ♦ carry with a high hand ♦ carry with one ♦ cash and carry ♦ cost of carry ♦ dot and carry one. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "carry": carry-across, carry-all, carry-back, carry-case, carry-coal-bag, carry-cot, carry-forward, carry-in, Carry-le-rouet, carry-lookahead, carry-net, carry-on, carry-on case, carry-ons, carry-out, carry-outs, carry-over, carry-over effect, carry-sac. | |
Ending with "carry": cost-of-carry. | |
Containing "carry": cash-and-carry price. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
carry | 409 | carry conceal minnesota | 30 |
lift and carry | 342 | carry case | 29 |
carry on luggage | 171 | carry harry | 29 |
cash and carry | 129 | carry firemans | 28 |
mariah carry | 127 | carry trailer | 27 |
carry needed no pharmacy prescription that them | 126 | carry cruise n | 27 |
concealed carry | 113 | carry on movie | 26 |
carry maria | 79 | carry on bag | 26 |
jim carry | 72 | carry on luggage size | 25 |
laptop carry case | 53 | carry on film | 25 |
carry concealed ohio | 51 | carry conceal law minnesota | 25 |
carry slee | 45 | jetro cash carry | 25 |
sony carry | 45 | concealed carry law | 24 |
carry nation | 44 | metro cash carry | 23 |
carry on wayward son | 43 | carry kansas lyrics son wayward | 21 |
female lift carry | 42 | carry crazy | 21 |
conceal carry | 41 | voice carry | 20 |
concealed carry holsters | 39 | carry drew | 20 |
food carry | 36 | carry mariah nude | 20 |
carry drew show | 35 | carry bag | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "carry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | dra (bear, wear). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbartje (carriage, portage), kam (bear, enjoy, get, have, keep, own, possess), kam si pasojë, largësi (distance, faraway, milage, mileage, offset, race, space, way), mbahem (comport, hold, hold on, hold one's own, keep, remit), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold), distancë (distance, race, space, traverse, way), mbart (bear, portage, tote, transport), zhvendos (dislodge, displace, move, relocate, transpose), përmbaj (check, choke, comprise, constrain, contain, control, Cork, detain, deter, embrace, feature, gulp, hold, hold back, hold in, include, incorporate, pocket, repress, restock, restrain, stay), pushtoj (conquer, creep over, enfold, engross, envelop, fold, hog, invade, jump, obsess, overcome, overreach, overrun, overtake, overwhelm, pervade, possess, reach, reduce, reign, rush back, seize, smite, straddle, sweep, take, take a fancy to, take possession of), rreze e qitjes, shpie (bring, convey, drive, give a lift, keep, lead, lead up, send), sjell (adduce, bear, beget, bring, cause, draw, engender, fetch, induce, inflict, return), transportoj (convey, dray, float, freight, move, portage, ship, take place, transfer, transport), mbaj me vete. (various references) | |
Arabic | تعقب (chase, dog, follow, hound, keep track of, pursue, set back, tail), دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), رافق (accompany, bring, bully, chaperon, companion, company, escort, follow, join, pursue, see, see off, string, string along with, take, take along, take out), رحل (be moved, depart, expel, flit, itinerant, migrant, move, pack up, part, pass, peregrinate, pull out, relay, remove, send back, shift, slope), إستحوذ, إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, snatch, take, take up), عبر (across, act out, clothe, come, come across, conceive, couch, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice), عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), عتل, بلغ مسافة ما, تصرف (action, behave, behavior, behaviour, carry on, comport, conduct, conduct oneself, demeanor, demeanour, deport, deport oneself, deportment, disposal, fend, make, make shift, manage, mark out, proceed, rustle up), كفى لأطعام, تنشر, حقق النصر, حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry on, charge, conception, deck, hold, hump, knock up, lade, lamb, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, take, tote, yeanling), وقف (bait, bristle, cessation, check, come to a halt, devote, discontinuation, disposal, get up, halt, pause, pull up, refraining, rise, severance, stand, stand up, stasis, stood, stoppage, stopping), قاد (command, conduct, direct, drive, drove, govern, guide, handle, head, helm, induct, introduce, lead, lead in, lead up to, marshal, mastermind, navigate, officer, orientate, pilot, preside, run, see out, shepherd, show, show out, steer, take the lead, usher), نجح في حمل, نقل (alien, alienate, assign, bandy, carriage, carry forward, communicate, convection, convey, conveyance, copy, deliver, freight, go cart, hand on, handling, pass on, pipe, portage, promotion, propagate, relocate, remove, reproduction, route, shift, take away, tote, transfer, transference, transfuse, transit, transmission, transmit, transport, transportation), مدى (ambit, amplitude, extent, gage, gauge, incidence, latitude, length, ocean, range, reach, scope, space, stretch, sweep), مشى (foot, go, pan, perambulate, step, traipse, travel, tread, walk), مجال الرمي (range), سوق (corner, drive, emporium, fair, herd, market, mart, merchandise). (various references) | |
Aymara | apaña (to carry). (various references) | |
Basque | eraman (carry to, lead to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | предавам (convey, deliver, denounce, get through, give, give in, give over, give up, hand in, hand over, impart, pass along, pass in, pass round, put out, render, reproduce, resign, sell down the river, sell out, send, send on, send out, submit, transfuse, turn over, yield), довеждам (bring, bring round, fetch, immigrate, lead up to, produce), държа на склад (store), имам (contain, have, hold, make, own, possess, rejoice in, wear), имам в наличие (stock), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), побирам (accommodate, admit, contain, hold, receive, seat, sit, sleep, store, take), полет (drive, flight, fly, flying), далекобойност (range, shot), правя пренос, разнасям (deliver, disseminate, hawk, puff, set about, spread), пренасям (carry over, convey, freight, transport), прокарвам (cut, drive, get through, lace, open, pursue, push through, put through, run, sweep), запомням (commit to memory, keep in mind, register, remember, retain), завладявам (conquer, devour, engage, engross, force, invade, obsess, overcome, overreach, overtake, overwhelm, prepossess, seize, take over, take possession of), нося (bear, bring, bring forth, bring round, float, give, pack, sweep along, take), отвеждам (carry off, derive, get away, lead, lead off, offset, pipe, sluice, take, take off, walk away), внушавам (implant, imprint, inspire, prompt, put an idea into smb.'s head, suggest), понасям (bear, bear off, bide, carry off, digest, drag along, go, incur, play along, pocket, see, stand, stick, suffer, support, sweep away, take, tolerate, undergo). (various references) | |
Catalan | fer (achieve, act, carry out, do, make, perform, to do, to make). (various references) | |
Chinese | 輸送 (transport), 运载 (Carried, Carri |
