Search results for 'carry':

carry verb (carries, carried, carrying) 1 to hold something in one's hands, have it in a pocket, bag etc, or support its weight on one's body, while moving from one place to another. 2 to bring, take or convey something. 3 to have on one's person • He always carried some means of identification on him. 4 to be the means of spreading (a disease, etc) • Mosquitos carry malaria. 5 to support • The walls carry the roof. 6 to be pregnant with (a baby or babies). 7 to hold (oneself or a part of one's body) in a specified way • She really carries herself well. 8 to bear (responsibilities, etc). 9 to bear the burden or expense of something. 10 to do the work of (someone who is not doing enough) in addition to one's own. 11 to print or broadcast • The story surrounding the arms scandal was first carried by the tabloids. 12 to stock or sell. 13 to have, involve, etc • He committed a crime carrying the death penalty. 14 intrans said of a sound or the source of a sound: to be able to be heard a distance away. 15 to pass or agree to by majority vote. 16 to win the support of (voters, an audience, etc). 17 to bear the effects of something • He carries his age well. 18 to take to a certain point • carry politeness too far. 19 math to transfer (a figure) in a calculation from one column to the next. 20 intrans said of a golf ball, etc: to travel (a certain distance). 21 military to capture (a town, etc). noun (carries) 1 an act of carrying. 2 golf the distance that the ball travels from when it is first struck to when it first touches the ground. 3 N Amer the land across which a vessel has to be transported between one navigable stretch and another. 4 the range of a gun. be or get carried away colloq to become over-excited or over-enthusiastic.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French carier, from Latin carricare to cart, from carrus car.