carry
verb (used with object), car·ried, car·ry·ing.
- to keep on hand or in stock.
- to keep on the account books.
verb (used without object), car·ried, car·ry·ing.
noun, plural car·ries.
Verb Phrases
- to influence greatly or unreasonably, especially emotionally; excite; transport: The spectators were carried away by the appeal to their patriotism.
- Nautical. (of the wind or sea) to dislodge or send overboard.
- Nautical. (of a vessel) to lose (an object or objects) through breakage.
- Nautical. (of a rope or chain) to break under strain.
- to make progress with.
- Bookkeeping. to transfer (an amount) to the next page, column, or book.
- Accounting. to apply (an unused credit or operating loss) to the net income of a succeeding period in order to reduce the tax for that period.
- to win (a prize, honor, etc.).
- to cause the death of: The Black Plague in the Middle Ages carried off more than one-fourth of the population of Europe.
- to manage; conduct.
- to continue without stopping: Rescue operations were carried on in spite of the storm.
- to continue to live, work, etc., despite a setback or tragedy; persevere.
- Informal. to behave in an agitated, foolish, or indiscreet manner.
- to misbehave or be disruptive; act up.
- Nautical. to proceed under excessive sail for the weather conditions.
- to put into operation; execute: He doesn't have the funds to carry out his design.
- to effect or accomplish; complete: They carried out their plan without incident.
- to hold until a later time; postpone.
- to be left; remain.
- Bookkeeping. to transfer (an amount) to the next page, column, or book.
- Accounting. to apply (an unused credit or operating loss) to the net income of a succeeding period in order to reduce the tax for that period.
- to extend from one activity or time to another: He does not carry over his business ethics into his personal relationships.
- to accomplish; complete.
- to support or help through a difficult situation.
- to continue or be prevalent in; persist: a theme that carried through all his writing.
Idioms for carry
Origin of carry
synonym study for carry
OTHER WORDS FROM carry
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH carry
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Definition for carry (2 of 2)
noun
Example sentences from the Web for carry
The various members met for the first time when they traveled to Gambia at the beginning of December to carry out their plan.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country |Jacob Siegel |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEASTIn one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.
It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.
At the same time anyone could carry anything—even drugs—easily.
“I sense that mobile games are starting to shed their skin, getting rid of all the dead things they carry around,” he says.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art |Alec Kubas-Meyer |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEASTBut it won't be much use unless you can carry me upstairs and lock me in my room.
Mr. Prohack |E. Arnold BennettI could not carry my threat into execution, having no weapon.
Tales of the Wonder Club |M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)Kind hands come with the morning and carry him to the advanced dressing station.
Fields of Victory |Mrs. Humphry WardMore, he was determined to carry that experiment further, if he ever got the chance.
The Trespasser, Complete |Gilbert ParkerAnd they have animals on which they sit, and which carry them at a speed far greater than that at which a man can run?
By Right of Conquest |G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for carry
verb -ries, -rying or -ried (mainly tr)
noun plural -ries
Word Origin for carry
Idioms and Phrases with carry
In addition to the idioms beginning with carry
- carry a torch for
- carry a tune
- carry away
- carry coals to Newcastle
- carry forward
- carrying charge
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
- carry over
- carry the ball
- carry the can
- carry the day
- carry the torch
- carry through
- carry too far
- carry weight
also see:
- fetch and carry
- (carry) off someone's feet