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carry   (TTS Sound)

The noun carry has 1 sense

• carry -- (the act of carrying something)

The verb carry has 40 senses

• transport, carry -- (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")


• carry, pack, take -- (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")


• impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel -- (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat")


• carry, convey, express -- (serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger")


• carry -- (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")


• hold, carry, bear -- (support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright")


• hold, bear, carry, contain -- (contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water")


• carry -- (extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme")


• carry, extend -- (continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces")


• carry -- (be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison")


• carry -- (win in an election; "The senator carried his home state")


• carry -- (include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?")


• behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry -- (behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times")


• stock, carry, stockpile -- (have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?")


• carry, run -- (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")


• dribble, carry -- (propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball")


• carry -- (pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province")


• carry -- (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")


• carry -- (be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house")


• carry -- (keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years")


• carry -- (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")


• carry -- (be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail")


• carry, persuade, sway -- (win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters")


• carry -- (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time")


• carry -- (take further or advance; "carry a cause")


• carry -- (have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars")


• carry -- (capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight")


• post, carry -- (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)


• carry -- (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")


• carry -- (pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry")


• carry -- (bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives")


• carry -- (propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence")


• carry, hold -- (drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry")


• carry -- (be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre")


• carry -- (have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet")


• carry -- (cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green")


• carry -- (secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily")


• carry -- (be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match")


• carry -- (sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune")


• have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect -- (be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child")