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The Meaning of carry

  • (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
  • (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
  • (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  • (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
  • (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
  • (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
  • (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
  • (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  • (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
  • (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
  • (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
  • (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
  • (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
  • (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  • (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Synonyms

ravish , ship , transfer , delight , comport , dribble , pack , have a bun in the oven , impart , enthrall , behave , run , sway , take , post , expect , channelize , deport , extend , enthral , channelise , enrapture , channel , transport , stock , hold , enchant , acquit , convey , persuade , conduct , transmit , contain , express , gestate , send , stockpile , bear , require , read , occupy , subscribe to , rent , withdraw , lead , ingest , pile , deal , assume , have , choose , study , learn , fill , bundle , necessitate , consume , tamp , drive , demand , consider , need , load down , pick out , claim , jam , backpack , adopt , compact , remove , mob , lease , take on , take up , bring , wad , strike , use up , select , train , make , throng , get , get hold of , exact , take away , contract , call for , take in , submit , take aim , shoot , aim , film , tamp down , direct , charter , subscribe , involve , acquire , look at , postulate , hire , accept , guide , admit , engage , ask , canalise , beam , add , communicate , fetch , pass on , give , bestow , broadcast , leave , air , contribute , carry on , canalize , lend , verbalize , show , verbalise , evince , give tongue to , state , utter , press out , extract , hold in , declare , view as , book , concur , maintain , moderate , sustain , take over , retain , nurse , defy , support , turn out , guard , prevail , adjudge , endure , withstand , tolerate , deliver , accommodate , curb , control , stomach , harbour , birth , check , hold back , stick out , brook , take hold , go for , deem , obtain , apply , bind , stand , have got , pay , entertain , restrain , keep , give birth , concord , keep back , oblige , throw , arrest , wear , suffer , hold up , take for , harbor , abide , defend , put up , confine , agree , reserve , digest , yield , halt , obligate , incorporate , stop , comprise , turn back , continue , poke out , gallop , protract , stretch out , draw out , offer , put out , widen , go , stretch , stretch forth , pass , hold out , reach out , unfold , exsert , expand , cover , prolong , strain , broaden , exile , act , assoil , extradite , do , exculpate , expatriate , clear , discharge , exonerate , stock up , sprout , buy in , course , operate , work , scat , run away , turn tail , range , function , lam , hunt , flow , melt down , track down , break away , head for the hills , fly the coop , incline , bunk , take to the woods , draw , consort , execute , feed , play , scarper , hightail it , lean , die hard , race , escape , run for , be given , hunt down , persist , ladder , bleed , black market , campaign , tend , move , melt , ply , unravel , slaver , drool , drip , slabber , slobber , filter , drivel , drop , trickle , rock , swing , shake , stake , place , mail , station , brand , conceptualize , look , await , conceptualise , wait , conceive , anticipate , lift , displace

Antonyms

drop , fall under , give up , let go , shake off , throw down , throw off

Rhymes

adversary , aerie , airey , airy , alarie , ameri , ancillary , apothecary , arbitrary , arey , arie , ary , asbury , auberry , aviary , azeri , balistreri , banbury , barberi , barey , barillari , barre , barrie , barry , beneficiary , berrey , berri , berrie , berry , bicentenary , blackberry , blueberry , bollettieri , boveri , bradberry , bradbury , buccheri , budgetary , bury , cadbury , camilleri , canary , canterbury , canzoneri , capillary , carey , carie , carrey , carrie , cary , cassowary , cautionary , cemetery , centenary , chari , charry , cheri , cherie , cherry , chery , clarey , clary , cometary , commentary , commissary , concessionary , confectionary , confectionery , constabulary , contemporary , contrary , corollary , coronary , counterrevolutionary , cranberry , culinary , curreri , customary , dairy , deflationary , denarii , depositary , derry , dery , dewberry , dictionary , dietary , dignitary , disciplinary , discretionary , disinflationary , dispensary , diversionary , dogberry , dromedary , dubarry , dysentery , emissary , epistolary , estuary , evolutionary , exclusionary , expeditionary , extraordinary , eyrie , fairey , fairy , farrey , farry , feb , february , ferreri , ferri , ferrie , ferry , fery , fiduciary , formulary , fragmentary , francesmary , frary , functionary , funerary , gadberry , garey , garry , gary , gerri , gerrie , gerry , gery , glary , glengarry , gooseberry , granberry , guarneri , hackberry , hairy , hanberry , hanbury , harry , hereditary , herry , honorary , huckleberry , illusionary , imaginary , inflationary , interdisciplinary , intermarry , interplanetary , involuntary , itinerary , january , jere , jeri , jerri , jerrie , jerry , judiciary , kairey , kari , karry , kary , kerrey , kerri , kerry , kilbury , lapidary , laprairie , larry , lary , legendary , library , literary , londonderry , luminary , marry , mary , maseri , mauceri , maugeri , mccarey , mccarry , mcclary , mccrary , mcgarry , mcnary , mcquerry , mcsherry , meharry , mercenary , merrie , merry , metairie , middlebury , military , missionary , moceri , momentary , monastery , monetary , mooberry , mortuary , mulberry , nary , necessary , neri , newberry , newbery , newbury , noninflationary , nonmilitary , obituary , omary , ordinary , oteri , palmieri , palminteri , paramilitary , parry , pecuniary , perry , pituitary , planetary , plumeri , prairie , preliminary , primary , probationary , proprietary , prosperi , pulmonary , pusateri , quaternary , querry , raineri , raneri , ranieri , raspberry , reactionary , recarey , recessionary , remarry , revolutionary , rosemary , salutary , sanctuary , sanitary , savagery , scarry , scary , secondary , secretary , sedentary , semilegendary , seminary , serry , sherrie , sherry , shrewsbury , silveri , simsbury , skerry , soleri , solitary , sperry , spiteri , stanberry , stanbury , stary , stationary , stationery , statuary , sterry , strawberry , subsidiary , sudberry , sudbury , sunseri , tagliaferri , tarry , temporary , teri , terri , terry , tertiary , tiberi , tilbury , tipperary , topiary , tributary , undersecretary , unitary , unnecessary , unsanitary , unwary , urinary , vary , verri , verry , very , veterinary , visionary , vocabulary , wary , waterbury , werry , wery , wharry , wherry , woodbury , yeiri