carry
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman carier (modern French: charrier).
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to carry (third-person singular simple present carries, present participle carrying, simple past and past participle carried)
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
- The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take over.
- I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
- (transitive) (arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
- (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
- Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
- (transitive, nautical) to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding
[edit] Synonyms
- (lift and bring to somewhere else): bear, move, transport
- (stock, supply): have, keep, stock, supply
- (adopt): adopt, take on, take over
- (have, maintain): have, maintain
- (be transmitted, travel): be transmitted, travel
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- (in arithmetic): borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)
[edit] Derived terms
- carrier
- carry away
- carrycot
- carry forward
- carry on
- carry out
- carry the can
- carry the message to Garcia
- cash-and-carry
[edit] Translations
to transport by lifting
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to stock or supply
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in an addition
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to transmit or travel
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[edit] Noun
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carry (plural carries)
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.
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bit or digit carried in an addition
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