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carry1 countable the action when an offensive player runs with the ball in footballSanders had 30 carries in the Lions’ win over the Bears. Synonyms and related words
The sport of American football American football backfield blitz 2 countable/uncountable the distance that a ball, bullet, or missile flies through the air Synonyms and related words
Specific types of distance
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1 transitive to hold someone or something using your hands, arms, or body and take them somewhereDo you mind carrying this box for me? Luke was carrying a bag over his shoulder. Sarah carried her cup of coffee back to her desk. Synonyms and related words
To hold something or someone 1a to have something with you, usually in your pocket or bagI never carry much cash with me. British police officers don’t normally carry guns. Synonyms and related words
To carry something or someone 1b to take or deliver a message to someoneThey carried the news of the massacre back to their villages. Synonyms and related words
To carry something or someone Synonyms and related words
To take something somewhere 1c if water or air carries something or someone, it takes them with it as it moves alongThe oil was carried by the tide onto the shore. Synonyms and related words
To take something somewhere Synonyms and related words
To move, or to make something move in water 1d if a vehicle carries someone or something somewhere, it takes them thereA plane carrying 120 passengers has crashed in India. Synonyms and related words
To drive, or to operate a vehicle back up belt up be on someone’s tail 1e if a road, pipe, or wire carries something along it, that thing moves or flows along ita cable carrying electricity to nearby homes Synonyms and related words
Plumbing and drainage systems Synonyms and related words
What roads, paths and areas of land do
2 transitive to have a disease and be capable of infecting someone else with it Synonyms and related words
To cause someone to have an illness or feel ill 2a to have a gene that causes a particular biological characteristic to be passed on Synonyms and related words
3 transitive if you carry a feeling with you, you have it in your mind all the timeHe would carry the guilt with him forever. Synonyms and related words 4 transitive to publish or broadcast a news storyAll the papers carried the story the next day. Synonyms and related words
To publish something, or to be published Synonyms and related words
To broadcast or be broadcast on television or radio 5 transitive if something carries a guarantee, it has itAll our products carry a full 25-year guarantee. Synonyms and related words
To have a particular quality or thing 6 transitive to do some of the work that someone else should be doing so that they can continue to do their jobHis colleagues rapidly grew annoyed at having to carry him. Synonyms and related words 7 transitive if a crime carries a particular punishment, that is the punishment people will receive for committing itMurder carries a compulsory sentence of life imprisonment. Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe punishments carry commutable disciplinary 8 transitive if something carries a message or warning, it has it written on itPackets of cigarettes must carry a government health warning. Synonyms and related words 9 transitive usually passiveif a motion (=a formal suggestion of policy) is carried, it is accepted officially because the majority of people have voted for it Synonyms and related words
To vote in an election or on a political issue 10 transitive if walls or posts carry part of a building or structure, they support its weight Synonyms and related words
To stop someone or something from falling 11 transitive if something carries a danger, it might cause something bad to happenThe treatment carries less risk than some medications. Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something let down hold back embarrass 12 transitive to make it possible for someone to achieve somethingHis determination to succeed carried him to the top of his profession. Synonyms and related words
To make something possible 13 transitive to persuade a number of people to support your ideasShe seemed to carry the whole audience with her. Synonyms and related words
To persuade someone to agree with or support you 14 transitive if you carry responsibility or blame for something, you accept itThe government must carry the blame for this terrible tragedy. Synonyms and related words
To be responsible for something 15 transitive if a shop carries goods or products, it has them for saleWe are urging shops not to carry goods made with child labour. Synonyms and related words
To sell something disintermediate mis-sell upsell 16 intransitive if a smell or sound carries, it can be smelt or heard over a distanceHis voice doesn’t carry very well. Synonyms and related words
To be, or to become obvious or noticeable stand out jump out at stick out 17 transitive to do or develop something to a particular point or levelCan we trust him to carry the task to completion? Carried to extremes, such behaviour can be self-destructive. I know we all need to be careful with our money, but some people carry it too far! Synonyms and related words 18 transitive spokento add a number to the bottom of the next row of numbers on the left when adding rows of numbers Synonyms and related words 19 transitive old-fashionedif a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant Synonyms and related words
Pregnant and be pregnant pregnant expectant be expecting (a baby) 20 transitive Americanto win an election in a particular state or districtA Democrat has not carried Arizona since 1948. Synonyms and related words
To be a candidate or winner in an election
as fast as your legs can carry you be carrying five stone/a few pounds/a little bit etc carry all/everything before you carry the can carry conviction carry a (heavy) load/burden carry something in your head/mind carry a torch for someone carry a tune carry weight carry yourself get carried away
carry forward carry off carry on carry out carry over carry through
carry
1 transitive to hold someone or something using your hands, arms, or body and take them somewhereDo you mind carrying this box for me? Luke was carrying a bag over his shoulder. Sarah carried her cup of coffee back to her desk. Synonyms and related words
To hold something or someone 1a to have something with you, usually in your pocket or bagI never carry much cash with me. British police officers normally don’t carry guns. Synonyms and related words
To carry something or someone 1b to take or deliver a message to someoneThey carried the news of the massacre back to their villages. Synonyms and related words
To carry something or someone Synonyms and related words
To take something somewhere bear bring along bring around 1c if water or air carries something or someone, it takes them with it as it moves alongThe oil was carried by the tide onto the shore. Synonyms and related words
To take something somewhere bear bring along bring around Synonyms and related words
To move, or to make something move in water 1d if a vehicle carries someone or something somewhere, it takes them thereAn airplane carrying 120 passengers has crashed in India. Synonyms and related words
To drive, or to operate a vehicle 1e if a road, pipe, or wire carries something along it, that thing moves or flows along ita cable carrying electricity to nearby homes Synonyms and related words
Plumbing and drainage systems Synonyms and related words
What roads, paths and areas of land do
2 transitive if a store carries goods or products, it has them for saleWe are urging stores not to carry goods made with child labor. Synonyms and related words
To sell something disintermediate mis-sell upsell 3 transitive to have a disease and be capable of infecting someone else with it Synonyms and related words
To cause someone to have an illness or feel ill 3a to have a gene that causes a particular biological characteristic to be passed on Synonyms and related words
4 transitive if you carry a feeling with you, you have it in your mind all the timeHe would carry the guilt with him forever. Synonyms and related words 5 transitive to publish or broadcast a news storyAll the papers carried the story the next day. Synonyms and related words
To publish something, or to be published Synonyms and related words
To broadcast or be broadcast on television or radio 6 transitive if something carries a guarantee, it has itAll our products carry a full 25-year guarantee. Synonyms and related words
To have a particular quality or thing 7 transitive Americanto win an election in a particular state or districtA Democrat has not carried Arizona since 1948. Synonyms and related words
To be a candidate or winner in an election 8 transitive to do some of the work that someone else should be doing so that they can continue to do their jobHis colleagues rapidly grew annoyed at having to carry him. Synonyms and related words 9 transitive if a crime carries a particular punishment, that is the punishment people will receive for committing itMurder carries a compulsory sentence of life imprisonment. Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe punishments carry disciplinary exemplary 10 transitive if something carries a message or warning, it has it written on itPacks of cigarettes must carry a government health warning. Synonyms and related words
Notices and signposts banner board bulletin board 11 transitive usually passiveif a motion (=a formal suggestion of policy) is carried, it is accepted officially because the majority of people have voted for it Synonyms and related words
To vote in an election or on a political issue 12 transitive if walls or posts carry part of a building or structure, they support its weight Synonyms and related words
To stop someone or something from falling 13 transitive if something carries a danger, it might cause something bad to happenThe treatment carries less risk than some medications. Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something let down hold back embarrass 14 transitive to make it possible for someone to achieve somethingHis determination to succeed carried him to the top of his profession. Synonyms and related words
To make something possible 15 transitive if you carry responsibility or blame for something, you accept itThe government must carry the blame for this terrible tragedy. Synonyms and related words
To be responsible for something 16 transitive to persuade a number of people to support your ideasShe seemed to carry the whole audience with her. Synonyms and related words
To persuade someone to agree with or support you 17 intransitive if a smell or sound carries, it can be smelled or heard over a distanceHis voice doesn’t carry very well. Synonyms and related words
To be, or to become obvious or noticeable stand out jump out at leap out at 18 transitive to do or develop something to a particular point or levelCarried to extremes, such behavior can be self-destructive. I know we all need to be careful with our money, but some people carry it too far! Synonyms and related words 19 transitive old-fashionedif a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant Synonyms and related words
Pregnant and be pregnant expectant be expecting (a baby) carry 20 transitive spokento add a number to the bottom of the next row of numbers on the left when adding rows of numbers Synonyms and related words
as fast as your legs can carry you be carrying a few pounds/a little bit etc. carry all/everything before you carry the can carry conviction carry a (heavy) load/burden carry something in your head/mind carry a torch for someone carry a tune carry weight carry yourself get carried away
carry forward carry off carry on carry out carry over carry through
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