carry one's bat (cricket)

Of an opening batsman, to remain not-out at the end of a completed innings

go to bat for (N American informal)

To defend, take the side of

off one's own bat

1. By one's own efforts
2. On one's own initiative

right off the bat (N Am inf)

Straight away

carry /karˈi/

transitive verb (carrˈying; carrˈied)

1. To convey
2. To bear
3. To lead or transport
4. To take by force or capture
5. To effect
6. To gain
7. To behave or conduct oneself
8. To pass or win, by a majority
9. To add to another column (mathematics)
10. (of a newspaper, television or radio programme, etc) to publish or include (eg an item of news), or to publish or include as a regular feature
11. To do the work of, or perform in sport or entertainment well enough to cover up the deficiencies of (another)
12. To keep (merchandise, etc) in stock
13. (of money) to be sufficient for
14. To maintain
15. To be sufficient to maintain
16. (of a ball) to travel (sport)
17. To be pregnant with
18. To hold in saluting position (military)

intransitive verb

1. (of a sound) to reach or be transmitted
2. (of a gun) to have (a specified) range
3. To be pregnant
4. To have drugs or an illegal weapon on one's person (slang)

noun

1. The distance a ball travels from where it was struck to where it touches the ground, esp the distance that a golf ball needs to be hit in the air in order to reach a target
2. Range
3. An act of carrying
4. The portage of a boat
5. Land across which a boat has to be carried between one navigable stream or stretch and another (chiefly N American)
6. The position of ‘carry arms' (military)
7. The sky, movement of clouds (Scot)
8. The digit carried to the next digit position when the base number is exceeded (computing)

carrˈier noun

1. A person who or an organization that carries, esp for hire
2. Anything that carries
3. An instrument for carrying
4. A passenger aircraft
5. A basket, framework, etc for carrying luggage, as on a bicycle
6. A person who or animal that transmits disease (without suffering from it) by carrying a particular gene or by harbouring germs, or a virus
7. A vehicle for communicating a signal in cases where the medium cannot convey the actual signal (as speech, etc, in radio transmission)
8. (also carrier wave) a constant frequency in an amplitude-modulation transmission (telecommunications)
9. Non-active material mixed with, and chemically identical to, a radioactive substance (nuclear phys)
10. A carrier pigeon
11. A carrier bag
12. An aircraft-carrier

carrˈying adjective

(of a voice) able to be heard a long way away

carrier bag noun

A strong paper or plastic bag with handles, for carrying shopping, etc

carrier gas noun

A gas, eg helium, mixed with oxygen, used in providing an air supply to divers when at great depths

carrier pigeon noun

1. A pigeon with homing instincts, used for carrying messages
2. A pigeon of a fancy breed no longer so used

carrier rocket noun

A rocket used to carry, eg a satellite into orbit

carrˈycot noun

A small portable cot for a baby

carrying capacity noun

1. The number of people or weight of goods that a vehicle, etc can convey
2. The maximum number of people or animals that a given area of land can support (ecology)

carrying value noun (accounting)

The value of an asset or liability in a company's books or balance sheet

carrˈy-on noun

1. A fuss (also carrying-onˈ (pl carryings-onˈ))
2. A book published in the style of, and marketed in connection with, an established and lucrative writer
3. See also carry on below

carrˈy-out noun (chiefly Scot)

1. A meal or (esp alcoholic) drink bought and taken away to be consumed elsewhere
2. A place supplying such food and drink

carrˈy-over noun

1. Something left over for future use
2. A sum or balance carried forward
3. A residue or remainder that exerts a significant influence

carrˈytale noun (Shakespeare)

A tale-bearer

carry trade noun (finance)

A transaction in which funds are borrowed in a country that has low interest rates and invested in a country that has higher interest rates.

carry all before one

1. To bear down all obstacles
2. To be very successful in a competition or endeavour

carry away

1. To carry off
2. To deprive of self-control by exciting the feelings
3. To transport

carry back (accounting)

To set (a loss) against the previous year's profit, in order to obtain a reduction of earlier taxation (carrˈy-back noun)

carry both ends of the log (Aust)

To do all the work that should be shared by two people

carry forward

To transfer written or printed matter to the next page, or a subtotal to the next column of figures (carrˈy-forward noun)

carry into effect

To accomplish

carry it

1. To behave, demean oneself
2. To gain the advantage, carry the day (also carry it away)

carry off

1. To cause the death of
2. To kidnap, abduct
3. To gain or to win, as a prize
4. To cause to pass muster, to make to pass by assurance or dissimulation

carry on

1. To manage
2. To continue
3. To proceed
4. To complain or behave unrestrainedly
5. To flirt (with)

carry one's bat see under bat¹

carry one's point

To overrule, or overcome by argument, objections to one's plan or view

carry out

1. To accomplish
2. To carry out for burial (old)

carry over

1. To bring into the other (political, etc) party
2. To take (eg an account) to a new page
3. To postpone to the next occasion
4. To postpone payment of (an account) to the next accounting period

carry the can

To accept responsibility for a misdemeanour or error

carry the day

1. To be successful
2. To win the day

carry through

1. To support through difficulties
2. To succeed in putting into effect, to accomplish

carry too far

To continue beyond reasonable or acceptable limits

carry up

1. To continue a building upward
2. To trace back

carry weight

1. To possess authority
2. To have force