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Carry (Verb)

Meaning 1

Take further or advance; "carry a cause".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Hypernyms

  • Encourage
  • Boost
  • Further
  • Advance

Meaning 2

Have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Hypernyms

  • Feature

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 3

Serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Convey
  • Express

Hypernyms

  • Intercommunicate

Hyponyms

  • Measure

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 4

Include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Meaning 5

Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Comport
  • Bear
  • Behave
  • Deport
  • Acquit
  • Conduct

Hypernyms

  • Act
  • Bear
  • Hold
  • Carry
  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Put Forward
  • Walk Around
  • Assert
  • Pose
  • Fluster
  • Deal
  • Posture

Meaning 6

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".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

  • Run

Hypernyms

  • Broadcast
  • Disperse
  • Circularize
  • Circularise
  • Propagate
  • Disseminate
  • Spread
  • Pass Around
  • Distribute
  • Diffuse

Meaning 7

Propel; "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Dribble

Hypernyms

  • Hit

Meaning 8

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".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Feature

Related Words

  • Carrier (noun)

Meaning 9

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".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Pack
  • Take

Hypernyms

  • Feature

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 10

Propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Impel

Meaning 11

Pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

  • Pass On
  • Pass
  • Pass Along
  • Put Across

Meaning 12

Be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Feature

Meaning 13

Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Involve

Meaning 14

Win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Sway
  • Persuade

Hypernyms

  • Act Upon
  • Work

Meaning 15

Sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

  • Do
  • Execute

Meaning 16

Drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

  • Hold

Hypernyms

  • Drink
  • Fuddle
  • Booze

Meaning 17

Win in an election; "The senator carried his home state".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Meaning 18

Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Meaning 19

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".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Sustain
  • Hold Up
  • Support

Related Words

  • Carrier (noun)

Meaning 20

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".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Have Got
  • Hold

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 21

Extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 22

Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Post

Hypernyms

  • Transfer

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 23

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".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

  • Shift

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 24

Contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

  • Bear
  • Hold
  • Contain

Hypernyms

  • Include

Hyponyms

  • Hold In
  • Retain
  • Enclose

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 25

Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 26

Have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Stockpile
  • Stock

Hypernyms

  • Hold
  • Have

Meaning 27

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Transmit
  • Convey
  • Impart
  • Channel
  • Conduct

Hypernyms

  • Convey
  • Bring
  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Pipe In
  • Wash Up
  • Retransmit
  • Bring In

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)
  • Carrier (noun)

Meaning 28

Continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Extend

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 29

Have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Meaning 30

Bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Hypernyms

  • Raise
  • Farm
  • Produce

Meaning 31

Cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Hypernyms

  • Go
  • Locomote
  • Move

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)

Meaning 32

Be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match".

Classification

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.

Meaning 33

Capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Hypernyms

  • Conquer
  • Capture
  • Seize

Meaning 34

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".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Transport

Hypernyms

  • Move

Hyponyms

  • Shoulder
  • Return
  • Port
  • Drive
  • Chariot
  • Fly
  • Tug
  • Cart
  • Porter
  • Pack
  • Bring
  • Bear
  • Pipe In
  • Take
  • Lug
  • Bucket
  • Haul

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)
  • Carrier (noun)

Meaning 35

Support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Bear
  • Hold

Hyponyms

  • Piggyback
  • Comport
  • Bear
  • Poise
  • Behave
  • Stoop
  • Deport
  • Sling
  • Conduct
  • Carry

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)
  • Carriage (noun)

Meaning 36

Be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

  • Gestate
  • Have A Bun In The Oven
  • Bear
  • Expect

Hypernyms

  • Give Birth
  • Birth
  • Deliver
  • Have

Meaning 37

Keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Hypernyms

  • Keep
  • Maintain

Meaning 38

Be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Hypernyms

  • Sustain
  • Nurture

Meaning 39

Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Hypernyms

  • Even Out
  • Even Up
  • Even Off
  • Counterbalance
  • Make Up
  • Correct

Meaning 40

Be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Related Words

  • Carry (noun)
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