Word Finder - carried

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To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

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To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

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to carry an account to the ledger

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To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

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The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.  They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.

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To move; to convey using force

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• conduct
• impel

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To lead or guide.

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To stock or supply (something); to have in store.

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The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.

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To adopt (something); take (something) over.

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I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.

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To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly

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The court carries that motion.

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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.

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Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.

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To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).

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Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.

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To be transmitted; to travel.

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The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.

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To insult, to diss.

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To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

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To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

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To have on one's person.

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she always carries a purse;  marsupials carry their young in a pouch

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To be pregnant (with).

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The doctor said she's carrying twins.

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To have propulsive power; to propel.

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A gun or mortar carries well.

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To hold the head; said of a horse.

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to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck

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To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

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To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle

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To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.

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The Tories carried the election.

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To get possession of by force; to capture.

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To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit

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To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

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To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

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A merchant is carrying a large stock;  a farm carries a mortgage;  a broker carries stock for a customer;  to carry a life insurance.

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To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

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To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.

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He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.

On his arm he carried a small basket.

She carried a package.

The familiar voice was carried on the wind.

He shoved open a door to the dark night and carried her to an awaiting car.

He carried it a short distance from the others and dropped it to the sand.

He lifted her into his arms and carried her to his bedroom, gently lowering her to the bed.

He carried the child over his shoulder like a Santa sack.

This was usually the point at which he carried her to their room.

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Soldiers were continually rushing backwards and forwards near it, and he saw two of them and a man in a frieze coat dragging burning beams into another yard across the street, while others carried bundles of hay.

Did Alex know Katie carried this burden?

She carried her plate to the sink.

It carried their baggage and was useful to ride in wherever there were good roads, and since it had accompanied them so far in their travels they felt it their duty to preserve it.

Then in the 1940s, another American, Oswald Avery, was able to show, through an ingenious method, that the genetic information had to be carried by the DNA.

They carried weapons, too, and their eyes were pure black, their teeth pointed like Jared's.

Two lifted her and carried her into a hallway teeming with vamps.

The light jackets came off early as the pair pedaled along, mostly riding side by side since the rural roads carried sparse traf­fic.

He spoke quietly, but his voice carried well.

Unable to resist, she lifted a box and carried it to the door on her way in.

Not one of these was, or could be, carried out.

The killed were dragged from the front, the wounded carried away, and the ranks closed up.

He snatched her and half carried, half dragged her through the kitchen's opposite door.

He lifted her and carried her to her bedroom, finding a spot on the bed that had avoided being shredded or covered with junk from her dressers.

He'd always known Pumpkin was a flake, but he honestly liked the young man and flakiness wasn't the worst trait carried by the young and the restless.

He carried her things inside without hesitation, lugging everything to her new room.

Some of the gems had been carried by gentle waves to the edges of the lake and deposited away from the bulk of the jewels.

She carried the mug with her down the street to a store that smelled like an attic.

She eased the small trunk out from under his bed and carried it into the hallway.

He carried a large bundle.

Clusters of sixties and seventies-style subdivisions had blossomed during the post-war era of rush to the 'burbs. These look-alikes that originally carried names like Camelot or South Pacific were at first scorned by Parkside's gentry but had slowly gained a level of respectability.

As he brought the boxes to the porch, she carried them inside.

The mills, however, are still carried on.

He carried on a conversation for a few minutes, and she rested her head back, staring at the ceiling.

They carefully lifted the sleeping angel and carried him up a flight of stairs to her large chamber.

Rhyn.s gaze fell to the dagger Andre had carried.

Yes, but I have to object to Immortal business being carried out in the Sanctuary.

He carried it with him to the long, pointless Council meeting, to his afternoon sparring session with Jetr, to the banquet and introduction of his nishani to the clan leaders.

He lifted her at last and carried her to his quarters, senses full of her quickened breath, heady female scent, sweet taste.

Though Dean wished to remain at hand's-length from her troubled life he quickly sensed from her disjointed description Cynthia had been correct when she assessed that the woman carried serious emotional pain.

A number of cars carried out of state license plates.

The two men had carried on a fifteen-year argument on politics.

He tried to convince himself the reason was the burden she carried with her mother's illness, but deep down, he knew that was only partially true.

They carried their glasses to the overstuffed sofa and sat facing each other.

She definitely carried shopping bags, but at the top of the stairs, instead of turning right to his room she headed left to her own.

This one wasn't just pretty; she was downright gorgeous and carried herself with a sartorial elegance.

She carried an overnight bag and a large artist's portfolio.

She possessed a regal countenance and carried herself with an easy grace.

He picked her up over his shoulder, and carried her fireman style to the bedroom.

He carried the sleeping wolf upstairs, placed her on the bed, and then pulled a chair up to wait.

She gently lifted him, as if he were a sleeping child, and carried him to the car.