Word Finder - carry

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A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

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Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.

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A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

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The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

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The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.

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The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.

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The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.

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Carried interest.

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The sky; cloud-drift.

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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

synonyms

• 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.