Carry

Verb

 * 1)  To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
 * 2)  To stock or supply (something).
 * 3)  To adopt (something); take (something) over.
 * 4)  To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.
 * 5)   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.
 * 6)  To have or maintain (something).
 * 7)  To be transmitted; to travel.
 * 8)  to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding

Noun

 * 1) A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
 * 2)  The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.

Adverbs for Carry
imperfectly; occasionally; triumphantly;habitually; surreptitiously; imperceptibly; valiantly; ultimately; infallibly; delicately; laboriously; unfalteringly; accommodatingly; unconsciously; jauntily; continuously; unanimously; infallibly; slavishly; penitently; ostentatiously.

Synonyms for Carry

 * (lift and bring to somewhere else): bear, move, transport
 * (stock, supply): have, keep, stock, supply
 * (adopt): adopt, take on, take over
 * (have, maintain): have, maintain
 * (be transmitted, travel): be transmitted, travel
 * convey, take, remove, bring, lift, support, sustain.

Antonyms for Carry

 * (in arithmetic): borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)

Derived terms

 * carrier
 * carry a torch for
 * carry a tune
 * carry away
 * carry back
 * carry coals to Newcastle
 * carrycot
 * carry forward
 * carriable
 * carrier
 * carry off
 * carry on


 * carry oneself
 * carry one's heart on one's sleeve
 * carry one's weight
 * carry out
 * carry over
 * carry the ball
 * carry the bat
 * carry the can
 * carry the day
 * carry the message to Garcia
 * carry the torch
 * carry through
 * cash-and-carry


 * fireman's carry
 * full carry
 * negative carry
 * positive carry

Thesaurus
continue, convey, conveyance, convoy, cover, cradle, credit, crutch, cushion, deal in, debit, decide, delight, demean, deport, determine, diapason, display, disport, dispose, disseminate, do, docket, drag, drayage, drive, effect, embrace, encompass, engage, enlist, enrapture, enter, entrust, environ, escort, espouse, excite, execute, expressage, extend, extend credit, ferriage, ferry, fetch, finance, finish in front, fluke, fly, fool around, freight, freightage, funnel, gain, gain the day, gamut, gestate, get, get to do, give, give credit, give support, give tick, go, go in for, go on, go out, handle, hatch, haulage, hauling, have, hold, hold up, hump, impel, implement, impress, incline, incubate, induce, influence, inspire, interest in, job, journalize, keep, keep afloat, keep at, keep books, keep on, keep up, kidnap, kill, lead, lend support, lie, lift, lighterage, log, lug, lugging, lure, mainstay, maintain, make a killing, make an entry, manage, manhandle, market, merchandise, minute, misbehave, move, nick, note, offer, operate, pack, packing, pass, perform, persevere, persist, pillow, pinch, pipe, play up, portage, porterage, possess, post, post up, present, proceed, procure, prompt, prop, purloin, quit, radius, railway express, range, ratify, reach, reach out, read, register, reinforce, release, remove, report, retail, run, scale, schlep, scope, secure, sell, sell on credit, send, set, shift, shipment, shipping, shore, shore up, shoulder, siphon, sit, span, spectrum, spread, stay, stock, straddle, stretch, stretch out, strike, strike a balance, subsidize, subvention, succeed, support, surround, sustain, sway, sweep, take, take in, take the cake, take up, telpherage, tempt, thrust out, tote, toting, touch, trade in, traffic in, traject, transfer, transmit, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, trust, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold, upkeep, waft, waftage, wagonage, whisk, wholesale, win, win out, win the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win through, wing, accept, accomplish, acquit, act, act up, adopt, affiliate, afford support, air express, airfreight, airlift, announce, approve, asportation, attend, back, back up, balance, balance the books, be gravid, be in, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, bear, bear the palm, bear up, bearing, bolster, bolster up, book, brace, breed, bring, bring off, broadcast, brood, buck, buoy up, buttress, capitalize, capture, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry on, carry out, carry over, carry the day, carry young, carrying, cart, cartage, cast up accounts, channel, chaperon, charge off, close out, close the books, come out first, communicate, companion, company, compass, complete, comport, conclude, conduct, consort with,

Etymology
carrien from carier: (modern French: charrier). Replaced native ferien "to carry, transport, convey" (from  ferian) and  aberen "to carry, bear, endure" (from  āberan).

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"k{ri/}}, or ,