Definition of carry in English English dictionary
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried
Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
- To have or maintain (something)
Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting
- 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
Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
- To adopt (something); take (something) over
I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
- To be transmitted; to travel
The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
- To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion
- to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding
- To stock or supply (something)
The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
- {v} to bear, convey, behave, manage, imply
- serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"
- If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant The ship could carry seventy passengers. = transport
- A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage
- The interest cost of financing securities or other financial instruments held
- be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- A forbidden lift-like movement in which one or both hand(s) of the lifting partner is raised above shoulder level and the team does not rotate as they travel down the ice
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election
- propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
- To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry
- capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
- be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc
- If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty
- Difference between interest return on securities held and financing costs
- If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go. You have to carry a bleeper so that they can call you in at any time
- be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
- An attempt to lurch
- 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"
- contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare
- If you get carried away or are carried away, you are so eager or excited about something that you do something hasty or foolish. I got completely carried away and almost cried
- Refers to how often an apparent pocket hit gets a strike If your carry is good, you get mostly strikes; if the carry is bad, you leave back row pins
- The cost of borrowing funds to finance an underwriting or trading position A positive carry happens when the rate on the securities being financed is greater than the rate on the funds borrowed A negative carry is when the rate on the funds borrowed is greater than the rate on the securities that are being financed
- 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"
- When an attacking player is not under immediate pressure, she may want to dribble, or "carry", the ball further in order to create a better passing opportunity
- 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"
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther
- Defined as the difference between return on securities held and financing costs, and "carry trade" refers to institutions and businesses taking advantage of this differential A positive/negative carry occurs when the financing cost is less/more than the yield on securities that are being financed
- be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
- win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
- keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
- have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
- In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it. A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296
- An illegal tactic, also called a sling or a throw, in which the shuttle is caught and held on the racquet and then slung during the execution of a stroke
- continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
- If a candidate or party carries a state or area, they win the election in that state or area. George W. Bush carried the state with 56 percent of the vote
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"
- Ability of the ball to knock down the pins (as in "carry more pins")
- If you carry yourself in a particular way, you walk and move in that way. They carried themselves with great pride and dignity
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
- propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
- If you carry something, you move it somewhere, holding it off the ground
- win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
- To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child
- the act of carrying something
- extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
- The cost of financing positions; the rate of interest earned from the securities held less the cost of funds borrowed to purchase them
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
- If a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant
- take further or advance; "carry a cause"
- To hold the head; said of a horse; as, to carry well i
- support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
- from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance
- To get possession of by force; to capture
- Propagation from one digit position into the next more significant position when the value in the first position has become equal to or greater than the radix For example, 1 + 1 = 0 with a carry of 1
- Another term for owning an asset, typically used to refer to commodities (See also Carry market and Cost of carry)
- To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; with the reflexive pronouns
- {f} bear; transport; hold and transport a person or an object; convey information; continue; have something with you (e.g.: "I always carry my brush in my purse"); be pregnant (e.g.: "Linda is carrying John's baby"); be infected with a transmissible disease; be capable of singing and stay in tune (e.g.: "My daughter cannot carry a tune")
- Carry On film
- Any of a series of British comedy films whose humour mostly relied on parody, farce, slapstick, innuendo and double entendre
- Carry On films
- plural form of Carry On film
- carry a lot of weight
- to have considerable influence
A recommendation from him carries a lot of weight around here.
- carry a torch for
- To love or to be romantically infatuated with, especially when such feelings are not reciprocated
Lachey, for his part, seems to still carry a torch for his estranged wife.
- carry a tune
- To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate pitch
Jenny is named for a singer and Fanny for a beautiful dancer, but mother says they're both misfits, for Jenny can't carry a tune and Fanny's kind of stiff-legged.
- carry away
- to break under sudden pressure of violent wind
- carry coals to Newcastle
- To do something that is unneeded or redundant
- carry off
- To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity
The actress carried off a difficult performance.
- carry off
- To transport away
Bandits carried off most of the money.
- carry on
- To have an illicit sexual liaison
- carry on
- To have or maintain
It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.
- carry on
- To continue or proceed as before
I'll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence.
- carry on
- To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it
You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size.
- carry on
- To act or behave; especially to act or behave so as to attract attention
I really wish you wouldn't carry on like that in public!.
- carry one's own weight
- A variant of carry one's weight.''
- carry one's weight
- To contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc
I think our jobs here are secure as long as we each carry our weight.
- carry oneself
- To move, especially emphasising the way one moves
I love the way some women carry themselves with such grace and beauty.
- carry out
- To fulfill
The Boy was going to the seaside to-morrow. Everything was arranged, and now it only remained to carry out the doctor's orders.
- carry out
- To hold while moving something out
And so the little Rabbit was put into a sack with the old picture-books and a lot of rubbish, and carried out to the end of the garden behind the fowl-house.
- carry someone's water
- To do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests
- carry the bat
- To bat throughout the whole of an innings, being one of the openers and remaining not out when 10 wickets have fallen
- carry the can
- To take responsibility, especially in a challenging situation
You could reasonably argue that Brown himself should carry the can for much of the regulatory failure of the banks.
- carry the message to Garcia
- To perform a requisite task despite obstacles
determined to always carry the message to Garcia, irrespective of adverse conditions and circumstances.
- carry the message to Garcia
- To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so
And leaders will emerge. Men who can take the initiative, carry the message to Garcia. That's what I want..
- carry water for
- To perform menial tasks for; to serve; to assist
- carry-on
- That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked
Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?.
- carry-on
- Taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked
It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.
- carry out
- carry through: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" follow through: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
- carry trade
- (Ekonomi) A strategy in which an investor sells a certain currency with a relatively low interest rate and uses the funds to purchase a different currency yielding a higher interest rate. A trader using this strategy attempts to capture the difference between the rates, which can often be substantial, depending on the amount of leverage used
- carry-on
- (Seyahat) A piece of luggage suitable for being carried aboard an airplane by a passenger. "Carry-on baggage.", "Carry-on luggage."
- carried
- past of carry
- carries
- third-person singular of carry
- carries
- plural of carry
- carry away
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
- carry away
- charm, enchant, spellbind
- carry forward
- refers to balances remaining in school's delegated budgets at the end of a financial year which, under the scheme of delegation, is carried forward to the next year
- carry forward
- transfer from one time period to the next
- carry forward
- When an exporting country uses part of the following year's quota during the current year
- carry forward
- (Finance) transfer an entry to a proceeding location (especially a column, page, or account)
- carry forward
- Asset created from the value of tax losses incurred in previous years and available to be used in future periods to offset taxable income A corporation with a $1 million tax-loss carry forward may save as much as $340,000 in corporate income taxes by using the loss in future periods
- carry forward
- In the event of an individual wishing to make a payment to a Personal Pension Plan or Retirement Annuity Contract which is greater than the maximum contribution entitlement for that year, the individual may be able to utilise unused contribution entitlement from the previous 6 or 7 years This utilisation of unused previous years entitlement is known as Carry Forward
- carry forward
- When a change is made to an appointment, the same elements in future appointments with the same keys (SSN, PSN-ID) are changed This applies to both appointments in the APPOINTMENT storage and to appointments represented by transactions in the queue
- carry forward
- A Carry Forward is a negotiated endorsement to a policy allowing a member's medical charges incurred in the last 31 days of the expiring policy year to accrue toward the new policy year member's deductible
- carry forward
- In general, state funds appropriated for one FY do not have to be used in that year; they can be carried forward to the next FY, although they must be used for the same purpose for which they were originally appropriated Districts should check with program administrators (persons named as "contacts") at the USOE to determine whether carry forward requires USOE approval, is subject to any other restrictions, or may affect future allocations
- carry forward
- This is like carry backs, only going into future tax years instead of past ones If you have excess deductions or credits for the current year, the IRS allows you in some cases, such as a large charitable contribution, to "save" the excess and carry it forward to reduce your tax liability in later years
- carry off
- kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- carry off
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
- carry off
- If you carry off a prize or a trophy, you win it. It carried off the Evening Standard drama award for best play
- carry off
- {f} be victorious, win a prize; succeed, handle successfully; cause death
- carry off
- be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"
- carry off
- If you carry something off, you do it successfully. He's got the experience and the authority to carry it off. = bring off
- carry on
- If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it. The assistant carried on talking Her bravery has given him the will to carry on with his life and his work His eldest son Joseph carried on his father's traditions `Do you mind if I just start with the few formal questions please?' --- `Carry on.' = continue
- carry on
- disapproval If you say that someone is carrying on, you are irritated with them because they are talking very excitedly and saying a lot of unnecessary things. She was yelling and screaming and carrying on He was carrying on about some stupid television series. = make a fuss
- carry on
- {f} continue; behave wildly or childishly
- carry on
- If you carry on an activity, you do it or take part in it for a period of time. The consulate will carry on a political dialogue with Indonesia = conduct
- carry on
- {i} small piece of luggage that is allowed inside the cabin of a passenger airplane
- carry on
- direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
- carry on
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored"
- carry on
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
- carry on
- continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
- carry out
- If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it. Police say they believe the attacks were carried out by nationalists Commitments have been made with very little intention of carrying them out
- carry out
- put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
- carry out
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
- carry out
- put into practice, accomplish, perform
- carry over
- {f} transport; act of carrying over; (Finance) carry forward, transfer an entry to a proceeding location; hold goods for the following season; transfer from one time period to another
- carry over
- transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another transfer from one time period to the next transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal"
- carry over
- transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another
- carry over
- hold over goods to be sold for the next season
- carry over
- transfer from one time period to the next
- carry over
- transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal"
- carry over
- If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation. Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion Springs and wells were decorated, a custom which was carried over into Christian times in Europe
- carry through
- put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation
- carry through
- If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties. We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program The state announced a clear-cut policy and set out to carry it through
- carry through
- persist in an activity, follow through with an activity until it is finished
- carrying
- present participle of carry
- carrying
- {i} bearing, taking, conveying, bringing, holding
- carrying
- The act or business of transporting from one place to another