to carry
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- I had to carry him all the way home.
- carry a bag
- carry a load
- carry water
they show people carrying a snake like stick
- they show people carrying a snake like stick
- Do they give you the option to carry around a small pen?
- Boy, oh, boy, carry these groceries to the car.
- Take this food and drink and carry it to God as your true worship.
- And those average dudes happen to be carrying plastic bags.
- You see those little those little guys carrying those nuts up that tree?
- I also saw they're carrying coffins, which, yeah, that's sad.
- Jerry walked past Allie carrying a load of laundry.
- Some men came late carrying their paralysed friend on a stretcher.
- And more people were carrying knives, more people were carrying guns.
Examples
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He struggled to carry the heavy boxes up the stairs.
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Tom, I can't carry all this alone.
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Very easy, just carry it right in just like that.
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See if you can carry that as far as the living room.
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And carry this big stick.
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Please cut it out and carry it in your pocket.
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If you are tired, one of the women can carry it for you," she suggests in Spanish.
Academic text (2008) -
You could buy this one wallet and carry it for life.
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I mean, mainly I'll just carry like my computer.
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I'm gonna carry it over my arm, just in case.
Synonyms
Move someone or something to another place
To take someone or something with you to a place
Go with a person to bring them to a place
To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle
To carry something in a vehicle or over a long distance
To carry something, often heavy, from one place to another
To carry something heavy or awkward
To carry people or goods across water regularly, often by boat
To take people or things from one place to another
To carry something heavy or awkward with effort
To lift something onto the top of your arms to carry it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To support someone and do things for them without asking questions
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To continue a pregnancy until the baby is fully developed and ready to be born
- Specialized
To move something unused from one period to the next so it can still be used
- Informal
Support or defend someone in a group, often without getting anything
- Specialized
Subtract a loss or unused tax credit from the previous year's taxable income to reduce tax for that year
- Informal
Have problems from the past that still affect your feelings or actions
Compounds
- Specialized
Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation
- Specialized
A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly
- Specialized
An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry comes from an old word that meant 'to put on a cart' and is related to car and cart; it originally meant moving things from one place to another. So, to carry something is to hold or move it by hand or in a vehicle.