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to carry

to carry

327 1.0
Have something available for use
  • verb
  • /ˈkæri/
: tener
  • The internship is for three months during fall 2011 and carries a generous monthly stipend of $2,000.
  • stores carry items
  • carry a cell phone
  • carry passengers

Also, for our store, we are going to start carrying free people in.

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Examples

  • Named after Jonathan Swift, the ferry is designed to carry 800 passengers and 200 cars.

    Academic text (2008)
  • With improved ship design, larger ships have been built to carry more cargo and passengers.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It's less weight, it's less things that you have to carry in your bag.

  • And yet you carry all that stuff with you.

  • I always carry it, but never wear it.

  • I carry it in my pack around the island.

  • Even in this remote place, the bears carry heavy loads of pollutants.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The main problem was that the store did not carry merchandise geared toward retirees.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Some of Canada's best-known hedge funds carry $3 million minimums to get your foot in the door.

    Academic text (2015)
  • She can easily carry the groceries from the car to the kitchen.

Synonyms

to contain
vsto carry
∞ 1.1

To have something inside like a box or book

is broader and also means keep items available or on board
to hold
vsto carry
512 1.0

To have space inside for something

focuses more on having items available for use or sale
to bear
vsto carry
482 3.5

To have a mark, name, or title

is mainly about having items available or on board not showing marks
to stock
vsto carry
102 2.1

To keep things such as animals for use or sale

means to have items available rather than actively supply them

Antonyms

481 1.0

To not have something you need or want

Idioms

To sing in tune without going off-key

7 9.9

To support someone and do things for them without asking questions

to carry a torch
  • Informal
5 7.7

Have strong feelings of love for someone who does not love you back

1 7.4

To take on responsibility as the next leader

To do important work well when other people depend on you

To sing very badly and out of tune

1 7.9

To accept blame or responsibility that others refuse

To do something not needed because there is already plenty of it

To sing a note correctly and stay in tune

To be unable to sing in tune

To behave in a calm, proud way when facing difficulty

To do as much work as the others in a group

Phrasal Verbs

442 1.8

To do a task or follow instructions

285 2.7

To continue doing something after an interruption or when it is difficult

129 3.5

To move people or things away, sometimes because of strong feeling

to carry on
  • Informal
36 4.2

To behave in a silly or noisy way that annoys people

To have influence with people or in a situation

Continue doing something after a pause or interruption

To help someone get out of a dangerous or very difficult situation

25 3.5

To move something from one time or situation to a later one

24 4.4

To take a person to another place or to move someone's feelings suddenly

Finish something successfully when it is difficult

to carry to term
  • Specialized
15 4.4

To continue a pregnancy until the baby is fully developed and ready to be born

7 5.3

To do something difficult successfully and with skill

to carry forward
  • Specialized
5 3.7

To move something unused from one period to the next so it can still be used

4 8.5

Support or defend someone in a group, often without getting anything

3 4.6

Lead a project or task and make sure it is finished

1 8.2

To kill many people or animals

1 5.7

To do small, simple tasks or errands for someone in charge

A voice or sound that can be heard clearly at a distance

to carry back
  • Specialized
1 8.8

Subtract a loss or unused tax credit from the previous year's taxable income to reduce tax for that year

to carry over
  • Specialized
1 4.6

To keep unsold goods from one season to sell in the next

1 7.8

Have problems from the past that still affect your feelings or actions

Compounds

32 2.3

A small bag a passenger can take onto an airplane

Selling goods that customers must pay for in cash and carry away themselves

fireman's carry
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly

carry-over
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation

carry-forward
  • Specialized
1 7.3

An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period

carry-over
  • Specialized
1 7.0

Profit left in a company after paying dividends and putting money aside

6.6

A simple, boring job doing small errands and chores

fetch-and-carry task
  • Specialized
7.2

A robot action to pick up an object and carry it to a place

How Available

to supply
190 1.6
to have
∞ 1.0
to carry
327 1.0
to lack
481 1.0

Surface Forms

carry infinitive
carried past
carried past participle
carrying present participle
carries third person singular

Etymology

Carry originally meant putting goods on a cart, so it also came to mean 'have on board' or 'contain' like a vehicle that carries supplies. So, when something 'carries' a product or item, it means it has or holds it.