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to carry

to carry

41 3.0
Give money or support to help someone
  • verb
  • /ˈkæri/
: mantener
  • During the game, she was expected to carry the burden of scoring for the team.
  • carry a burden
  • carry the responsibility

You know, I wasn't carrying a community that way.

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Examples

  • So you are carrying the burden of the bills.

  • In our group project, Lisa had to carry the team by organizing all the meetings and summaries.

  • And you were not meant to carry all of it alone.

  • Yes, her mom and I taught her how to carry herself as a lady.

  • Find moments of self help because that will carry you much longer.

  • And some of us have been carrying them around with us for years.

  • They screwed up and you get to carry the legacy of that screw up.

  • We'll carry him.

  • He struggles to carry the weight of his family's financial expectations.

Synonyms

to carry someone's water
vsto carry
  • Informal
7 9.9

To support someone and do things for them without asking questions

is broader help or compensation rather than obedient, unquestioning service
to carry water for
vsto carry
  • Informal
4 8.5

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

is general help or financial backing, not limited to political defending

Antonyms

607 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

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 Supportive

to sustain
159 3.9
to shoulder
31 4.6
to carry
41 3.0
to support
∞ 1.0
help
∞ 1.0
assist
38 1.8

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Carry has the basic idea of 'supporting a load', like a cart holding heavy goods, and this grew into helping or supporting a person or project. So, to carry someone financially or in a team is to support them like a load-bearer.