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to carry

to carry

325 2.0
Send sound or information from one place to another
  • verb
  • /ˈkæri/
translation icon : transmitir
  • Box 2 lists drugs and drug combinations that carry a risk of hypoglycaemia.
  • carry messages
  • carry the voice
  • carry the sound

The strong force carried by gluons doesn't work that way.

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Examples

  • The technician explained how the wires in the speaker carry sound from the amplifier to the speakers.

  • Carry a message for me.

  • And now where do you carry it?

  • What are some of the ways that we're carrying things from the past?

  • And remember, these are electrons that carry current, right?

  • And who's at risk of carrying the virus again.

  • He's carrying a virus he created, Chimera, and the cure for that virus, Bellerophon.

  • The deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, carries Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Studies show that mosquitoes can carry diseases such as malaria and dengue fever to humans.

  • The ancient trade routes once carried valuable information and goods between distant civilizations.

Synonyms

to pass
vsto carry
755 1.0

To give something to another person

includes other transmission types like sound or disease movement
to transport
vsto carry
377 1.4

To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle

applies also to nonphysical forms like sound, information, and disease
to convey
vsto carry
199 3.4

To send information, ideas, or feelings to someone

also applies to nonverbal things like sound and disease
to transmit
vsto carry
169 3.7

To send something from one thing to another, for example a message or disease

is broader, covering sound, information, and disease examples
to pass on
vsto carry
134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

covers broader kinds of transmission, not only handing or giving
to channel
vsto carry
130 4.4

To direct feelings, energy, or money toward a goal

is more general, not limited to directing toward a goal
to circulate
vsto carry
103 3.9

To spread information or documents among people

focuses on a single movement rather than wide spreading
to relay
vsto carry
102 3.5

To receive and then pass on a message or signal

also covers direct sending without an intermediate receiver
to pass along
vsto carry
76 2.5

Give news, a message, or something you received to another person

can also mean direct moving of things without intermediate persons
to conduct
vsto carry
18 5.1

To allow heat or electricity to pass through something

is broader, not limited to physical media or materials
to pass around
vsto carry
4 2.0

Make information spread among many people

refers to transmitting between places or people, not broad sharing
to communicate
vsto carry
  • Specialized
2 3.4

Pass a disease from one person or animal to another

is more general, applying beyond organisms to other things

Antonyms

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

Idioms

To sing in tune without going off-key

to carry a torch
  • Informal
4 7.7

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

To do as much work as the others in a group

To behave in a calm, proud way when facing difficulty

1 9.9

To support someone and do things for them without asking questions

1 7.4

To take on responsibility as the next leader

1 7.9

To accept blame or responsibility that others refuse

To sing a note correctly and stay in tune

To be unable to sing in tune

To sing very badly and out of tune

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

To do important work well when other people depend on you

Phrasal Verbs

348 1.8

To do a task or follow instructions

253 2.7

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

88 3.5

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

to carry on
  • Informal
53 4.2

To behave in a silly or noisy way that annoys people

Continue doing something after a pause or interruption

14 3.5

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

to carry to term
  • Specialized
13 4.4

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

to carry forward
  • Specialized
4 3.7

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

4 8.2

To kill many people or animals

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

4 4.4

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

To have influence with people or in a situation

Finish something successfully when it is difficult

2 5.3

To do something difficult successfully and with skill

2 4.6

Lead a project or task and make sure it is finished

to carry over
  • Specialized
1 4.6

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

1 5.7

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

1 8.5

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

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

to carry back
  • Specialized
8.8

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

7.8

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

Compounds

35 2.3

A small bag a passenger can take onto an airplane

carry-over
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation

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-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
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 Effective

to spread
750 1.6
to broadcast
81 3.0
to transmit
169 3.7
to carry
325 2.0
to convey
199 3.4

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Carry began as moving things from one place to another, and that same idea works for sound, information, or disease that moves between places or people. So, when a voice or signal 'carries', it travels or is sent from one place to another.