to carry
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- But if I if it's my egg, I carried it to term.
- female carrying eggs
- carries its young
- carries eggs
The mother carrying the infant in the womb.
- The mother carrying the infant in the womb.
- And she goes, me carrying his child isn't really on the table.
- And there was it was both hard for her to conceive and hard for her to carry.
- And domestic abuse therefore is something that doesn't just affect the woman, but it also affects the child she carries in vitro.
Examples
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After several tests, the doctor confirmed that she is carrying twins.
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Our clairvoyant at World's People says Chelsea's carrying your child.
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So she was carrying our first child when I was over there.
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And you were a virgin when you found out you were carrying child?
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"You sent her away, knowing she was carrying my child?" he asked hoarsely.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do I abort this pregnancy or do I carry this child to turn bring it into this world?
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Pregnant women should carry a copy of their prenatal medical records, next-of-kin details, and insurance policies.
Academic text (2011) -
She was so happy to be carrying her second child this year.
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At 38 weeks pregnant, she was carrying her baby with great anticipation.
Synonyms
To carry a baby before birth
To carry a baby in the womb until birth
To be pregnant and expecting a baby
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 Advanced
- US
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry has always meant holding a load, and that literal sense became the way we talk about pregnancy: a woman 'carries' a baby as she holds it inside her. So, to be 'carrying' a child is to be bearing it until birth.