to carry
- verb
- /ˈkæri/
- "Lucille weighs less than her younger rivals but can carry so much more," the coachman said.
- carrying capacity
- carry species
- reduce carrying capacity
Examples
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The farmer was proud of how much his land could carry in terms of crops each season.
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The pasture is rich and can carry a large number of cattle without overgrazing.
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We ought to be able to carry our horses for the next five miles.
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The bear would gather all the corn it could carry, holding it under one arm, and run.
Fiction book (1997) -
A second category of problems concerns the visitor carrying capacity of each park.
Academic text (1994) -
He can carry more fish than any penguin that ever existed.
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When my father went to sea he used to carry these great handfuls of dirt in his pockets.
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Don't take more camera equipment than you can carry at a brisk pace for a mile.
Academic text (1994) -
Adolescents are learning the behavioral patterns that will carry them into adulthood.
Academic text (2013) -
After extensive planning, the field was ready to carry a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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 Productive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Carry carries the idea of supporting weight, and for land this became 'able to support' animals or crops, like ground that can hold grazing animals. So, land that 'carries' cattle can support that number of animals.