Meaning : Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
Example :
You must carry your camping gear.
Carry the suitcases to the car.
This train is carrying nuclear waste.
These pipes carry waste water into the river.
Synonyms : transport
Meaning : Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.
Example :
His efforts carried the entire project.
How many credits is this student carrying?.
We carry a very large mortgage.
Meaning : Extend to a certain degree.
Example :
Carry too far.
She carries her ideas to the extreme.
Meaning : Continue or extend.
Example :
The civil war carried into the neighboring province.
The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces.
Synonyms : extend
Meaning : Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
Example :
This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison.
Meaning : Win in an election.
Example :
The senator carried his home state.
Meaning : Include, as on a list.
Example :
How many people are carried on the payroll?.
Meaning : Include as the content. Broadcast or publicize.
Example :
We ran the ad three times.
This paper carries a restaurant review.
All major networks carried the press conference.
Synonyms : run
Meaning : Pass on a communication.
Example :
The news was carried to every village in the province.
Meaning : Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
Example :
This new washer carries a two year guarantee.
The loan carries a high interest rate.
This undertaking carries many dangers.
She carries her mother's genes.
These bonds carry warrants.
The restaurant carries an unusual name.
Meaning : Be conveyed over a certain distance.
Example :
Her voice carries very well in this big opera house.
Meaning : Keep up with financial support.
Example :
The Federal Government carried the province for many years.
Meaning : Have or possess something abstract.
Example :
I carry her image in my mind's eye.
I will carry the secret to my grave.
I carry these thoughts in the back of my head.
I carry a lot of life insurance.
Meaning : Be equipped with (a mast or sail).
Example :
This boat can only carry a small sail.
Meaning : Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
Example :
I resent having to carry her all the time.
Meaning : Take further or advance.
Example :
Carry a cause.
Meaning : Have on the surface or on the skin.
Example :
Carry scars.
Meaning : Capture after a fight.
Example :
The troops carried the town after a brief fight.
Meaning : Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.
Synonyms : post
Meaning : Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
Example :
Put down 5 and carry 2.
Meaning : Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
Example :
The dog was taught to fetch and carry.
Meaning : Bear (a crop).
Example :
This land does not carry olives.
Meaning : Propel or give impetus to.
Example :
The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence.
Meaning : Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.
Example :
He can hold his liquor.
He had drunk more than he could carry.
Synonyms : hold
Meaning : Be able to feed.
Example :
This land will carry ten cows to the acre.
Meaning : Have a certain range.
Example :
This rifle carries for 3,000 feet.
Meaning : Cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
Example :
The drive carried to the green.
Meaning : Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions).
Example :
The motion carried easily.
Meaning : Be successful in.
Example :
She lost the game but carried the match.
Meaning : Sing or play against other voices or parts.
Example :
He cannot carry a tune.
Meaning : Be pregnant with.
Example :
She is bearing his child.
The are expecting another child in January.
I am carrying his child.
Synonyms : bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven