carry

/หˆkรฆ.ษนi/

IPA: /K AE1 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

    โ€œAdjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.โ€

  2. 2

    A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

  3. 3

    The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

  4. 4

    The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.

    โ€œThe carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.โ€

  5. 5

    The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.

  6. 6

    Carried interest.

  7. 7

    The sky; cloud-drift.

verb
  1. 1

    To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

  2. 2

    To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

    โ€œto carry an account to the ledgerโ€

  3. 3

    To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

    โ€œThe builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.โ€ƒ They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.โ€

  4. 4

    To move; to convey using force

  5. 5

    To lead or guide.

  6. 6

    To stock or supply (something); to have in store.

    โ€œThe corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.โ€

  7. 7

    To adopt (something); take (something) over.

    โ€œI think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.โ€

  8. 8

    To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly

    โ€œThe court carries that motion.โ€

  9. 9

    In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

    โ€œFive and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.โ€

  10. 10

    To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).

    โ€œAlways carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.โ€

  11. 11

    To be transmitted; to travel.

    โ€œThe sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.โ€

  12. 12

    To insult, to diss.

  13. 13

    To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

  14. 14

    To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

  15. 15

    To have on one's person.

    โ€œshe always carries a purse;โ€ƒ marsupials carry their young in a pouchโ€

  16. 16

    To be pregnant (with).

    โ€œThe doctor said she's carrying twins.โ€

  17. 17

    To have propulsive power; to propel.

    โ€œA gun or mortar carries well.โ€

  18. 18

    To hold the head; said of a horse.

    โ€œto carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neckโ€

  19. 19

    To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

  20. 20

    To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle

  21. 21

    To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.

    โ€œThe Tories carried the election.โ€

  22. 22

    To get possession of by force; to capture.

  23. 23

    To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit

  24. 24

    To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

  25. 25

    To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

    โ€œA merchant is carrying a large stock;โ€ƒ a farm carries a mortgage;โ€ƒ a broker carries stock for a customer;โ€ƒ to carry a life insurance.โ€

  26. 26

    To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

  27. 27

    To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.

    โ€œHe absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carry