carry
/หkรฆ.ษนi/IPA: /K AE1 R IY0/
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A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
โAdjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.โ
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A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
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The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
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The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
โThe carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.โ
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The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
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Carried interest.
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The sky; cloud-drift.
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To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
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To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
โto carry an account to the ledgerโ
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To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
โThe builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.โ They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.โ
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To lead or guide.
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To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
โThe corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.โ
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To adopt (something); take (something) over.
โI think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.โ
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To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
โThe court carries that motion.โ
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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.
โFive and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.โ
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To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
โAlways carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.โ
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To be transmitted; to travel.
โThe sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.โ
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To insult, to diss.
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To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
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To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
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To have on one's person.
โshe always carries a purse;โ marsupials carry their young in a pouchโ
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To be pregnant (with).
โThe doctor said she's carrying twins.โ
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To have propulsive power; to propel.
โA gun or mortar carries well.โ
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To hold the head; said of a horse.
โto carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neckโ
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To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
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To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
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To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
โThe Tories carried the election.โ
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To get possession of by force; to capture.
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To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
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To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
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To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
โA merchant is carrying a large stock;โ a farm carries a mortgage;โ a broker carries stock for a customer;โ to carry a life insurance.โ
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To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
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To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
โHe absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.โ
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