# carry

Pronunciation: US say "KA-ree" /ˈkæɹ.i/; UK say "KAIR-ee" /ˈkæɹ.ɪ/

## Verb

1. To take or move someone or something from one place to another, whether by holding them or by vehicle, pipe, wire, or other means.
   - Simple: To take someone or something from one place to another, in your hands or in a vehicle, pipe, or wire.
   - _Conveyor belts carry packages through the sorting center._
   - _The river carried logs downstream to the mill._
2. To have something on your person, such as in a pocket or bag.
   - Simple: To have something with you, such as in a pocket or bag.
   - _Hikers should carry a map and compass at all times._
   - _He carried his passport in an inside jacket pocket._
3. To have or include something as a feature, quality, or condition, such as a label, a fee, a penalty, or a risk.
   - Simple: To have something as part of it, like a sign, a cost, or a risk.
   - _These official reports carry the signature of the chief inspector._
   - _Each banknote carries several anti-counterfeiting features._
4. To keep a product in stock and available for sale.
   - Simple: To keep a product in a store so people can buy it.
   - _Larger pharmacies carry a wide range of generic medications._
   - _The boutique carried only locally made jewelry._
5. To extend or continue something further in space or time.
   - Simple: To make something reach farther or continue longer.
   - _The architect carried the staircase up to the third floor._
   - _Engineers carry the pipeline across the valley._
6. To be transmitted or travel through a medium such as air, as a sound or signal does, reaching some distance from its source.
   - Simple: To move through the air and reach a faraway place, the way a sound or smell does.
   - _In the still night air, the church bells carried for miles._
   - _Low frequencies carry better through water than high ones do._
7. To be pregnant with a developing child or young.
   - Simple: To have a baby growing inside the body before birth.
   - _She carried the baby to full term without complications._
   - _Elephants carry their calves for nearly two years._
8. To win or succeed in something, such as an election or a contest.
   - Simple: To win something, like a vote or a contest.
   - _The candidate carried three states in the primary._
   - _Despite a late surge by her rival, polls showed the candidate would carry the state by nearly ten points._
9. To uphold and sustain a person or principle successfully, especially through difficult conflict.
   - Simple: To support and keep something going, even when it is hard.
   - _A clear sense of purpose carried the movement through years of opposition._
   - _Good leaders carry their teams through crises without losing morale._
11. To bear or conduct oneself; to hold and present oneself in a particular manner.
   - Simple: To hold and move your body in a certain way that shows how you feel.
   - _The young officer carried himself with quiet dignity._
   - _You should carry yourself with poise during the interview._
12. To transfer an amount from one column, page, or account to the next, especially a digit to the next column in addition.
   - Simple: To move a number or amount on to the next column or page, as in adding numbers.
   - _Students learn to carry the surplus into the tens column when the units exceed nine._
   - _When the ones column added up to fourteen, she wrote down the four and carried the one._
14. To be mostly responsible for a team's success, making up for the weaker play of teammates.
   - Simple: To do most of the work that makes a team win.
   - _The star striker carried the squad during their unbeaten run._
   - _In ranked games, a skilled player can carry four weaker teammates._
15. In ball sports, to move the ball forward while keeping possession of it.
   - Simple: In sports, to move the ball while keeping control of it.
   - _The fullback carried the ball through a gap in the defense._
   - _Forwards carry the ball into the opponents' half before passing._
16. To approve or pass (a motion or proposal) by vote, especially in a formal meeting or assembly.
   - Simple: To officially approve a plan or motion by a vote in a meeting.
   - _The assembly carried the amendment after hours of debate._
   - _Delegates carry resolutions that gain a clear majority._
17. To lead or guide (someone or something) along a course or toward an end.
   - Simple: To lead or guide someone toward a place or result.
   - _Her clear, careful argument carried the listeners step by step to her conclusion._
   - _Great mentors carry their students toward real independence._
19. To possess propulsive force; to drive or propel something forward.
   - Simple: To have the force to push or move something forward.
   - _A tailwind carried the runners to record times._
   - _Her powerful serve could carry the ball deep into the corner, far past her opponent's reach._
21. To bear the costs or burden of holding goods, stocks, or merchandise from one period to the next.
   - Simple: To pay the costs of keeping goods or stocks from one time to another.
   - _The warehouse carried excess inventory well into the next season._
   - _Dealers carry slow-moving stock at a real expense._
10. To go about armed, with a gun or other weapon on one's person.
   - Simple: To have a weapon on you, so you are armed.
   - _Off-duty officers may carry even when they are not in uniform._
   - _She decided to carry after the break-ins in her neighborhood._

## Noun

13. The digit transferred to the next column when a column's sum equals or exceeds the base in an addition operation.
   - Simple: The extra digit you move to the next column when adding numbers.
   - _She circled the carry above the next column to keep track._
   - _Each carry propagates leftward until no column overflows._
18. A way of holding something in order to move it, or in football, a single run made by a player holding the ball.
   - Simple: A way of holding something to move it, or in football, one run with the ball.
   - _The instructor demonstrated a two-handed carry for the heavy box._
   - _The running back finished with 139 yards on 30 carries._
20. In golf, the distance a struck ball travels through the air before it first hits the ground.
   - Simple: In golf, how far the ball flies through the air before it lands.
   - _She calculated the carry needed to clear the bunker._
   - _A strong headwind reduced his carry by twenty yards._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The net cost or benefit of holding an asset over a period of time, such as interest earned or financing paid.
- (noun) The share of a fund's profits paid to its investment managers as compensation, beyond their management fee.
- (verb) In cricket, for a ball struck into the air to reach a fielder without first touching the ground.
- (noun) A stretch of land over which boats and their cargo are transported between two navigable waters; a portage.
- (verb) To mock or put down someone with an insulting remark.
- (verb) To seize an enemy ship by drawing up beside it and sending people aboard.
- (verb) Of a horse, to hold its head in a particular way, especially high with the neck arched.
- (verb) Of a running hare, to gather soil or frost on its feet.
- (verb) To take a place or position by force, as when soldiers storm a fort.
- (noun) The sky, or clouds as they drift across it.

## Origin

Latin 'carrus' ('four-wheeled baggage wagon'), a word ultimately of Gaulish origin, is the base. A word formed from it became Anglo-Norman 'carier' (modern French 'charrier'), and Middle English made it 'carien'.

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