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Another word for carry

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Verb

  1. To move while supporting

      1. To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug:
      2. To move slowly or laboriously:
      3. An arduous journey.
      1. To haul; lug:
      2. To have or bear on one's person:
      3. A tote bag.
      1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
      3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
      1. A handle or projection used as a hold or support.
      2. A lug nut.
      3. A lugsail.
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    over

  2. To cause to come along with oneself

      1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
      3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
      1. To grasp or grip:
      2. To capture physically; seize:
      3. To seize with authority or legal right:
      1. To come or go after and take or bring back:
      2. To cause to come.
      3. To bring in as a price:
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
      1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place:
      2. To carry as an attribute or contribution:
      3. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    accompanied

  3. To serve as a conduit

      1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to spread; pass on:
      3. To impart or convey to others by heredity.
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
      1. To direct the course of; manage or control:
      2. To lead or guide:
      3. To direct the performance of (an orchestra or chorus, for example).
      1. The bed of a stream or river.
      2. The deeper part of a river or harbor, especially a deep navigable passage.
      3. A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.
    See also:

    allow

  4. To make known

    See also:

    knowledge

  5. To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others

    See also:

    move

  6. To hold up

      1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
      2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
      3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:
      1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
      2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
      3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    over

  7. To sustain the weight of

      1. To hold aloft; raise:
      2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support:
      3. To maintain or affirm:
      1. To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
      2. To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
      3. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
      1. To have and keep in one's grasp:
      2. To aim or direct; point:
      3. To keep from falling or moving; support:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    support

  8. To hold on one's person

      1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
      2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
      3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
      1. To have as property; own:
      2. To have under one's power or control:
      3. To have as a quality, characteristic, or other attribute:
      1. To be in possession of:
      2. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function:
      3. To possess or contain as a constituent part:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    owned

  9. To conduct oneself in a specified way

      1. To cease or discontinue:
      2. To resign from or relinquish:
      3. To depart from; leave:
      1. To perform or execute; carry out:
      2. To fulfill the requirements of:
      3. To perform the tasks or behaviors typically associated with (something), especially as part of one's character or normal duties:
      1. To expel from a country:
      2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.
      1. To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner:
      1. To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner:
      2. To agree, correspond, or harmonize:
      1. To conduct oneself in a specified way, especially in relation to others; exhibit behavior:
      2. To conduct oneself in a proper way:
      3. To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
      1. The process of doing or performing something:
      2. Something done or performed; a deed:
      3. Something done that has legal significance:
      1. To find not guilty of a criminal offense.
      2. To conduct (oneself) in a specified manner:
      3. To release or discharge from an obligation, such as a debt.
    See also:

    be

  10. To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance

      1. To lengthen, widen, or distend:
      2. To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space:
      3. To make taut; tighten:
      1. To move swiftly on foot so that both or all feet are not on the ground during each stride.
      2. To retreat rapidly; flee:
      3. To depart; leave:
      1. To stretch out or put forth (a body part); extend:
      2. To touch or grasp by stretching out or extending:
      3. To arrive at; attain:
      1. To show the way to by going in advance:
      2. To guide or direct in a course:
      3. To serve as a route for; take:
      1. To move or travel; proceed:
      2. To move away from a place; depart:
      3. To pursue a certain course:
      1. To cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area:
      2. To enlarge the scope or effect of:
      3. To cause (something) to last longer:
    See also:

    reach

  11. To be accepted or approved

    See also:

    accept

  12. To be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form

      1. To have as property; own:
      2. To have under one's power or control:
      3. To have as a quality, characteristic, or other attribute:
      1. To be in possession of:
      2. To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function:
      3. To possess or contain as a constituent part:
      1. To show outwardly; display:
      2. To present for others to see:
      3. To present in a public exhibition or contest:
      1. To present to view; cause to be seen.
      2. To exhibit ostentatiously; show off:
      3. To show (images or information) on a screen.
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    show

  13. To have as an accompaniment, a condition, or a consequence

      1. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail:
      2. To relate to or affect:
      3. To cause to burn; spread to:
      1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence:
      2. To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.
      3. To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.
    See also:

    start

  14. To have for sale

      1. A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
      2. The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
      3. All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
      1. To retain possession of:
      2. To have as a supply:
      3. To provide (a family, for example) with maintenance and support:
    See also:

    keep

Idioms:

    carry away

  1. To move or excite greatly

    2. carry off

  2. To cause the death of

    3. carry on

  3. To control the course of (an activity)

    4. carry on

  4. To involve oneself in (an activity)

    5. carry on

  5. To engage in (a war or campaign, for example)

    6. carry on

  6. To continue without halting despite difficulties or setbacks

    7. carry on

  7. To show enthusiasm

    8. carry on

  8. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion

    9. carry out

  9. To oversee the provision or execution of

    10. carry out

  10. To engage in (a war or campaign, for example)

    11. carry out

  11. To compel observance of

    12. carry out

  12. To act in conformity with

    13. carry out

  13. To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion

    14. carry through

  14. To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion

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Another word for carry

Verb

  1. To take from one place to another

      1. To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug:
      2. To move slowly or laboriously:
      3. An arduous journey.
      1. To send away, with belongings, for a long time.
      1. To haul; lug:
      2. To have or bear on one's person:
      3. A tote bag.
      1. A handle or projection used as a hold or support.
      2. A lug nut.
      3. A lugsail.
      1. An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.
      2. A relay race.
      3. A division of a relay race.
      1. To move to or establish in a new place:
      2. To become established in a new residence or place of business:
      1. The act of accompanying or escorting, especially for protective purposes.
      2. An accompanying and protecting force, as of ships or troops.
      3. A group, as of ships or motor vehicles, traveling together with a protective escort or for safety or convenience.
      1. To show the way to by going in advance:
      2. To guide or direct in a course:
      3. To serve as a route for; take:
      1. To transport (people, vehicles, or goods) by boat across a body of water.
      2. To cross (a body of water) by a ferry.
      3. To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user.
      1. To pull or drag forcibly:
      2. To transport, as with a truck or cart:
      3. To cause (oneself) to move, especially slowly or laboriously:
      1. The joint connecting the arm with the torso.
      2. The part of the human body between the neck and upper arm.
      3. The joint of a vertebrate animal that connects the forelimb to the trunk.
      1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
      2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
      3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.
      1. The act or an instance of carrying.
      2. A charge for carrying.
      3. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
      1. To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water:
      2. To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift:
      3. Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air:
      1. To move, shift, or force from the usual place or position:
      2. To force to leave a place of residence:
      3. To move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland or other place of residence:
      1. To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class:
      2. To move or transfer from one place or position to another.
      3. To alter (position or place).
      1. To come or go after and take or bring back:
      2. To cause to come.
      3. To bring in as a price:
      1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place:
      2. To carry as an attribute or contribution:
      3. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location:
      1. To grasp or grip:
      2. To capture physically; seize:
      3. To seize with authority or legal right:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
      1. To direct the course of; manage or control:
      2. To lead or guide:
      3. To direct the performance of (an orchestra or chorus, for example).
      1. To move from a place or position occupied:
      2. To transfer or convey from one place to another:
      3. To take off:
      1. Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.
      2. A burden; a load.
      3. Commercial transportation of goods.
      1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to spread; pass on:
      3. To impart or convey to others by heredity.
      1. To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale.
      2. To receive (data) into one program from another.
      3. To carry or hold the meaning of; signify:
      1. Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
      2. A hand truck.
      3. A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.
      1. A small wheeled vehicle typically pushed by hand:
      2. A two-wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal and used in farm work and for transporting goods.
      3. The quantity that a cart can hold.
      1. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
      2. A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
      3. An aircraft or spacecraft.
      1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
      2. To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
      3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.
      1. To uproot and replant (a growing plant).
      2. To transfer from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate:
      3. To transfer (tissue, a body structure, or an organ) from one body to another body or from one part of the body to another part.
      1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
      3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
      1. To change in position from one point to another:
      2. To follow a specified course:
      3. To change posture or position; stir:
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
    See also:

    ship

    send

  2. To transmit

      1. To make a present of:
      2. To place in the hands of; pass:
      3. To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay:
      1. An act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another.
      2. A relay race.
      3. A division of a relay race.
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
      1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
      3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
      1. To direct the course of; manage or control:
      2. To lead or guide:
      3. To direct the performance of (an orchestra or chorus, for example).
      1. To convey information about; make known; impart:
      2. To reveal clearly; manifest:
      3. To spread (a disease, for example) to others; transmit:
      1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
      2. To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
      3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.
      1. To convey or communicate.
      2. To skip or decline.
      3. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
    See also:

    send

  3. To support, as weight

      1. The joint connecting the arm with the torso.
      2. The part of the human body between the neck and upper arm.
      3. The joint of a vertebrate animal that connects the forelimb to the trunk.
      1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
      2. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.
      3. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for:
      1. To carry (something) on one's person from one place to another:
      2. To move from one place to another while containing or supporting (something); convey or transport:
      3. To cause to move by or with steady pressure; push:
    See also:

    sustain

    support

    strengthen

  4. To win

    See also:

    win

    defeat

  5. To keep in stock

      1. To present to view; cause to be seen.
      2. To exhibit ostentatiously; show off:
      3. To show (images or information) on a screen.
      1. (card games) to deal cards to someone entering a game.
      1. A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
      2. The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
      3. All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
      1. To present for acceptance or rejection; proffer:
      2. To put forward for consideration; propose:
      3. To present in order to meet a need or satisfy a requirement:
    See also:

    sell

    provide

Idioms:

    be or get carried away

Synonym Study

  • Transmit stresses causal agency in the sending or conducting of things the telegrapher transmitted the message
  • Transport is applied to the movement of goods or people from one place to another, esp. over long distances
  • Convey , often simply a formal equivalent of carry , is preferred where continuous movement is involved the boxes are conveyed on a moving belt or where passage by means of a channel or medium is implied words convey ideas
  • Bear emphasizes the support of the weight or the importance of that which is carried to be borne on a sedan chair, to bear good tidings
  • Carry means to hold and take something from one place to another and implies a person as the agent or the use of a vehicle or other medium
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Sentence Examples

  • Where do you carry your gold?

  • I hope, my dear friend, you will carry out your father's wish?

  • Do you want me to carry you inside?

  • I can carry them.

  • Why he liked to carry her was still a mystery.

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