carry

1. 1

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

   • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
2. 2

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

   • to carry the war from Greece into Asia
   • to carry an account to the ledger
3. 3

   To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.transitive

   • The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.
   • They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.
4. 4

   To move; to convey using forcearchaictransitive

5. 5

   To lead or guide.transitive

   • Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
   • And he carried away all his cattle […] for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
6. 6

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

   • The corner drugstore doesn’t carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
7. 7

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

   • I think I can carry Smith’s work while she is out.
8. 8

   To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assemblytransitive

   • The court carries that motion.
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.transitive

   • Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
10. 10

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

    • Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.

syn. bear · move · transport · tote · cart · convey · drag · haul · hitch · hoise · hoist · lift

ant. borrow

1. 1

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

   • Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don’t tire too quickly.
2. 2

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

   • Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry below the dam at the lake’s outlet.
3. 3

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

   • On paper, simply add the carry to the next addition; that is, $B2 + $9C + 1. That’s fine for paper, but how is it done by computer?
4. 4

   The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.

   • The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.
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.UKdialectal

8. 8

   Something or someone regarded as disproportionately responsible for the success of a playthrough, match, round, etc.especiallyslang

   • Near-synonym: MVP