v.
(carries, carrying, carried)
- move or transport from one place to another.
▸have on one's person wherever one goes.
▸conduct; transmit.
▸be infected with (a disease) and liable to transmit it to others.
- support the weight of.
▸be pregnant with.
- propel (a missile) to a specified distance.
▸take or develop (an idea or activity) to a specified point.
- (of a sound or voice) be audible at a distance.
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(carry oneself)
stand and move in a specified way.
- have as a feature or consequence.
▸(of a newspaper, television station, etc.) publish or broadcast.
▸(of a retailing outlet) keep a regular stock of.
- assume or accept (responsibility or blame).
- approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes.
▸persuade to support one's policy.
▸N. Amer. gain (a state or district) in an election.
- transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation.
n.
(pl. carries)
- an act of carrying.
▸American Football an act of running or rushing with the ball.
▸chiefly N. Amer. the action of keeping a gun on one's person.
- Golf the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground.
▸the range of a gun or similar weapon.
- N. Amer. a portage for boats or supplies.
Phrase
- carry all before one
overcome all opposition. - carry one's bat
Cricket (especially of an opening batsman) be not out at the end of one's side's completed innings. - carry the can
Brit. informal take responsibility for a mistake or misdeed. - carry the day
be victorious or successful. - carry weight
be influential or important.
Phrase verbal
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr. carier, based on L. carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.