carry
Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹ.i/
The English word “carry” has 20 meanings listed here.
verb
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- To move; to convey using force
- To lead or guide.
- To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- 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.
- To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- To be transmitted; to travel.
- To insult, to diss.
- To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- To have on one’s person.
- To do the job of a caddy.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
Etymology
From Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin. Compare also Middle English cairen (“to go, bring carry”), whence Modern English cair, with which it was confused.
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