Dictionary entry details
• CARRY (noun)
Meaning:
The act of carrying something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("carry" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transfer; transferral; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carry"):
backpacking; packing (carrying something in a pack on the back)
piggyback (the act of carrying something piggyback)
fireman's carry (the act of carrying a person over your shoulder)
portage (carrying boats and supplies overland)
porterage (the transportation of burdens by porters)
• CARRY (verb)
Meaning:
Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
carry; transport
Context examples:
You must carry your camping gear / carry the suitcases to the car / This train is carrying nuclear waste / These pipes carry waste water into the river
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
cart (transport something in a cart)
fly (transport by aeroplane)
haul (transport in a vehicle)
lug; tote; tug (carry with difficulty)
chariot (transport in a chariot)
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
pack (carry, as on one's back)
porter (carry luggage or supplies)
port (carry, bear, convey, or bring)
shoulder (carry a burden, either real or metaphoric)
port (carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons)
bear (move while holding up or supporting)
bucket (carry in a bucket)
return (make a return)
pipe in (bring in through pipes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Have with oneself; have on one's person
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
carry; pack; take
Context examples:
She always takes an umbrella / I always carry money / She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They carry more bread
Meaning:
Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
channel; transmit; carry; conduct; convey
Context examples:
Sound carries well over water / The airwaves carry the sound / Many metals conduct heat
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
retransmit (transmit again)
bring in (transmit)
pipe in (bring in through pipes)
wash up (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Serve as a means for expressing something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
convey; carry; express
Context examples:
The painting of Mary carries motherly love / His voice carried a lot af anger
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
His efforts carried the entire project / How many credits is this student carrying? / We carry a very large mortgage
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Support or hold in a certain manner
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
carry; bear; hold
Context examples:
She holds her head high / He carried himself upright
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
stoop (carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward)
piggyback (support on the back and shoulders)
balance; poise (hold or carry in equilibrium)
acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Contain or hold; have within
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
contain; carry; bear; hold
Context examples:
The jar carries wine / The canteen holds fresh water / This can contains water
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
include (have as a part, be made up out of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
retain (hold within)
circle; encircle; environ; ring; round; surround (be around)
confine; enclose; hold in (close in or confine)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Extend to a certain degree
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
carry too far / She carries her ideas to the extreme
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
effect (act so as to bring into existence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Continue or extend
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
carry; extend
Context examples:
The civil war carried into the neighboring province / The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
continue (exist over a prolonged period of time)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
imply; involve (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Win in an election
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The senator carried his home state
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Include, as on a list
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
How many people are carried on the payroll?
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
include (consider as part of something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Behave in a certain manner
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
deport; acquit; behave; comport; conduct; bear; carry
Context examples:
She carried herself well / he bore himself with dignity / They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear; carry; hold (support or hold in a certain manner)
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry"):
pose; posture (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others)
walk around (behave in a certain manner or have certain properties)
deal (behave in a certain way towards others)
assert; put forward (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized)
fluster (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Have on hand
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
stock; stockpile; carry
Context example:
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Include as the content; broadcast or publicize
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
carry; run
Context examples:
We ran the ad three times / This paper carries a restaurant review / All major networks carried the press conference
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Propel,
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
dribble; carry
Context examples:
Carry the ball / dribble the ball
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pass on a communication
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The news was carried to every village in the province
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
This new washer carries a two year guarantee / The loan carries a high interest rate / this undertaking carries many dangers / She carries her mother's genes / These bonds carry warrants / The restaurant carries an unusual name
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be conveyed over a certain distance
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Her voice carries very well in this big opera house
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
range (have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Keep up with financial support
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The Federal Government carried the province for many years
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
keep; maintain; sustain (supply with necessities and support)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Have or possess something abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
I carry her image in my mind's eye / I will carry the secret to my grave / I carry these thoughts in the back of my head / I carry a lot of life insurance
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
have; have got; hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be equipped with (a mast or sail)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This boat can only carry a small sail
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Win approval or support for
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
persuade; sway; carry
Context examples:
Carry all before one / His speech did not sway the voters
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
I resent having to carry her all the time
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take further or advance
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
carry a cause
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
advance; boost; encourage; further; promote (contribute to the progress or growth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Have on the surface or on the skin
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
carry scars
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear (have)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Capture after a fight
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The troops carried the town after a brief fight
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
appropriate; capture; conquer; seize (take possession of by force, as after an invasion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
post; carry
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
put down 5 and carry 2
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
shift; transfer (move around)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the dog was taught to fetch and carry
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bear (a crop)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
this land does not carry olives
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
farm; grow; produce; raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Propel or give impetus to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Drink alcohol without showing ill effects
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
hold; carry
Context examples:
He can hold his liquor / he had drunk more than he could carry
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be able to feed
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
This land will carry ten cows to the acre
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
nourish; nurture; sustain (provide with nourishment)
Domain category:
farm animal; livestock; stock (not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have a certain range
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
This rifle carries for 3,000 feet
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cover a certain distance or advance beyond
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The drive carried to the green
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The motion carried easily
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be successful in
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
She lost the game but carried the match
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Sing or play against other voices or parts
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He cannot carry a tune
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be pregnant with
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
have a bun in the oven; gestate; expect; bear; carry
Context examples:
She is bearing his child / The are expecting another child in January / I am carrying his child
Hypernyms (to "carry" is one way to...):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause_to_be_born)
"Carry" entails doing...:
conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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