Carry | Mean of carry in English Dictionary

/ˈkeri/

• Verb
• to move (something) while holding and supporting it
1. She helped me carry [=transport] the boxes out to my car.
2. I'll carry your luggage to your room.
3. He was carrying his baby daughter in his arms.
4. For two months, I carried the book around with me everywhere I went.
5. The waitress carried away our empty dinner plates.
6. The wind carried the smoke away from the campsite.
7. These planes can carry up to 300 passengers.
8. a ship carrying thousands of gallons of oil
9. Your talent will carry you far. [=it will make you very successful]
10. She intended the play to carry audiences toward a sense of peace and understanding.
11. She still carries the memories of an unhappy childhood.
12. The song carries me back to [=it makes me remember] my first year of college.
• to contain and direct the flow of (water, electricity, etc.)
1. Oil is carried to the factory through these pipes.
2. We installed gutters that will carry water away from the house.
3. blood vessels that carry blood to the heart
4. These cables carry electricity to hundreds of homes.
5. The bridge carries traffic in two directions.
• to have (something) with you or on your body
1. Do police officers carry guns when they're off duty?
2. This bus driver doesn't carry change, so please have the exact fare ready.
3. I always carry $20 in case of an emergency.
4. tourists carrying cameras

• to be able to give (a disease or a gene) to others even though you may not be affected by it
1. One percent of the population now carries the virus, and one in three will suffer symptoms of the disease.
• to be pregnant with (a baby)
1. She's carrying her second child.
• to hold (your body or your head) in a particular way
1. He's over 80 years old and still carries himself erect/upright like a soldier.
2. Be proud of yourself. Walk tall and carry your head high!
3. She always carries [=(more formally) comports] herself with dignity and grace.
• to have (something) in a store and ready to be sold
1. Our grocery store carries a good selection of wines.
2. We no longer carry that brand.
• to have (someone or something) on a list or record
1. The company carries nearly 200 employees on its payroll.
• to have (something) as a quality or characteristic
1. All of our products carry a lifetime guarantee.
2. Your promises would carry more weight [=they would be more meaningful] if you didn't break them so often.
• to be marked or labeled with (something)
1. Cigarettes are required to carry a government health warning.
2. men who carry the physical scars of war
• to have (something) as a result or consequence
1. Such crimes carry [=entail, involve] a heavy penalty.
2. The surgery does carry certain risks.
3. You must understand that the job carries with it great responsibility.
• to have (something) as a duty or responsibility
1. I'm carrying a full course load this semester.
2. He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. [=he feels much pressure because he has great responsibilities]
• to be responsible for the success of (something or someone)
1. He's a player that's capable of carrying a team on his own.
2. Her spectacular performance as Carmen carried the opera.
• to make (something) continue
1. They carried [=took, extended] the game into the 10th inning.
2. The newspaper carried the story over to the following page.
3. The design calls for the columns to be carried all the way up to the top of the building.
4. carrying the war to another continent
• to travel a long distance
1. His deep voice carries well.
2. Baseballs don't carry well in cold weather.
• to continue (something) beyond a normal or acceptable limit
1. He realized that he had carried the joke too far and hurt her feelings.
• to sing (a tune) correctly
1. I've never been able to carry a tune.
• to present (a story, sports event, TV show, etc.) to the public
1. Channel 9 will carry the game.
2. Every local newspaper carried [=ran] the photograph.
3. The trial was carried live [=broadcast as it was happening] on television.
• to cause (a bill or an official proposal) to be passed or adopted
1. The bill was carried in the Senate by a vote of 75–25.
2. He called for a motion to stop debate, but the motion did not carry.
3. The motion carried unanimously. [=everyone voted to pass it]
• to win a majority of votes in (a state, legislature, etc.)
1. The bill carried the Senate by a vote of 75–25.
2. In the presidential election of 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt carried [=won, took] all the states except Maine and Vermont.
• to move (a number) from one column to another when you are adding numbers together
1. When you added these two numbers, you forgot to carry the 1.
• to be so excited that you are no longer in control of your behavior
1. I shouldn't have behaved like that. I just got carried away.
2. Just relax! There's no need to get carried away.
3. They allowed themselves to be carried away by fear.
• to be completely successful
1. This young boxer has the talent to carry all before him.
• to do (something difficult) successfully
1. He tried to look cool but couldn't carry it off. [=pull it off]
2. She's the only actress I know with enough talent to carry this off.
• to win (something)
1. We carried off the prize.
• to continue to do what you have been doing
1. I didn't mean to interrupt you—please carry on.
2. She carried on as if nothing had happened.
3. I know it's difficult, but you need to carry on as best you can.
• to behave or speak in an excited or foolish way
1. They laughed and carried on like they were old friends.
2. We were embarrassed by the way he was carrying on.
3. She's always carrying on [=talking in an excited way] about her neighbors.
4. screaming, crying, and carrying on
• to manage or participate in (an activity)
1. She carried on an affair with her boss.
2. It's too noisy in here to carry on a conversation.
3. The police are carrying on [=conducting] an investigation into his murder.
4. carrying on a campaign against illegal drug use
• to continue doing (something)
1. The money allows us to carry on our research.
2. Although the teacher spoke to them, they just carried on [=went on, kept on] talking.
• to cause (something, such as a tradition) to continue
1. We were the only ones left to carry on the tradition.
2. carrying on the family name
• to continue doing or participating in (an activity)
1. Please carry on with what you were doing.
2. They carried on with their conversation.
• to have an often immoral sexual relationship with (someone)
1. I found out that he had been carrying on with [=(more commonly) fooling around with] my sister.
• to do and complete (something)
1. We carried out several experiments to test the theory.
2. An investigation carried out several years ago revealed no new information.
• to act on (a promise, plan, etc.)
1. She failed to carry out [=fulfill] her promise.
2. The town has plans to build a new school, but it currently lacks the money to carry them out.
3. You'll be paid when you've carried out [=executed] your instructions/orders/duties.
• to continue to exist or be seen in another place or situation
1. His unhappiness at home carried over into/to his work.
2. Her abilities in singing didn't carry over to acting.
• to cause or allow (something) to continue in another place or situation
1. People can carry bad eating habits learned in childhood over to/into adulthood.
• to continue to exist or happen
1. The yellow and blue theme in the kitchen carries through to the rest of the house.
2. Our conversation carried through to dessert.
• to continue to do something
1. Though extremely tired, she managed to carry through to the finish.
• to do (something that you said you would do)
1. The mayor carried through [=followed through] on her promise to clean up the city.
2. We're beginning to carry through with [=carry out] our plans.
• to successfully finish or complete (something that you have begun or said you will do)
1. Whatever project you begin, you must carry it through to completion.
• to help or allow (someone) to survive or continue
1. We had enough supplies to carry us through (until spring).
2. His faith carried him through.
• to help or allow (someone) to survive or continue during (a period of time)
1. We had enough supplies to carry us through the winter.
2. His faith carried him through a difficult time in his life.
3. I borrowed a few more books to carry me through the summer.
• Noun
• the act of running with the ball
1. He averaged four yards per carry this season.