carry

verb (carries, carrying, carried)

• 1support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher
• transport, conduct, or transmit:the train service carries 20,000 passengers daily nerves carry visual information from the eyes
• have on one’s person and take with one wherever one goes:the money he was carrying was not enough to pay the fine figurativeshe had carried the secret all her life
• be infected with (a disease) and liable to transmit it to others:ticks can carry Lyme disease

• 2support the weight of:the bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads
• be pregnant with:she was carrying twins
• (carry oneself) stand and move in a specified way:she carried herself straight and with assurance
• assume or accept (responsibility or blame):they must carry the responsibility for the mess they have gotten the company into
• be responsible for the effectiveness or success of:they relied on dialogue to carry the plot

• 3have as a feature or consequence:being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury each bike carries a ten-year guarantee

• 4 [no object] (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a certain point:his voice carried clearly across the room the balls seem to carry well in that ballpark
• (of a gun or similar weapon) propel (a missile) to a specified distance.
• Golf hit the ball over and beyond (a particular point).
• take or develop (an idea or activity) to a specified point:he carried the criticism much further

• 5approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes:the resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority
• persuade (colleagues or followers) to support one’s policy:he could not carry the cabinet
• gain (a state or district) in an election.

• 6(of a newspaper or a television or radio station) publish or broadcast:the paper carried a detailed account of the current crisis
• (of a retail outlet) keep a regular stock of (particular goods for sale):this store no longer carries phonograph equipment
• have visible on the surface:the product does not carry the “UL” symbol
• be known by (a name):some products carry the same names as overseas beers

• 7transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g., when a column of digits adds up to more than ten).

noun (plural carries)

• 1an act of lifting and transporting something from one place to another:we did a carry of equipment from the camp
• Football an act of running with the ball from scrimmage.
• the action of keeping something, especially a gun, on one’s person:this pistol is the right choice for on-duty or off-duty carry
• historical a place or route between navigable waters over which boats or supplies had to be carried.
• the transfer of a figure into an adjacent column (or the equivalent part of a computer memory) during an arithmetical operation.
• Finance the maintenance of an investment position in a securities market, especially with regard to the costs or profits accruing.

• 2(in golf) the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground.
• the range of a gun or similar weapon.
• (in golf) the distance a ball must travel to reach a certain destination.