carry

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English

Most common English words: won't « plain « rich « #633: carry » immediately » trees » filled

Etymology

Middle English carrien from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French: charrier). Replaced native Middle English ferien "to carry, transport, convey" (from Old English ferian) and Middle English aberen "to carry, bear, endure" (from Old English āberan).

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Verb

to carry (third-person singular simple present carries, present participle carrying, simple past and past participle carried)

  1. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
  2. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
    The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
  3. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
    I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
  4. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.
  5. (transitive) (arithmetic) 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.
    Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
  6. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
    Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
  7. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
    The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
  8. (transitive, nautical) to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding

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Noun

carry (plural carries)

  1. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
    Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
  2. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.

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Translations

a manner of transporting or lifting something
  • Bulgarian: носене bg(bg) n.
  • Dutch: greep nl(nl) m.
  • Estonian: kandma et(et)
  • Finnish: ote fi(fi)
bit or digit carried in an addition
  • Finnish: muistibitti

 

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