carry
English
/ˈkæ.ɹi/, /ˈkɛ.ɹi/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To move; to convey using force
- to lead or guide.
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take take (something) over.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (slang) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- (transitive) To have on one's person.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English carrien borrowed from carier derived from Latin carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle).
Origin
Latin
carrus
Gloss
wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticarrier English
- back English
- biocarrier English
- carriable English
- carrier English
- carriership English
- carriest English
- carrieth English
- carrus English
- carryable English
- carryback English
- carrycot English
- carryforward English
- carryless English
- carryover English
- carrytale English
- cot English
- forward English
- hand English
- handcarry English
- head English
- headcarry English
- immunocarrier English
- intercarrier English
- macrocarrier English
- megacarrier English
- microcarrier English
- miscarry English
- multicarrier English
- nanocarrier English
- noncarrier English
- over English
- overcarry English
- phosphocarrier English
- photocarrier English
- recarry English
- subcarrier English
- supercarrier English
- tale English
- (caminus) Latin
- (via) Latin
- (via) carrāria Latin
- *carriāre Latin
- autocarrus Latin
- carrago Latin
- carricare Latin
- carrico Latin
- carricāre Latin
- carricāre, carrico Latin
- carricō Latin
- carrus Latin
- carrāria Latin
- carrārius Latin
- discarricāre Latin
- discarricō Latin
- carosello Italian
- carretta Italian
- carro Italian
- carrozza Italian
- chariot French
- charrier French
- carro Spanish, Castilian
- κάρρον Ancient Greek
- *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European
- carrien Middle English
- miscarien Middle English
- overcarien Middle English
- kerra Old Norse
- cariage Old French
- carier Old French
- char Old French
- charier Old French
- chariot Old French
- carro Catalan, Valencian
- car Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- căra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cario Welsh
- carre Middle Dutch
- karra Old High German
- կառք Old Armenian
- keri Tagalog
- karre Middle High German
- kerr Albanian
- qerre Albanian
- carriere Middle French
- carro Old Portuguese
- *karros Proto-Celtic
- car Aromanian
- cariatge Occitan
- carrejar Occitan
- carro Occitan
- kärra Old Swedish
- carru Asturian
- carro Old Spanish
- karim Tok Pisin
- carier xno
- tyari Sranan Tongo
- *karros Gaulish
- carros Gaulish
- karros Gaulish
- carrià Neapolitan
- cot
- tale
- head
- back
- hand
- over
- carrus
- forward
- recarry
- carrier
- carrycot
- carriest
- carrieth
- miscarry
- handcarry
- overcarry
- carryover
- carrytale
- carryable
- headcarry
- carryless
- carryback
- carriable
- noncarrier
- subcarrier
- biocarrier
- megacarrier
- nanocarrier
- carriership
- anticarrier
- intercarrier
- multicarrier
- macrocarrier
- photocarrier
- supercarrier
- carryforward
- microcarrier
- immunocarrier
- phosphocarrier