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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i



Definition of carry

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Anglo-French carier "to transport in a vehicle" or Old North French carrier "to cart, carry" (Modern French charrier), from Gallo-Romance *carrizare, from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrum (see car).
  • Meaning "take by force" is from 1580s. Sense of "gain victory in an election" is from 1610s. Of sound, "to be heard at a distance" by 1896. Carrying capacity is attested from 1836. Carry on "continue to advance" is from 1640s; carryings-on "questionable doings" is from 1660s. Carry-castle (1590s) was an old descriptive term for an elephant.
  • verb transport physical object
  • verb win; accomplish
  • verb broadcast electronically
Example sentences :
  • Geta dared trust no one but me to carry a message to Clinias.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • At the same time I will carry him some berries as a present.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Then I shall have to put it out of your power to carry out your threat.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I gave him my carpetbag to carry this morning, and he ran away with it.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • We had to carry the water from the spring in drums, which was slow and hard work.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Calling Tommy, we soon overtook him and made him carry it back to the party.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • She put out both arms as if to lift the young girl, and carry her away.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The story will signally fail of its purpose if it does not carry its own moral with it.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Were I a man, she should suppose I was aiming to carry the county—Popularity!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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