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Synonyms for carrying


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

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Définition of carrying

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • verb transport physical object
  • verb win; accomplish
  • verb broadcast electronically
Example sentences :
  • Eucoline, the daughter of Agatho, attended me, carrying a lighted torch.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • On the 14th, therefore, we started, carrying with us about thirty gallons of water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • But let not any man think of carrying this measure by force.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Last of all, there was the explosion, the carrying off of the coin in its canvas sacks to the horses.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • This is the true American system, and I look to you to aid in carrying it out.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
  • Orderlies were going about, carrying out linens, emptying pans.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • When K. insisted on carrying her upstairs, she went in a flutter.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "I think that was carrying your theory a little too far," said the professor dubiously.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Besides, you're never going back on carrying in the books, are you?
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

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