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Definition carry

Etymology

From Middle English carrien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French: charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.

Verb

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. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
  3. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
  4. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  5. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
  6. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
  7. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly
  8. (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.
  9. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
  10. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
  11. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
  12. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
  13. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
  14. (transitive) To have on one's person.
  15. To be pregnant (with).
  16. To have propulsive power; to propel.
  17. To hold the head; said of a horse.
  18. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  19. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win.
  20. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
  21. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  22. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
  23. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
  24. (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

Noun

carry (plural carries)

  1. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
  2. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
  3. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
  4. (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
  5. (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
  6. (finance) Carried interest.
  7. (Britain, dialectal) The sky; cloud-drift.

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CHARRY 13
SCARRY 11
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RACY 9
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CAR 6
CAY 8
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RYA 5
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