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Exact Match:

carry

the act of carrying something

continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"

include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?"

sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"

serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"

pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"

be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"

win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"

secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"

cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"

be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"

drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"

bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"

propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"

bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"

include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"

pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"

transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"

capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"

have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

take further or advance; "carry a cause"

compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"

extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"

win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"

be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail"

be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"

have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"

keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"

have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"

have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"

Synonyms:

• accept,
• accomplish,
• acquit,
• act,
• act up,
• adopt,
• affiliate,
• afford support,
• air express,
• airfreight,
• airlift,
• announce,
• approve,
• asportation,
• attend,
• back,
• back up,
• balance,
• balance the books,
• be gravid,
• be in,
• be knocked up,
• be pregnant,
• be with child,
• bear,
• bear the palm,
• bear up,
• bearing,
• bolster,
• bolster up,
• book,
• brace,
• breed,
• bring,
• bring off,
• broadcast,
• brood,
• buck,
• buoy up,
• buttress,
• capitalize,
• capture,
• carry away,
• carry it,
• carry off,
• carry on,
• carry out,
• carry over,
• carry the day,
• carry young,
• carrying,
• cart,
• cartage,
• cast up accounts,
• channel,
• chaperon,
• charge off,
• close out,
• close the books,
• come out first,
• communicate,
• companion,
• company,
• compass,
• complete,
• comport,
• conclude,
• conduct,
• consort with,
• continue,
• convey,
• conveyance,
• convoy,
• cover,
• cradle,
• credit,
• crutch,
• cushion,
• deal in,
• debit,
• decide,
• delight,
• demean,
• deport,
• determine,
• diapason,
• display,
• disport,
• dispose,
• disseminate,
• do,
• docket,
• drag,
• drayage,
• drive,
• effect,
• embrace,
• encompass,
• engage,
• enlist,
• enrapture,
• enter,
• entrust,
• environ,
• escort,
• espouse,
• excite,
• execute,
• expressage,
• extend,
• extend credit,
• ferriage,
• ferry,
• fetch,
• finance,
• finish in front,
• fluke,
• fly,
• fool around,
• freight,
• freightage,
• funnel,
• gain,
• gain the day,
• gamut,
• gestate,
• get,
• get to do,
• give,
• give credit,
• give support,
• give tick,
• go,
• go in for,
• go on,
• go out,
• handle,
• hatch,
• haulage,
• hauling,
• have,
• hold,
• hold up,
• hump,
• impel,
• implement,
• impress,
• incline,
• incubate,
• induce,
• influence,
• inspire,
• interest in,
• job,
• journalize,
• keep,
• keep afloat,
• keep at,
• keep books,
• keep on,
• keep up,
• kidnap,
• kill,
• lead,
• lend support,
• lie,
• lift,
• lighterage,
• log,
• lug,
• lugging,
• lure,
• mainstay,
• maintain,
• make a killing,
• make an entry,
• manage,
• manhandle,
• market,
• merchandise,
• minute,
• misbehave,
• move,
• nick,
• note,
• offer,
• operate,
• pack,
• packing,
• pass,
• perform,
• persevere,
• persist,
• pillow,
• pinch,
• pipe,
• play up,
• portage,
• porterage,
• possess,
• post,
• post up,
• present,
• proceed,
• procure,
• prompt,
• prop,
• purloin,
• quit,
• radius,
• railway express,
• range,
• ratify,
• reach,
• reach out,
• read,
• register,
• reinforce,
• release,
• remove,
• report,
• retail,
• run,
• scale,
• schlep,
• scope,
• secure,
• sell,
• sell on credit,
• send,
• set,
• shift,
• shipment,
• shipping,
• shore,
• shore up,
• shoulder,
• siphon,
• sit,
• span,
• spectrum,
• spread,
• stay,
• stock,
• straddle,
• stretch,
• stretch out,
• strike,
• strike a balance,
• subsidize,
• subvention,
• succeed,
• support,
• surround,
• sustain,
• sway,
• sweep,
• take,
• take in,
• take the cake,
• take up,
• telpherage,
• tempt,
• thrust out,
• tote,
• toting,
• touch,
• trade in,
• traffic in,
• traject,
• transfer,
• transmit,
• transport,
• transportation,
• transshipment,
• truckage,
• trust,
• underbrace,
• undergird,
• underlie,
• underpin,
• underset,
• upbear,
• uphold,
• upkeep,
• waft,
• waftage,
• wagonage,
• whisk,
• wholesale,
• win,
• win out,
• win the battle,
• win the laurels,
• win the palm,
• win the prize,
• win through,
• wing