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Verb carry has 39 senses

transport, carry - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun carrier₁, noun carrier₅, noun carrier₂, noun carrier₃, noun carry₁
Sample sentences:
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carry, pack, take - 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"
--₂ is one way to have, feature

Derived form: noun carry₁
Sample sentence:
They carry more bread
conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
--₃ is one way to bring, convey, take

Derived forms: noun carrier₆, noun carry₁
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carry, convey, express - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"
--₄ is one way to communicate, intercommunicate

Derived form: noun carry₁
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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"
--₅ is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up

Derived form: noun carrier₁₀
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hold, carry, bear - support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

Derived forms: noun carriage₃, noun carry₁
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hold, bear, carry, contain - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
--₇ is one way to include

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
--₈ is one way to effect

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
--₉ is one way to continue

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
--₁₀ is one way to imply, involve
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carry - win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
--₁₁ is one way to win
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carry - include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?"
--₁₂ is one way to include
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behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
--₁₃ is a kind of hold, carry, bear; act, move
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stock, carry, stockpile - have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
--₁₄ is one way to have, have got, hold
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carry, run - 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"
--₁₅ is one way to circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
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dribble, carry - propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
--₁₆ is one way to hit
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carry - pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"
--₁₇ is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
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carry - 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"
--₁₈ is one way to have, feature

Derived form: noun carrier₉
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carry - be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
--₁₉ is one way to range

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
--₂₀ is one way to sustain, keep, maintain
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carry - 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"
--₂₁ is one way to have, have got, hold

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry, persuade, sway - win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
--₂₂ is one way to influence, act upon, work
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carry - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
--₂₃ is one way to compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
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carry - take further or advance; "carry a cause"
--₂₄ is one way to promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
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carry - have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
--₂₅ is one way to bear
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carry - capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
--₂₆ is one way to appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
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post, carry - transfer (entries) from one account book to another
--₂₇ is one way to transfer

Derived form: noun carry₁
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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"
--₂₈ is one way to transfer, shift

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
--₂₉ is one way to follow

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
--₃₀ is one way to grow, raise, farm, produce
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carry - propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
--₃₁ is one way to propel, impel
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carry, hold - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"
--₃₂ is one way to drink, booze, fuddle
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carry - be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
--₃₃ is one way to nourish, nurture, sustain
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carry - have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
--₃₄ is one way to have, feature

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
--₃₅ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun carry₁
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carry - secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"
--₃₆ is one way to obtain
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carry - be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
--₃₇ is one way to win
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carry - sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"
--₃₈ is one way to perform, execute, do
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have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
--₃₉ is one way to give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
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