Carry
verb
To hold something while moving it from one place to another.
Can you help me carry these bags?
Often appears as...
- carry a bag
- carry a load
verb
To have something with you all the time.
He always carries a notebook to jot down his thoughts.
Often appears as...
- carry a phone
- carry a wallet
verb
To take responsibility for something.
She had to carry the burden of her family's financial problems.
Often appears as...
- carry a responsibility
- carry a burden
verb
To transmit or spread something like a disease.
Ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Often appears as...
- carry a virus
- carry a germ
verb
To show or express a particular feeling.
Her voice carried a note of sarcasm.
Often appears as...
- carry a tone
- carry a note
verb
To add up numbers from one column of figures to the next.
When adding two numbers, if the sum is greater than 10, you have to carry the value to the next column.
Often appears as...
- carry a number
- carry a value
verb
To hold something while moving it from one place to another.
Can you help me carry these bags?
Often appears as...
- carry a bag
- carry a load
verb
To have something with you all the time.
He always carries a notebook to jot down his thoughts.
Often appears as...
- carry a phone
- carry a wallet
verb
To take responsibility for something.
She had to carry the burden of her family's financial problems.
Often appears as...
- carry a responsibility
- carry a burden
verb
To transmit or spread something like a disease.
Ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Often appears as...
- carry a virus
- carry a germ
verb
To show or express a particular feeling.
Her voice carried a note of sarcasm.
Often appears as...
- carry a tone
- carry a note
verb
To add up numbers from one column of figures to the next.
When adding two numbers, if the sum is greater than 10, you have to carry the value to the next column.
Often appears as...
- carry a number
- carry a value
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the physical action of transporting items; suggests effort or strength.
She strained to carry the heavy furniture upstairs.
Pro Tip 2/2Assistance Needed
Can imply a need for help when the load is too much for one person.
Can you carry the other end of this table?
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the physical action of transporting items; suggests effort or strength.
She strained to carry the heavy furniture upstairs.
Pro Tip 2/2Assistance Needed
Can imply a need for help when the load is too much for one person.
Can you carry the other end of this table?
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Effort
Emphasizes the physical action of transporting items; suggests effort or strength.
She strained to carry the heavy furniture upstairs.
Pro Tip 2/2Assistance Needed
Can imply a need for help when the load is too much for one person.
Can you carry the other end of this table?
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Bring on the learning...
And so for us, if you want to know the time, you have to wear something to tell it. Kids now live in a world which is digitized, and the time, for them, is everywhere. They see no reason to do this. And by the way, you don't need either; it's just that you've always done it and you carry on doing it.
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The myth behind the...
The rat rose with the sun to get an early start, but on the way to the river, he met the horse, the tiger, and the ox. Because the rat was small and couldn't swim very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused, the kind-hearted ox agreed to carry the rat across.
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What would happen if you...
studies show that chronically sleeping fewer than six hours a night increases stroke risk by four and half times compared to those getting a consistent seven to eight hours of shuteye. For a handful of people on the planet who carry a rare inherited genetic mutation,
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Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire, carrying figures of animals and other objects that cast shadows on the wall.
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What happens during a...
And surprisingly, in many people, especially those with diabetes, which affects the nerves that carry pain, a heart attack may be silent. If you think that someone might be having a heart attack, the most important thing is to respond quickly.
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The benefits of good...
Backpacks should be in contact with your back carried symetrically. If you sit a lot, get up and move around on occassion, and be sure to exercise. Using your muscles will keep them strong enough to support you effectively,
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The psychological weight...
about my disease and as i dug into it i learned a dirty little truth two actually the first says in america if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you carry the same health risk as somebody who's already had one heart
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THIS Is How Hamsters Fit...
and we can't fit in another morsel he carries his favorite treat with him easier said than done
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See How Dancing Helps...
to carry you through September whenever you feel nervous or afraid
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Bring on the learning...
And so for us, if you want to know the time, you have to wear something to tell it. Kids now live in a world which is digitized, and the time, for them, is everywhere. They see no reason to do this. And by the way, you don't need either; it's just that you've always done it and you carry on doing it.
Video examples
The myth behind the...
The rat rose with the sun to get an early start, but on the way to the river, he met the horse, the tiger, and the ox. Because the rat was small and couldn't swim very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused, the kind-hearted ox agreed to carry the rat across.
Video examples
What would happen if you...
studies show that chronically sleeping fewer than six hours a night increases stroke risk by four and half times compared to those getting a consistent seven to eight hours of shuteye. For a handful of people on the planet who carry a rare inherited genetic mutation,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
is far rarer than we've assumed. After all, it's only happened once on Earth in four billion years. Maybe even that was incredibly lucky. Maybe we are the first such civilization in our galaxy. Or, perhaps civilization carries with it the seeds of its own destruction
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire, carrying figures of animals and other objects that cast shadows on the wall.
Video examples
What happens during a...
And surprisingly, in many people, especially those with diabetes, which affects the nerves that carry pain, a heart attack may be silent. If you think that someone might be having a heart attack, the most important thing is to respond quickly.
Video examples
The benefits of good...
Backpacks should be in contact with your back carried symetrically. If you sit a lot, get up and move around on occassion, and be sure to exercise. Using your muscles will keep them strong enough to support you effectively,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
about my disease and as i dug into it i learned a dirty little truth two actually the first says in america if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you carry the same health risk as somebody who's already had one heart
Video examples
THIS Is How Hamsters Fit...
and we can't fit in another morsel he carries his favorite treat with him easier said than done
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See How Dancing Helps...
to carry you through September whenever you feel nervous or afraid
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Kanye West
American Rapper
In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.
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Henry Ford
American Businessman
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
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Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Every day carries with it a responsibility.
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George Colman
English Dramatist
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
In today's world, having money has allowed people who are extremely uncool to think that they're cool and carry it like that. People who really are cool and people who really are artists and have ideas have to literally turn in their cool card to society just to make it past the age of 28.
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Henry Ford
American Businessman
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
Quote examples
Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Every day carries with it a responsibility.
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George Colman
English Dramatist
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
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