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| Sounds | kae'riy; keh'riy |
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| Rhymes | accusatory, actuary, adversary, and 422 more rhymes in riy at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The act of carrying something. |
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| Narrower | packing, backpacking; fireman's carry; portage; porterage |
| Broader | transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance |
| Verbs | carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry; carry |
| Meaning | Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "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" |
| Synonyms | transport |
| Narrower | shoulder; port; bear; bucket; return; pipe in; port; porter; pack; cart; fly; haul; lug, tote, tug; chariot; bring, convey, take |
| Broader | move, displace |
| Similar to | carry; carry |
| Nouns | carrier; carrier; carry; carrier; carrier |
| Meaning | Have with oneself. Have on one's person. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They carry more bread |
| Examples | "I always carry money" |
| Synonyms | pack, take |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Similar to | carry |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "The airwaves carry the sound" |
| Synonyms | conduct, transmit, convey, channel |
| Narrower | wash up; pipe in; bring in; retransmit |
| Broader | bring, convey, take |
| Similar to | carry, convey, express; carry |
| Nouns | carry; carrier |
| Meaning | Serve as a means for expressing something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | convey, express |
| Narrower | quantify, measure |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Similar to | conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage" |
| Broader | hold, support, sustain, hold up |
| Similar to | carry; carry |
| Nouns | carrier |
| Meaning | Support or hold in a certain manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | hold, bear |
| Narrower | stoop; piggyback; poise, balance; behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Similar to | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
| Nouns | carriage; carry |
| Meaning | Contain or hold. Have within. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | hold, bear, contain |
| Narrower | retain; surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring; enclose, hold in, confine |
| Broader | include |
| Similar to | contain, take, hold |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Extend to a certain degree. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "carry too far" |
| Broader | effect |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Continue or extend. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | extend |
| Broader | continue |
| Similar to | prolong, protract, extend, draw out; extend |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Broader | imply, involve |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Win in an election. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | win |
| Similar to | carry; carry, persuade, sway |
| Meaning | Include, as on a list. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Broader | include |
| Meaning | Behave in a certain manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport |
| Narrower | fluster; assert, put forward; deal; walk around; pose, posture |
| Broader | hold, carry, bear; act, move |
| Similar to | hold, carry, bear |
| Meaning | Have on hand. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
| Synonyms | stock, stockpile |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Meaning | Include as the content. Broadcast or publicize. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | run |
| Broader | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around |
| Meaning | Propel, "Carry the ball". |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | dribble |
| Category | sport, athletics |
| Broader | hit |
| Meaning | Pass on a communication. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Broader | communicate, pass on, pass, put across |
| Similar to | transport, carry |
| Meaning | Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "These bonds carry warrants" |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Similar to | carry |
| Nouns | carrier |
| Meaning | Be conveyed over a certain distance. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Broader | range |
| Similar to | conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Keep up with financial support. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | sustain, keep, maintain |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Have or possess something abstract. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "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" |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Similar to | carry, pack, take |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Win approval or support for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Carry all before one" |
| Synonyms | persuade, sway |
| Broader | influence, act upon, work |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
| Broader | compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Take further or advance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "carry a cause" |
| Broader | promote, advance, boost, further, encourage |
| Meaning | Have on the surface or on the skin. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "carry scars" |
| Broader | bear |
| Meaning | Capture after a fight. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | appropriate, capture, seize, conquer |
| Meaning | Transfer (entries) from one account book to another. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | post |
| Broader | transfer |
| Similar to | carry |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "put down 5 and carry 2" |
| Broader | transfer, shift |
| Similar to | post, carry |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" |
| Broader | follow |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Bear (a crop). |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "this land does not carry olives" |
| Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry |
| Broader | grow, raise, farm, produce |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Propel or give impetus to. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Broader | propel, impel |
| Similar to | transport, carry |
| Meaning | Drink alcohol without showing ill effects. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "he had drunk more than he could carry" |
| Synonyms | hold |
| Broader | drink, booze, fuddle |
| Meaning | Be able to feed. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| Category | livestock, stock, farm animal |
| Broader | nourish, nurture, sustain |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Have a certain range. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Similar to | carry |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Cover a certain distance or advance beyond. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Category | golf, golf game |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Similar to | carry |
| Nouns | carry |
| Meaning | Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | obtain |
| Similar to | carry |
| Meaning | Be successful in. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | win |
| Similar to | carry; carry |
| Meaning | Sing or play against other voices or parts. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "He cannot carry a tune" |
| Broader | perform, execute, do |
| Meaning | Be pregnant with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I am carrying his child" |
| Synonyms | have a bun in the oven, bear, gestate, expect |
| Entails | conceive |
| Entailed by | carry to term |
| Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have |
| Similar to | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have; expect |