carry
/ˈkæɹ.i/ noun C2- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried. · Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don’t tire too quickly.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time. · The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.
- The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- Carried interest.
- Something or someone regarded as disproportionately responsible for the success of a playthrough, match, round, etc. · Near-synonym: MVP
Plural carries
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- carry away To steal; to take away.
- carry forward To transfer to a new page, column, ledger, or similar ent...
- carry off To transport away.
- carry on To continue or proceed as before.
- carry on To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than ...
- carry out To hold while moving it out.
- carry over Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry,...
- carry through To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the wa...
- carry up To convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to ...
From the library
That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog.”
In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
Do let me carry that basket for you.
“Then we are all right,” answered the Scarecrow, “for you can carry us all over on your back, one at a time.”
Other matches
- carry To lift A1
- carry away To steal
- carry forward To transfer to a new page, column, ledger, or s...
- carry off To transport away.
- carry on To continue or proceed as before.
- carry on To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, ra...
- carry out To hold while moving it out.
- carry over Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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