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
You come with me and we’ll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure.”
You may carry that song and dance to your impresario.”
“There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark--the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died--in the cages of the king’s palace at Oodeypore.
To carry the word to the waiting pack,
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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