carry

car|ry¹ W1S1 [ˈkæri] v past tense and past participle carried present participle carrying third person singular carries

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1¦(lift and take)¦

2¦(vehicle/ship/plane)¦

3¦(pipe/wire etc)¦

4¦(move something)¦

5¦(have with you)¦

6¦(have a quality)¦

7¦(news/programmes)¦

8¦(information)¦

9¦(be responsible)¦

10¦(shop)¦

11¦(building)¦

12¦(take somebody/something)¦

13¦(disease)¦

14 carry insurance/a guarantee etc

15 be/get carried away

16 be carried along (by something)

17¦(crime)¦

18¦(sound)¦

19¦(ball)¦

20 carry something in your head/mind

21¦(tune)¦

22¦(persuade)¦

23¦(vote)¦

24¦(election)¦

25¦(your body)¦

26 carry the can (for somebody/something)

27¦(not enough effort)¦

28¦(child)¦

29 carry all/everything before you

30 carry something too far/to extremes/to excess

31¦(weight)¦

32 carry a torch for somebody

33 carry the torch of something

34 as fast as his/her legs could carry him/her

35¦(adding numbers)¦

Phrasal verbs

　carry something<=>forward

　carry something<=>off

　carry on

　carry something<=>out

　carry something<=>over

　carry somebody/something through

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[Date: 1300-1400; : Old North French; Origin: carier 'to take in a vehicle', from car 'vehicle', from Latin carrus; CAR]

1.) ¦(LIFT AND TAKE)¦ [T]

to hold something in your hand or arms, or support it as you take it somewhere

▪ Gina was carrying a small bunch of flowers.

▪ Angela carried the child in her arms.

▪ Let me carry that for you.

▪ Jack carried his grandson up the stairs.

carry sth to sth/sb

▪ The waiter carried our drinks to the table.

2.) ¦(VEHICLE/SHIP/PLANE)¦ [T]

to take people or things from one place to another in a vehicle, ship, or plane

▪ The ship was carrying supplies from the UN World Food Programme.

▪ There are more airplanes carrying more people than ever before in the skies.

3.) ¦(PIPE/WIRE ETC)¦ [T]

if a pipe, wire etc carries something such as liquid or electricity, the liquid, electricity etc flows or travels along it

▪ A drain carries surplus water to the river.

▪ The aim is for one wire to carry both television and telephone calls.

4.) ¦(MOVE SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to cause something to move along or support something as it moves along

▪ This stretch of water carries a lot of shipping.

▪ The bridge carries the main road over the railway.

▪ Pollution was carried inland by the wind.

5.) ¦(HAVE WITH YOU)¦ [T]

to have something with you in your pocket, on your belt, in your bag etc everywhere you go

▪ I don't carry a handbag. I just carry money in my pocket.

▪ All the soldiers carried rifles.

▪ He says he's got to carry a knife to protect himself.

6.) ¦(HAVE A QUALITY)¦ [T]

to have something as a particular quality

▪ Degree qualifications carry international recognition.

▪ Few medical procedures carry no risk of any kind.

▪ Older managers carry more authority in a crisis.

▪ The plan is not likely to carry much weight with (=have much influence over) the authorities.

▪ If the child believes in what she is saying, she will carry conviction (=make others believe what she says is true) .

7.) ¦(NEWS/PROGRAMMES)¦ [T]

if a newspaper, a television or radio broadcast, or a website carries a piece of news, an advertisement etc, it prints it or broadcasts it

▪ The morning paper carried a story about demonstrations in New York and Washington D.C.

▪ The national TV network carries religious programmes.

8.) ¦(INFORMATION)¦ [T]

if something carries information, the information is written on it

▪ All tobacco products must carry a health warning.

▪ goods carrying the label 'Made in the USA'

9.) ¦(BE RESPONSIBLE)¦ [T]

to be responsible for doing something

▪ Each team member is expected to carry a fair share of the workload.

▪ Which minister carries responsibility for the police?

▪ Parents carry the burden of ensuring that children go to school.

10.) ¦(SHOP)¦ [T]

if a shop carries goods, it has a supply of them for sale

▪ The sports shop carries a full range of equipment.

11.) ¦(BUILDING)¦ [T]

if a wall etc carries something, it supports the weight of that thing

▪ These two columns carry the whole roof.

12.) ¦(TAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)¦ [T]

to take something or someone to a new place, point, or position

carry sb/sth to sth

▪ The president wanted to carry the war to the northern states.

▪ Blair carried his party to victory in 1997.

carry sb/sth into sth

▪ Clinton carried his campaign into Republican areas.

13.) ¦(DISEASE)¦ [T]

if a person, animal, or insect carries a disease, they can pass it to other people or animals even if they are not ill themselves

→↑carrier

▪ The disease is carried by a black fly which lives in the rivers.

▪ Birds and monkeys can carry disease.

14.) carry insurance/a guarantee etc

to have insurance etc

▪ All our products carry a 12-month guarantee.

15.) be/get carried away

to be so excited, angry, interested etc that you are no longer really in control of what you do or say, or you forget everything else

▪ It's easy to get carried away when you can do so much with the graphics software.

▪ I just got carried away because it was such fun.

16.) be carried along (by sth)

to become excited about something or determined to do something

▪ The crowd were carried along on a tide of enthusiasm.

▪ You can be carried along by the atmosphere of an auction and spend more than you planned.

17.) ¦(CRIME)¦ [T]

if a crime carries a particular punishment, that is the usual punishment for the crime

▪ Drink-driving should carry an automatic prison sentence .

▪ Murder still carries the death penalty .

18.) ¦(SOUND)¦

if a sound carries, it goes a long way

▪ In the winter air, sounds carry clearly.

▪ The songs of the whales carry through the water over long distances.

19.) ¦(BALL)¦ [I]

if a ball carries a particular distance when it is thrown, hit, or kicked, it travels that distance

20.) carry sth in your head/mind

to remember information that you need, without writing it down

▪ Alice carried a map of the London Underground in her head.

21.) ¦(TUNE)¦ [T]

to sing a tune using the correct notes

▪ I sang solos when I was six because I could carry a tune.

▪ The highest voice carries the melody.

22.) ¦(PERSUADE)¦ [T]

to persuade a group of people to support you

▪ He had to carry a large majority of his colleagues to get the leadership.

▪ Her appeal to common sense was what finally carried the day (=persuaded people to support her) .

23.) ¦(VOTE)¦

be carried

if a suggestion, proposal etc is carried, most of the people at an official meeting vote for it and it is accepted

▪ The amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246.

▪ The resolution was carried unanimously (=everyone agreed) .

▪ Those in favour of the motion raise your arm. Those against? The motion is carried (=proposal is accepted) .

24.) ¦(ELECTION)¦ [T]

[i]AmE if someone carries a state or local area in a US election, they win in that state or area

▪ Cuban Americans play an important role in whether he carries Florida in the fall campaign.

25.) ¦(YOUR BODY)¦ [T always + adverb/preposition]

to stand and move in a particular way, or to hold part of your body in a particular way

▪ He had a way of carrying his head on one side.

carry yourself

▪ She carried herself straight and with confidence.

26.) carry the can (for sb/sth)

BrE informal to be the person who has to take the blame for something even if it was not their fault, or not their fault alone

▪ He has been left to carry the can for a decision he didn't make.

27.) ¦(NOT ENOUGH EFFORT)¦ [T]

if a group carries someone who is not doing enough work, they have to manage without the work that person should be doing

▪ We can't afford to carry anyone. Every game is going to be difficult now.

28.) ¦(CHILD)¦ [I and T]

old-fashioned if a woman is carrying a child, she is ↑pregnant (=has a baby developing inside her)

29.) carry all/everything before you

literary to be completely successful in a struggle against other people

30.) carry sth too far/to extremes/to excess

to do or say too much about something

▪ I don't mind a joke, but this is carrying it too far.

31.) ¦(WEIGHT)¦ [T]

to weigh a particular amount more than you should or than you did

▪ Joe carries only nine pounds more than when he was twenty.

32.) carry a torch for sb

to love someone romantically who does not love you

▪ He's been carrying a torch for your sister for years.

33.) carry the torch of sth

to support an important belief or tradition when other people do not

▪ Leaders in the mountains carried the torch of Greek independence.

34.) as fast as his/her legs could carry him/her

as fast as possible

▪ She ran as fast as her legs could carry her.

35.) ¦(ADDING NUMBERS)¦ [T]

to put a number into the next row to the left when you are adding numbers together

→↑card-carrying, ↑carrier, ↑cash and carry,fetch and carry at ↑fetch¹ (3)

carry forward [carry sth<=>forward] phr v

1.) to succeed in making progress with something

▪ It will be up to the new team now to carry the work forward.

2.) to include an amount of money in a later set of figures or calculations

carry off [carry sth<=>off] phr v

1.) to do something difficult successfully

▪ I was flattered to be offered the job but wasn't sure if I could carry it off.

2.) to win a prize

▪ a film that carried off three Oscars

carry on phr v

1.) especially BrE to continue doing something

▪ Sorry, I interrupted you. Please carry on.

carry on doing sth

▪ You'll have an accident if you carry on driving like that.

carry on with

▪ I want to carry on with my course.

carry on as usual/as you are/regardless etc

▪ For the time being, you're to carry on as normal.

2.) to continue moving

▪ He stopped and looked back, then carried on down the stairs.

▪ Carry straight on until you get to the traffic lights.

3.) carry on sth

if you carry on a particular kind of work or activity, you do it or take part in it

▪ Mr Dean carried on his baking business until he retired.

▪ It was so noisy it was hard to carry on a conversation .

4.) spoken to talk in an annoying way

carry on about

▪ I wish everyone would stop carrying on about it.

5.) old-fashioned to have a sexual relationship with someone, when you should not

▪ Lucy confessed to carrying on behind her husband's back.

carry on with

▪ She was carrying on with a neighbour.

carry out [carry sth<=>out] phr v

1.) to do something that needs to be organized and planned

▪ There is a shortage of people to carry out research.

▪ A survey is now being carried out nationwide.

▪ Turn off the water supply before carrying out repairs.

2.) to do something that you have said you will do or that someone has asked you to do

▪ Nicholson didn't carry out his threat to take legal action.

▪ We carried out her instructions precisely.

▪ Will the government carry out its promise to reform the law?

carry over [carry sth<=>over] phr v

1.) if something is carried over into a new situation, it continues to exist in the new situation

▪ The pain and violence of his childhood were carried over into his marriage.

2.) to make an official arrangement to do something or use something at a later time

▪ Up to five days' holiday can be carried over from one year to the next.

carry through [carry sb/sth through] phr v

1.) to complete or finish something successfully, in spite of difficulties

▪ I'm determined to carry this through.

2.) carry sb through (sth)

to help someone to manage during an illness or a difficult period

▪ Her confidence carried her through.

carry ²

carry² n [U]

technical the distance a ball or bullet travels after it has been thrown, hit, or fired