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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 |