carry


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v. bear; transport; hold and transport a person or an object; convey information; continue; have something with you (Example: "I always carry my brush in my purse"); be pregnant (Example: "Mary is carrying John's baby"); be infected with a transmissible disease; be capable of singing and stay in tune (Example: "My daughter cannot carry a tune")
 
n. range of a gun or projectile; portage; act of carrying

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carry

Noun
1. the act of carrying something
(hypernym) transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
(hyponym) packing, backpacking

Verb
1. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "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"
(synonym) transport
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) shoulder
(derivation) carrier, bearer, toter
2. have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
(synonym) pack, take
(hypernym) have, feature
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
(synonym) conduct, transmit, convey, channel
(hypernym) bring, convey, take
(hyponym) wash up
(derivation) carrier wave, carrier
4. serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"
(synonym) convey, express
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) quantify, measure
(verb-group) conduct, transmit, convey, channel
5. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
(hypernym) hold, support, sustain, hold up
(derivation) carrier
6. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
(synonym) hold, bear
(hyponym) stoop
(verb-group) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport
(derivation) carriage, bearing, posture
7. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
(synonym) hold, bear, contain
(hypernym) include
(hyponym) retain
(verb-group) contain, take, hold
8. extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
(hypernym) effect
9. continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
(synonym) extend
(hypernym) continue
(verb-group) prolong, protract, extend, draw out
10. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
(hypernym) imply, involve
11. win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
(hypernym) win
12. include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?"
(hypernym) include
13. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
(synonym) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport
(hypernym) hold, bear
(hyponym) fluster
(verb-group) hold, bear
14. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
(synonym) stock, stockpile
(hypernym) have, have got, hold
15. include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
(synonym) run
(hypernym) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
16. propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
(synonym) dribble
(hypernym) hit
(classification) sport, athletics
17. pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across
(verb-group) transport
18. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
(hypernym) have, feature
(derivation) carrier, immune carrier
19. be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
(hypernym) range
(verb-group) conduct, transmit, convey, channel
20. keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
(hypernym) sustain, keep, maintain
21. have or possess something abstract; "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"
(hypernym) have, have got, hold
(verb-group) pack, take
22. win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
(synonym) persuade, sway
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
23. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
(hypernym) compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
24. take further or advance; "carry a cause"
(hypernym) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
25. have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
(hypernym) bear
26. capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
(hypernym) appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
27. transfer (entries) from one account book to another
(synonym) post
(hypernym) transfer
28. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
(hypernym) transfer, shift
(verb-group) post
29. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
(hypernym) follow
30. bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
(hypernym) grow, raise, farm, produce
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
31. propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
(hypernym) propel, impel
(verb-group) transport
32. drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"
(synonym) hold
(hypernym) drink, booze, fuddle
33. be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
(hypernym) nourish, nurture, sustain
(classification) livestock, stock, farm animal
34. have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
(hypernym) have, feature
35. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(classification) golf, golf game
36. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"
(hypernym) obtain
37. be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
(hypernym) win
38. sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"
(hypernym) perform, execute, do
39. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
(synonym) have a bun in the oven, bear, gestate, expect
(hypernym) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
(entail) conceive
(verb-group) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have


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curry
nm. curry, seasoning which is made from a combination of tumeric and other spices (commonly used in East Indian dishes)

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carry
v. nést; vézt; přenášet; schválit; vykonat; provést; provádět; být slyšet; nosit (u sebe); mít sebou
 
n. způsobily odchýlení lodi od kurzu