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verb : CARRIED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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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" ;
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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" ;
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8. (
) extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme" ;
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10. (
) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" ;
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11. (
) win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" ;
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12. (
) include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" ;
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17. (
) pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province" ;
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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" ;
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19. (
) be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" ;
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20. (
) keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years" ;
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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" ;
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22. (
) be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail" ;
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23. (
) win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" ;
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24. (
) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" ;
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25. (
) take further or advance; "carry a cause" ;
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26. (
) have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" ;
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27. (
) capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" ;
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29. (
) 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" ;
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30. (
) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry" ;
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31. (
) bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives" ;
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32. (
) propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" ;
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34. (
) be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" ;
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35. (
) have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" ;
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36. (
) cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" ;
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37. (
) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" ;
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38. (
) be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match" ;
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39. (
) sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" ;
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40. (
) be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" ;
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