carry

verb

1)

she carried the box into the kitchen

Syn:

convey, transfer, move, take, bring, bear, lug, tote, fetch, cart

2)

a cruise line carrying a million passengers a year

Syn:

transport, convey, move, handle

3)

satellites carry the signal across the country

Syn:

transmit, conduct, relay, communicate, convey, dispatch, beam

4)

the dinghy can carry the weight of the baggage

Syn:

support, sustain, stand; prop up, shore up, bolster

5)

managers carry most of the responsibility

Syn:

bear, accept, assume, undertake, shoulder, take on (oneself)

6)

she was carrying twins

Syn:

be pregnant with, bear, expect; technical be gravid with

7)

she carried herself with assurance

Syn:

conduct, bear, hold; act, behave, acquit; formal comport

8)

a resolution was carried

Syn:

approve, vote for, accept, endorse, ratify, pass; agree to, assent to, rubber-stamp; informal OK, give the thumbs up to

9)

I carried the whole audience

Syn:

win over, sway, convince, persuade, influence; motivate, stimulate

10)

today's paper carried an article on housing policy

Syn:

publish, print, communicate, distribute; broadcast, transmit

11)

we carry a wide range of linens

Syn:

sell, stock, keep, keep in stock, offer, have, have for sale, retail, supply

12)

most toxins carry warnings

Syn:

display, bear, exhibit, show, be marked with

13)

it carries a penalty of two years' imprisonment

Syn:

entail, involve, result in, occasion, have as a consequence

14)

his voice carried across the field

Syn:

be audible, travel, reach

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- be carried away

- get carried away

- carry something off

- carry on

- carry out