carrying

Meaning of carrying

verb
  1. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
  2. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
    to carry an account to the ledger
  3. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
    The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.  They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.
  4. To move; to convey using force
  5. To lead or guide.
  6. To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
    The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
  7. To adopt (something); take (something) over.
    I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
  8. To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
    The court carries that motion.
  9. In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
    Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
  10. To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
    Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
  11. To be transmitted; to travel.
    The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
  12. To insult, to diss.
  13. To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
  14. To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
  15. To have on one's person.
    she always carries a purse;  marsupials carry their young in a pouch
  16. To be pregnant (with).
    The doctor said she's carrying twins.
  17. To have propulsive power; to propel.
    A gun or mortar carries well.
  18. To hold the head; said of a horse.
    to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck
  19. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  20. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
  21. To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
    The Tories carried the election.
  22. To get possession of by force; to capture.
  23. To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
  24. To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
  25. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
    A merchant is carrying a large stock;  a farm carries a mortgage;  a broker carries stock for a customer;  to carry a life insurance.
  26. To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
  27. To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
    He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.
noun
  1. Transportation.
    carryings away of goods

Information about carrying

  • The plural form of carrying is: carryings.
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Hyphenation of carrying

car-ry-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • carrying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

carrying synonyms

Meaning :

conduct, impel, adopt, bear, move, transport, have, keep, stock, supply, maintain, transmitted, travel

carrying antonyms

Meaning :

borrow

Words that rhyme with carrying

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