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Grammar : Verb

Spell : kar-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i

Definition of carrying

Origin : c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.

verb transport physical object
verb win; accomplish
verb broadcast electronically

Example sentences :

Eucoline, the daughter of Agatho, attended me, carrying a lighted torch.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

On the 14th, therefore, we started, carrying with us about thirty gallons of water.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

But let not any man think of carrying this measure by force.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Last of all, there was the explosion, the carrying off of the coin in its canvas sacks to the horses.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

This is the true American system, and I look to you to aid in carrying it out.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various

Orderlies were going about, carrying out linens, emptying pans.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

When K. insisted on carrying her upstairs, she went in a flutter.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"I think that was carrying your theory a little too far," said the professor dubiously.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Besides, you're never going back on carrying in the books, are you?
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

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