Antonyms for carry
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kar-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i |
Definition of carry
Origin :- early 14c., from Anglo-French carier "to transport in a vehicle" or Old North French carrier "to cart, carry" (Modern French charrier), from Gallo-Romance *carrizare, from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrum (see car).
- Meaning "take by force" is from 1580s. Sense of "gain victory in an election" is from 1610s. Of sound, "to be heard at a distance" by 1896. Carrying capacity is attested from 1836. Carry on "continue to advance" is from 1640s; carryings-on "questionable doings" is from 1660s. Carry-castle (1590s) was an old descriptive term for an elephant.
- verb transport physical object
- verb win; accomplish
- verb broadcast electronically
- Geta dared trust no one but me to carry a message to Clinias.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At the same time I will carry him some berries as a present.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Then I shall have to put it out of your power to carry out your threat.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I gave him my carpetbag to carry this morning, and he ran away with it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- We had to carry the water from the spring in drums, which was slow and hard work.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Calling Tommy, we soon overtook him and made him carry it back to the party.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- She put out both arms as if to lift the young girl, and carry her away.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The story will signally fail of its purpose if it does not carry its own moral with it.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Were I a man, she should suppose I was aiming to carry the county—Popularity!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Synonyms for carry
- affect
- air
- backpack
- be victorious
- bear
- bring
- capture
- cart
- channel
- communicate
- conduct
- convey
- convoy
- displace
- display
- disseminate
- drive
- effect
- ferry
- fetch
- freight
- funnel
- gain
- get
- give
- haul
- heft
- hoist
- impel
- import
- impress
- influence
- inspire
- lift
- lug
- move
- offer
- pack
- pass on
- pipe
- portage
- prevail
- publish
- relay
- release
- relocate
- remove
- schlepp
- secure
- send
- shift
- shoulder
- spur
- strike
- sustain
- sway
- take
- tote
- touch
- traject
- transfer
- transmit
- transplant
- transport
- truck
- urge
- waft
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