[ { "word": "carry", "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u00e6.\u0279i/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/\u02c8k\u00e6.\u0279i/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/carry.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=247050" } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly." }, { "definition": "A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum." }, { "definition": "The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Carried interest.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The sky; cloud-drift.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to carry an account to the ledger" }, { "definition": "To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof.\u2003 They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials." }, { "definition": "To move; to convey using force", "synonyms": [ "conduct", "impel" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To lead or guide.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To stock or supply (something); to have in store.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin." }, { "definition": "To adopt (something); take (something) over.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out." }, { "definition": "To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The court carries that motion." }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place." }, { "definition": "To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss." }, { "definition": "To be transmitted; to travel.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind." }, { "definition": "To insult, to diss.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To have on one's person.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "she always carries a purse;\u2003 marsupials carry their young in a pouch" }, { "definition": "To be pregnant (with).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The doctor said she's carrying twins." }, { "definition": "To have propulsive power; to propel.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "A gun or mortar carries well." }, { "definition": "To hold the head; said of a horse.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck" }, { "definition": "To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The Tories carried the election." }, { "definition": "To get possession of by force; to capture.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "A merchant is carrying a large stock;\u2003 a farm carries a mortgage;\u2003 a broker carries stock for a customer;\u2003 to carry a life insurance." }, { "definition": "To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself." } ], "synonyms": [ "adopt", "take on", "take over", "bear", "move", "transport", "conduct", "impel", "have", "keep", "stock", "supply", "have", "maintain", "transmitted", "travel" ], "antonyms": [ "borrow" ] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carry" ] } ]