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(verb) continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into athe remote mountain provinces" |
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Synonyms: extend |
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Related Words: continue |
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(noun) the act of carrying something |
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Related Words: backpacking, conveyance, fireman's carry, packing, portage, porterage, transfer, transferral, transportation |
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(verb) include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
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Related Words: include |
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(verb) sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune" |
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Related Words: do, execute, perform |
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(verb) serve as a means for expressing something: "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger" |
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Synonyms: convey, express |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate, measure, quantify |
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(verb) pass on a communication: "The news was carried to every village in the province" |
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Related Words: communicate, pass, pass on, put across |
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(verb) be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match" |
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Related Words: win |
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(verb) win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" |
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Related Words: win |
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(verb) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" |
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Related Words: obtain |
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(verb) cover a certain distance or advance beyond, as of a ball in golf; "The drive carried to the green" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) have a certain range, as of guns; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) sustain, as of livestock; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
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Related Words: nourish, nurture, sustain |
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(verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor" |
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Synonyms: hold |
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Related Words: booze, drink, fuddle |
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(verb) bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?" |
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Related Words: hold, hold up, support, sustain |
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(verb) propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" |
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Related Words: impel, propel |
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(verb) produce as a crop |
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Related Words: farm, grow, produce, raise |
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(verb) include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
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Synonyms: run |
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Related Words: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer, as of a dog; "fetch and carry" |
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Related Words: follow |
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(verb) transfer from one place to another: "transfer a number" (as in an addition) |
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Related Words: shift, transfer |
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(verb) capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" |
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Related Words: capture, conquer, seize, take over |
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(verb) have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" |
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Related Words: bear |
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(verb) take further or advance; "carry a cause" |
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Related Words: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote |
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(verb) maintain or support somebody who is weaker or less competent |
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Related Words: back up, support |
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(verb) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
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Related Words: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up |
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(verb) extend beyond reasonable limits; "carry too far" |
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Synonyms: execute |
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Related Words: carry out, complete, discharge, dispatch, effect, enforce, impose |
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(verb) win approval or support for; "Carry all before one" |
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Synonyms: persuade, sway |
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Related Words: act upon, influence |
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(verb) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" |
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Related Words: imply, involve |
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(verb) keep as a debtor in one's account: "He carried the enumployed customer for several months" |
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Related Words: hold, keep, maintain |
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(verb) have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
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Synonyms: pack, take |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
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Related Words: range |
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(verb) have as a feature; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee" |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January" |
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Synonyms: bear, expect, gestate |
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(verb) move, as in hockey or soccer; "Carry the ball" |
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Synonyms: dribble |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
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Synonyms: transport |
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Related Words: bear, bring, bucket, cart, chariot, convey, displace, fly, haul, lug, move, pack, pipe in, port, return, shoulder, take, tote, tug |
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(verb) support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
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Synonyms: bear, hold |
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Related Words: acquit, balance, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, piggyback, poise |
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(verb) have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
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Synonyms: stock, stockpile |
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Related Words: have, have got, hold |
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(verb) contain or hold; have within: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
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Synonyms: bear, contain, hold |
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Related Words: circle, confine, encircle, enclose, environ, hold in, house, include, retain, ring, round, surround |
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(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
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Synonyms: channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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Related Words: bring, bring in, convey, pipe in, retransmit, take |
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(verb) behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
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Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport |
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Related Words: act, assert, bear, carry, deal, fluster, hold, move, pose, put forward |
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