carry
/ˈkæɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.89 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- ""By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler.""
- "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed."
- "Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles."
- "to carry the war from Greece into Asia"
- "to carry an account to the ledger"
- "The builders are going to carry the chimney through the roof."
Etymology
From Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin. Compare also Middle English cairen (“to go, bring carry”), whence Modern English cair, with which it was confused.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæɹ.i/
- British English: /ˈkæɹ.i/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Archaic
- Intransitive verb
- Slang
- Obsolete
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- British usage