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carry
English
Etymology
From Middle English carrien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæ.?i/ or (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?k?.?i/
- Rhymes: -æri
- Homophones: Carrie, Cary
Verb
carry (third-person singular simple present carries, present participle carrying, simple past and past participle carried)
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- 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.
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey using force
- Synonyms: impel, conduct
- to lead or guide.
- Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive, arithmetic) 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.
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- (transitive) To have on one's person.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- the carrying of our main point
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- 2014, Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris, If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of her Children
- Things of little value carry great importance.
- It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
- 2014, Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris, If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of her Children
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
- He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
- 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.
- (Southern US) to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- Will you carry me to town?
Synonyms
- (lift and bring to somewhere else): bear, move, transport
- (stock, supply): have, keep, stock, supply
- (adopt): adopt, take on, take over
- (have, maintain): have, maintain
- (be transmitted, travel): be transmitted, travel
Antonyms
- (in arithmetic): borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
carry (plural carries)
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- 1862, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 10, page 533)
- Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry below the dam at the lake's outlet.
- 1862, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 10, page 533)
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (Britain, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Crary
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convoy
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.v??/
Noun
convoy (plural convoys)
- (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
- The act of convoying; protection.
Related terms
- convey
Translations
Verb
convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)
- (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
The total freight of hope and joy.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
Translations
Further reading
- convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?komboi/, [?kõm.boi?]
- Rhymes: -oi
Noun
convoy m (plural convoyes)
- convoy
References
- “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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