This meaning is about holding or moving something with your body or hands. People carry bags, boxes, or children by taking them from one place to another.
I carry my bag to school every day.
She carries the baby in her arms.
This use means to own or have something with you, like money, keys, or tools. It means something is kept on or near your body or things you have ready.
He carries a wallet in his pocket.
She carries keys wherever she goes.
Here, carry means something can send or move sounds, meanings, or emotions from one place to another. For example, a phone can carry a call or a song can carry feelings.
The radio carries the news every hour.
Her voice carries strong emotion.
Carry means to have or hold something inside your body or self for a long time. This can be a trait like a gene or a sickness that can be given to others.
She carries the gene for blue eyes.
Some animals carry diseases that pass to humans.
This use means to hold or support something heavy so it does not fall. For example, a bridge carries cars or a chair carries a person’s weight.
The bridge carries cars over the river.
The chair can carry a lot of weight.
Carry means to keep doing something or keep an idea alive. It can mean to continue talking, working, or believing in something.
Please carry on with your story.
They carry the team’s hopes forward.
In sports, to carry means to keep control of a ball or object while moving. Players carry balls, pucks, or other objects during a game.
He carried the ball across the goal line.
They carry the puck well in hockey.
To carry means a shop or business offers or has goods for sale. It means items are kept in stock for customers.
The store carries many types of books.
We carry fresh vegetables every day.
In math or computers, carrying means moving a number from one column to the next during addition or calculation. It's a technical meaning used when numbers exceed a value.
You carry one when adding these numbers.
The computer carries digits to the next column.
