carry

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To hold something and move it from one place to another.

   You must carry your camping gear up the hill.

2. 2
   verb

   To have goods available for sale in a shop.

   Do you carry kerosene heaters?

3. 3
   verb

   To have something on its surface.

   The boat's hull carried many scratches.

4. 4
   verb

   To move a number to the next column in addition or multiplication.

   Put down five and carry two.

Multiword verbs with carry

• carry off Phrasal verb A1

  to transport someone or something away from a place

• carry over Phrasal verb A1

  to transfer something from one period, stage, or activity into the next

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Simplified etymology

Carry, recorded from the late Middle English period, ultimately derives from Latin carro or carricare, meaning “to load.” The same Latin source also lies behind carriage, charge, chariot, and, through Spanish, cargo.

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.

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