carry betydelse and definition

Betydelse av carry på svenska

• 0 to hold something or someone with your hands, arms, or on your back and transport it, him, or her from one place to another:

  • Would you like me to carry your bag for you?

  • She carried her tired child upstairs to bed.

  • These books are too heavy for me to carry.

  • We only had a small suitcase, so we were able to carry it onto the plane.

  • Robson injured his leg in the second half of the match and had to be carried off.

  • Thieves broke the shop window and carried off (= removed) jewellery worth thousands of pounds.

  • The bus that was involved in the accident was carrying children to school.

  • The Brooklyn Bridge carries traffic across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

  • Police think that the body was carried down the river (= was transported by the flow of the river).

  • Underground cables carry electricity to all parts of the city.

  • Rubbish left on the beach during the day is carried away (= removed) at night by the tide.

• 1 to have something with you all the time:

  • Police officers in Britain do not usually carry guns.

  • figurative He will carry the memory of the accident with him (= will remember the accident) for ever.

• 2 to have something as a part, quality, or result:

  • All cigarette packets carry a government health warning.

  • Our cars carry a twelve-month guarantee.

  • His speech carried so much conviction that I had to agree with him.

  • In some countries, murder carries the death penalty.

  • I'm afraid my opinion doesn't carry any weight with (= influence) my boss.

  • US The salesclerk said they didn't carry (= have a supply of) sportswear.

• 3 to take something from one person or thing and give it to another person or thing:

  • Malaria is a disease carried by mosquitoes.

• 4 to support the weight of something without moving or breaking:

  • The weight of the cathedral roof is carried by two rows of pillars.

• 5 to support, keep in operation, or make a success:

  • We can no longer afford to carry people who don't work as hard as they should.

  • Luckily they had a very strong actor in the main part and he managed to carry the whole play (= make a success of it through his own performance).

• 6 to win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people:

  • The bosses' plans to reorganize the company won't succeed unless they can carry the workforce with them.

• 7 to give approval, especially by voting:

  • The motion/proposal/resolution/bill was carried by 210 votes to 160.

• 8 (of a newspaper or radio or television broadcast) to contain particular information:

  • This morning's newspapers all carry the same story on their front page.

• 9 to be able to reach or travel a particular distance:

  • The sound of the explosion carried for miles.

  • The ball carried high into the air and landed the other side of the fence.

• 10 to develop or continue something:

  • Lenin carried Marx's ideas a stage further by putting them into practice.

  • If we carry this argument to its logical conclusion, we realize that further investment is not a good idea.

  • She carries tidiness to extremes/to its limits (= she is too tidy).

  • We must end here, but we can carry today's discussion forward at our next meeting.

  • He always carries his jokes too far (= he continues making jokes when he should have stopped).

• 11 to move your body in a particular way:

  • You can tell she's a dancer from the way that she carries herself.

• 12 to put a number into another column when doing addition

• 13 to be pregnant with a child:

  • It was quite a shock to learn that she was carrying twins.

  • I was enormous when I was carrying Josh.

• 14 in American football, to carry the ball forward across the field, gaining an advantage for your team:

  • Every running back wants to carry the ball.

  • Johnson carried 26 times for 202 yards.

• 15 the act of carrying a gun:

  • For daily carry by officers, weapons should be durable and easy to clean.

  • The yards gained on a carry are referred to as "rushing yards".

  • He currently holds the record for the most career carries.

  • She was tired and wanted a carry.

  • Shall I give you a carry?

• 16 relating to the carrying of a gun:

  • Basically, it's impossible to get a carry permit in New York.

  • Illinois one of only two states without a carry law.

• 17 to transport or take from one place to another:

  • The plane carried 116 passengers and a crew of seven.

  • Would you like me to carry your bag for you?

  • Underground cables carry electricity to all parts of the city.

• 18 to have something with you from one place to another:

  • I carry my wallet in my back pocket.

  • I don’t carry a lot of cash.

• 19 to take something from one person or thing and give it to another person or thing; to spread:

  • The mosquitoes will be studied to see if they carry the virus.

• 20 to have something as a part, quality, or result:

  • All our rental cars carry collision insurance.

  • I’m sorry, we don’t carry shoes (= we do not sell shoes).

  • His argument carries a lot of conviction (= is supported by strong belief).

• 21 to support the weight of something:

  • The weight of the roof is carried by steel beams.

• 22 to support, keep in operation, or make a success:

  • We cannot afford to carry people who don’t do their share of the work.

• 23 to win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people:

  • Gore is expected to carry (= get the most votes in) the midwestern states.

• 24 to win approval or support for something:

  • With 21 votes for, and 8 opposed, the motion is carried.

• 25 to include a particular item of news, information, etc. in something printed, broadcast, or sent over electric wires:

  • Newspapers and radio and TV stations throughout Missouri carried the story.

• 26 (esp. of sounds) to be able to reach or travel a particular distance:

  • The actors’ voices carried all the way to the back of the theater.

• 27 to put a number into another column when doing addition

• 28 to move and hold your body in a particular way:

  • You can tell she’s a dancer by the way she carries herself.

• 29 to transport or take something from one place to another:

  • The railroad carries tons of freight every day.

• 30 to offer something for sale:

  • Does this store carry camping equipment?

• 31 →  carried interest