Tra từ carry - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

carry [carry carries carried carrying] BrE [ˈkæri] NAmE [ˈkæri] verb (car·ries, carry·ing, car·ried, car·ried)

TAKE WITH YOU
1. transitive ~ sb/sth to support the weight of sb/sth and take them or it from place to place; to take sb/sth from one place to another
• He was carrying a suitcase.
• She carried her baby in her arms.
•The injured were carried away on stretchers.
•a train carrying commuters to work
2. transitive ~ sth to have sth with you and take it wherever you go
• Police in many countries carry guns.
• I never carry much money on me.

OF PIPES/WIRES
3. transitive ~ sth to contain and direct the flow of water, electricity, etc
•a pipeline carrying oil
• The veins carry blood to the heart.

DISEASE
4. transitive ~ sth if a person, an insect, etc. carries a disease, they are infected with it and might spread it to others although they might not become sick themselves
• Ticks can carry a nasty disease which affects humans.

REMEMBER
5. transitive ~ sth in your head/mind to be able to remember sth

SUPPORT WEIGHT
6. transitive ~ sth to support the weight of sth
•A road bridge has to carry a lot of traffic.

RESPONSIBILITY
7. transitive ~ sth to accept responsibility for sth; to suffer the results of sth
•He is carrying the department (= it is only working because of his efforts).
•Their group was targeted to carry the burden of job losses.

HAVE AS QUALITY/FEATURE
8. transitive ~ sth to have sth as a quality or feature
•Her speech carried the ring of authority.
•My views don't carry much weight with (= have much influence on) the boss.
•Each bike carries a ten-year guarantee.
9. transitive ~ sth to have sth as a result
•Crimes of violence carry heavy penalties.
•Being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury.

OF THROW/KICK
10. intransitive + noun + adv./prep. if sth that is thrown, kicked, etc. carries a particular distance, it travels that distance before stopping
•The fullback's kick carried 50 metres into the crowd.

OF SOUND
11. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) if a sound carries, it can be heard a long distance away

TAKE TO PLACE/POSITION
12. transitive ~ sth/sb to/into sth to take sth/sb to a particular point or in a particular direction
•The war was carried into enemy territory.
•Her abilities carried her to the top of her profession.

APPROVAL/SUPPORT
13. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to approve of sth by more people voting for it than against it
•The resolution was carried by 340 votes to 210.
14. transitive to win the support or sympathy of sb; to persuade people to accept your argument
•~ sb His moving speech was enough to carry the audience.
•~ sth She nodded in agreement, and he saw he had carried his point.

HAVE LABEL
15. transitive ~ sth to have a particular label or piece of information attached
•Cigarettes carry a health warning.

NEWS STORY
16. transitive ~ sth if a newspaper or broadcast carries a particular story, it publishes or broadcasts it

ITEM IN STORE
17. transitive ~ sth if a shop/store carries a particular item, it has it for sale
•We carry a range of educational software.

BABY
18. transitive be carrying sbto be pregnant with sb
•She was carrying twins.

YOURSELF
19. transitive ~ yourself + adv./prep. to hold or move your head or body in a particular way
•to carry yourself well

ADDING NUMBERS
20. transitive ~ sth to add a number to the next column on the left when adding up numbers, for example when the numbers add up to more than ten
more at carry/win the day at ↑day, carry/take sth too, etc. far at ↑far _adv., as fast as your legs can carry you at ↑fast _adv., fetch and carry at ↑fetch
Idioms: carried away ▪ ↑carry a torch for somebody ▪ ↑carry all before you ▪ ↑carry the ball ▪ ↑carry the can
Derived: ↑carry on ▪ ↑carry over ▪ ↑carry somebody back ▪ ↑carry somebody through ▪ ↑carry somebody through something ▪ ↑carry something forward ▪ ↑carry something off ▪ ↑carry something on ▪ ↑carry something out ▪ ↑carry something over ▪ ↑carry something through ▪ ↑carry through
See also: ↑carry something over
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.

Thesaurus:
carry verb
1. T
•I'll carry your bags.
informal lug • • cart • |especially AmE, informal tote • |old-fashioned formal bear •
carry/lug/cart/tote/bear sth to/from/up/along sth
carry/lug/cart/tote sth around
carry/bear sth on your back
2. T
•a train carrying hundreds of commuters
transport • • take • • bring • • ferry • • deliver •
carry/transport/take/bring/ferry/deliver sb/sth to/from sb/sth
carry/transport/take/bring/ferry sb/sth back/home
carry/transport/take/bring/ferry/deliver sb/sth by car/rail/truck, etc.
Carry or transport? Carry is used especially to talk about people, transport to talk about goods.

Example Bank:
•I always carry my diary with me.
•I don't like carrying a lot of money around.
•She expected him to do all the fetching and carrying.
•the training necessary to enable them to carry out their duties
•A train carrying hundreds of commuters was derailed this morning.
•Blood vessels carry blood to every part of the body.
•He carried her on his back for over five miles.
•He carries around an ancient old blanket.
•He is carrying the whole department.
•He was carrying a battered suitcase.
•How are we going to get this home? It's too heavy to carry.
•Several of the ships carrying troops to the area were torpedoed.
•She carried a tiny baby in her arms.
•Some of the protesters were carrying placards.
•The boat can carry up to five people.
•The heated air is carried by flues to the walls.
•The little girl was exhausted and wanted to be carried.
•The pipelines carry oil across Siberia.
•The truck was carrying illegal drugs worth up to $2 million.
•We do carry green tea, but we don't have any (in stock) right now.
•Women here have to carry water two miles from the nearest well.