carry

The word “carry” means to hold something and move it from one place to another. In plain terms, to transport, hold, support, or be responsible for something.

“Carry” is pronounced KA-ree (/ˈkæɹi/ in IPA).

Here is “carry” used in a sentence: “The officer is trained and licensed to carry a firearm.”

Words with a similar meaning to “carry” include bear, move, transport, tote, cart and convey.

The opposite of “carry” — its antonyms — is borrow.

Depending on how it is used, “carry” can be a verb and a noun.

The word “carry” comes from Latin. From Anglo-Norman carier, from Latin carrus ("wagon") — the same root as "car" and "cargo.".

“Carry” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

To hold something is to keep it in your grasp while staying put. To carry adds movement — you hold the object and move it from one place to another. You might hold a bag while waiting, then carry it to the car. Carrying is essentially holding something while on the move.

Carry describes the physical act of bearing something as you move. Bring and take add direction: bring means to convey something toward the speaker, take means to convey it away. You carry a box, describing how you move it, and bring it here or take it there, describing which way it goes.

Beyond physically moving something, carry has many uses: a shop carries a product when it stocks it, a voice carries when it travels far, an argument carries weight when it has influence, and a person can carry a tune. Each sense extends the core idea of bearing something from one point to another.

You might say, 'Could you carry these bags upstairs?' or 'She carried her little brother across the stream.' In each case someone holds an object or person and moves it to a new place — which is the essential meaning of the word.