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carrying
We have found lemma(root) word of carrying : carry.
Definitions
[ˈkari], (Verb)
Definitions:
- support and move (someone or something) from one place to another
(e.g: medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher)
- support the weight of
(e.g: the bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads)
- (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a specified point
(e.g: his voice carried clearly across the room)
- assume or accept (responsibility or blame)
(e.g: they must carry management responsibility for the mess they have got the company into)
- have as a feature or consequence
(e.g: being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury)
- approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes
(e.g: the resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority)
- transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g. when a column of digit adds up to more than ten)
Phrases:
- carry a tune
- carry all before one
- carry conviction
- carry one's bat
- carry the can
- carry the day
- carry weight
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’
[ˈkari], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of carrying something from one place to another
(e.g: we did a carry of equipment from the camp)
- the range of a gun or similar weapon
- the maintenance of an investment position in a securities market, especially with regard to the costs or profits accruing
(e.g: if other short-term interest rates are higher than the current yield, the bond is said to involve a negative carry)
Phrases:
- carry a tune
- carry all before one
- carry conviction
- carry one's bat
- carry the can
- carry the day
- carry weight
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’
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