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Synonyms for carry
ˈkær icar·ry
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Wiktionary
carryverb
Synonyms:
stock, maintain, travel, keep, supply, transmit, havecarryverb
carryverb
Antonyms:
borrowcarryverb
To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
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take on, maintain, stock, keep, travel, take over, transmit, adopt, have, supplycarryverb
To stock or supply (something).
The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.
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transmit, keep, travel, take on, take over, stock, maintain, have, supply, adoptcarryverb
To adopt (something); take (something) over.
I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.
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transmit, travel, maintain, take over, keep, stock, take on, have, supply, adoptcarryverb
To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.
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supply, maintain, take on, take over, travel, transmit, keep, adopt, have, stockcarryverb
In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.
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keep, take over, stock, maintain, adopt, travel, take on, have, transmit, supplycarryverb
To have or maintain (something).
Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.
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maintain, travel, have, take on, supply, adopt, take over, transmit, keep, stockcarryverb
To be transmitted; to travel.
The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.
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transmit, take over, supply, keep, travel, stock, maintain, adopt, take on, havecarryverb
to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding
Synonyms:
supply, take over, travel, take on, keep, transmit, maintain, have, adopt, stockcarryverb
To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
Synonyms:
take on, have, take over, stock, supply, transmit, keep, travel, adopt, maintain
English Synonyms and Antonyms
carry
A person may bear a load either when in motion or at rest; he carries it only when in motion. The stooping Atlas bears the world on his shoulders; swiftly moving Time carries the hour-glass and scythe; a person may be said either to bear or to carry a scar, since it is upon him whether in motion or at rest. If an object is to be moved from the place we occupy, we say carry; if to the place we occupy, we say bring. A messenger carries a letter to a correspondent, and brings an answer. Take is often used in this sense in place of carry; as, take that letter to the office. Carry often signifies to transport by personal strength, without reference to the direction; as, that is more than he can carry; yet, even so, it would not be admissible to say carry it to me, or carry it here; in such case we must say bring. To lift is simply to raise from the ground, tho but for an instant, with no reference to holding or moving; one may be able to lift what he could not carry. The figurative uses of carry are very numerous; as, to carry an election, carry the country, carry (in the sense of capture) a fort, carry an audience, carry a stock of goods, etc. Compare CONVEY; KEEP; SUPPORT.
Synonyms:
bear, bring, convey, lift, move, remove, sustain, take, transmit, transportAntonyms:
drop, fall under, give up, let go, shake off, throw down, throw offPreposition:
To carry coals to Newcastle; carry nothing from, or out of, this house; he carried these qualities into all he did; carry across the street, over the bridge, through the woods, around or round the corner; beyond the river; the cable was carried under the sea.
Princeton's WordNet
carryverb
the act of carrying something
transport, carryverb
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
"You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
Synonyms:
ravish, ship, transfer, delight, comport, dribble, pack, have a bun in the oven, impart, enthrall, behave, run, sway, take, post, expect, channelize, deport, extend, enthral, channelise, enrapture, channel, transport, stock, hold, enchant, acquit, convey, persuade, conduct, transmit, contain, express, gestate, send, stockpile, bearcarry, pack, takeverb
have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
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require, read, occupy, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, run, lead, ingest, pile, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, bundle, necessitate, consume, tamp, stock, drive, demand, persuade, consider, need, deport, load down, behave, pick out, claim, express, jam, channel, backpack, adopt, compact, remove, transmit, dribble, mob, lease, take on, transport, take up, bring, wad, strike, use up, select, take, train, make, comport, throng, acquit, impart, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, contract, post, call for, take in, expect, have a bun in the oven, submit, convey, take aim, shoot, aim, film, tamp down, direct, charter, extend, contain, sway, bear, subscribe, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, stockpile, hire, accept, guide, admit, engage, gestate, ask, conductimpart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channelverb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
"Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
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canalise, beam, transfer, express, comport, dribble, get, pack, bring, impart, behave, add, send, run, guide, lead, have a bun in the oven, take, communicate, post, expect, channelize, deport, fetch, extend, channelise, deal, pass on, channel, give, transport, stock, bestow, hold, gestate, direct, acquit, broadcast, convey, persuade, leave, conduct, transmit, contain, air, sway, contribute, carry on, stockpile, canalize, lend, bearcarry, convey, expressverb
serve as a means for expressing something
"The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
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verbalize, persuade, express, comport, dribble, get, pack, have a bun in the oven, impart, behave, show, verbalise, run, sway, evince, give tongue to, take, communicate, expect, deport, fetch, extend, state, utter, press out, channel, transport, stock, hold, bring, acquit, convey, post, conduct, transmit, contain, gestate, extract, stockpile, bearcarryverb
bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
"His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containhold, carry, bearverb
support or hold in a certain manner
"She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
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hold in, accept, run, declare, view as, book, assume, concur, have, maintain, hold, moderate, sustain, take over, retain, nurse, stock, defy, support, persuade, turn out, guard, deport, prevail, behave, adjudge, endure, withstand, express, tolerate, deliver, channel, accommodate, curb, control, transmit, stomach, harbour, dribble, birth, stockpile, transport, check, hold back, stick out, brook, give, take hold, go for, take, deem, make, comport, obtain, acquit, apply, impart, pack, bind, stand, have got, pay, entertain, post, expect, have a bun in the oven, convey, restrain, keep, give birth, concord, keep back, oblige, throw, arrest, wear, extend, contain, sway, suffer, bear, hold up, take for, harbor, abide, defend, put up, confine, agree, admit, reserve, digest, yield, gestate, halt, obligate, conducthold, bear, carry, containverb
contain or hold; have within
"The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
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run, hold in, incorporate, make, endure, view as, book, assume, concur, have, maintain, hold, moderate, sustain, take over, retain, stop, nurse, stock, defy, support, persuade, turn out, guard, deport, prevail, have a bun in the oven, comprise, declare, pay, behave, withstand, adjudge, tolerate, deliver, channel, accommodate, abide, control, transmit, stomach, harbour, dribble, birth, stockpile, reserve, check, hold back, stick out, brook, give, take hold, go for, take, express, suffer, apply, comport, obtain, acquit, impart, pack, bind, stand, have got, extend, entertain, post, expect, curb, convey, restrain, keep, give birth, concord, keep back, oblige, transport, throw, arrest, wear, conduct, deem, contain, sway, bear, hold up, take for, turn back, harbor, defend, put up, confine, accept, admit, digest, yield, gestate, halt, obligate, agreecarryverb
extend to a certain degree
"carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarry, extendverb
continue or extend
"The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
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persuade, express, comport, dribble, pack, have a bun in the oven, impart, behave, run, sway, lead, continue, take, expect, poke out, gallop, deport, extend, protract, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, widen, channel, transport, go, stock, hold, stretch, stretch forth, pass, hold out, reach out, acquit, unfold, exsert, convey, post, expand, conduct, transmit, contain, cover, gestate, prolong, strain, stockpile, broaden, bearcarryverb
be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
win in an election
"The senator carried his home state"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
include, as on a list
"How many people are carried on the payroll?"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containbehave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carryverb
behave in a certain manner
"She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
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exile, digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, act, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, behave, sway, assoil, extend, guide, lead, deliver, put up, take, stick out, channel, expect, deport, assume, pay, endure, take over, deal, dribble, run, extradite, do, transport, exculpate, stomach, birth, direct, hold, expatriate, transmit, clear, stock, have, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, discharge, stand, exonerate, gestate, contain, accept, carry on, stockpile, give birth, wear, bearstock, carry, stockpileverb
have on hand
"Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
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stock up, express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, deport, hold, acquit, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, behave, run, have a bun in the oven, sprout, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, buy in, stockpile, containcarry, runverb
include as the content; broadcast or publicize
"We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
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course, persuade, operate, express, comport, dribble, work, scat, pack, have a bun in the oven, run away, impart, turn tail, behave, range, run, sway, function, lead, lam, hunt, take, flow, melt down, expect, track down, break away, deport, head for the hills, extend, fly the coop, incline, bunk, take to the woods, draw, consort, execute, feed, channel, play, scarper, transport, go, hightail it, lean, stock, hold, die hard, race, pass, escape, run for, acquit, be given, hunt down, persist, convey, post, ladder, conduct, transmit, contain, bleed, black market, gestate, prevail, campaign, tend, move, stockpile, guide, melt, ply, unravel, endure, beardribble, carryverb
propel, "Carry the ball"
"dribble the ball"
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slaver, deport, express, comport, dribble, bear, drool, pack, have a bun in the oven, impart, behave, run, sway, drip, take, post, expect, slabber, extend, slobber, channel, transport, filter, stock, hold, acquit, convey, persuade, conduct, contain, drivel, gestate, stockpile, drop, trickle, transmitcarryverb
pass on a communication
"The news was carried to every village in the province"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
"This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
be conveyed over a certain distance
"Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
keep up with financial support
"The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
have or possess something abstract
"I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
be equipped with (a mast or sail)
"This boat can only carry a small sail"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarry, persuade, swayverb
win approval or support for
"Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
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rock, express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, swing, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, shake, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
"I resent having to carry her all the time"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
take further or advance
"carry a cause"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
have on the surface or on the skin
"carry scars"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
capture after a fight
"The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containpost, carryverb
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
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stake, persuade, express, comport, dribble, place, pack, have a bun in the oven, impart, mail, behave, run, station, put up, take, expect, deport, extend, brand, channel, transport, stock, hold, gestate, acquit, convey, post, conduct, transmit, contain, sway, send, stockpile, bearcarryverb
transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
"put down 5 and carry 2"
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express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
"the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
bear (a crop)
"this land does not carry olives"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
propel or give impetus to
"The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarry, holdverb
drink alcohol without showing ill effects
"He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"
Synonyms:
run, hold in, make, declare, view as, book, concur, have, maintain, hold, moderate, sustain, retain, nurse, stock, defy, support, persuade, transport, deport, prevail, behave, withstand, adjudge, channel, accommodate, control, transmit, harbour, dribble, check, reserve, arrest, hold back, have a bun in the oven, give, take hold, go for, take, deem, apply, comport, obtain, acquit, impart, pack, bind, have got, entertain, post, expect, curb, convey, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, throw, extend, contain, sway, bear, hold up, take for, harbor, defend, confine, stockpile, agree, admit, express, guard, gestate, halt, obligate, conductcarryverb
be able to feed
"This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
have a certain range
"This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
cover a certain distance or advance beyond
"The drive carried to the green"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
"The motion carried easily"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
be successful in
"She lost the game but carried the match"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containcarryverb
sing or play against other voices or parts
"He cannot carry a tune"
Synonyms:
express, channel, persuade, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, containhave a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb
be pregnant with
"She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
Synonyms:
digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, expect, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
carryverb
Synonyms:
convey, transport, bear, waft, portage, carry out, complete, effectuate, consummate, accomplish
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How to use carry in a sentence?
I posted the first one almost as a joke. I felt really bad about myself and looked bad and I felt if I could start to see the change it might help me to carry on, but, in fact, I was also so embarrassed about the images that it was something that made me determined to carry on.
You don't outlaw Open Carry anywhere and reasonably expect to get to your destination - Constitutional Carry.
Rebecca Birmingham Montgomery:
Open carry might be inevitable, but at least this is our small little PSA (public service announcement) saying ‘carry guitars not guns,'.
There was no remorse when I interviewed him, his only disappointment was that he didn’t kill more people. He felt accomplished in life by killing people… He felt it was important to carry the torch, to carry out this act of hatred… Deep down, he hoped to create a race war for others to carry the torch for him. He admired Charles Manson, whom I interviewed because he felt it was remarkable that Manson could get other people to carry out his dirty work to launch a race war.
Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission and in the end it shall carry you.
Translations for carry
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- يحملArabic
- néstCzech
- bæreDanish
- tragenGerman
- μεταφέρωGreek
- portiEsperanto
- llevarSpanish
- kantaaFinnish
- porterFrench
- iomparIrish
- ले जानाHindi
- viszHungarian
- membawaIndonesian
- trasportareItalian
- ಒಯ್ಯುತ್ತಾರೆKannada
- 나르다Korean
- portandumLatin
- dragenDutch
- bæreNorwegian
- nosićPolish
- transportarPortuguese
- transportaRomanian
- нестиRussian
- bäraSwedish
- சுமந்து செல்Tamil
- తీసుకుTelugu
- taşımakTurkish
- لے جاناUrdu
- mangVietnamese
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