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carry
English
Etymology
From Middle English carrien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæ.?i/ or (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?k?.?i/
- Rhymes: -æri
- Homophones: Carrie, Cary
Verb
carry (third-person singular simple present carries, present participle carrying, simple past and past participle carried)
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey using force
- Synonyms: impel, conduct
- to lead or guide.
- Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive, arithmetic) 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.
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- (transitive) To have on one's person.
- To be pregnant (with).
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- the carrying of our main point
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- 2014, Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris, If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of her Children
- Things of little value carry great importance.
- It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
- 2014, Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris, If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of her Children
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
- He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
- 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.
- (Southern US) to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- Will you carry me to town?
Synonyms
- (lift and bring to somewhere else): bear, move, transport
- (stock, supply): have, keep, stock, supply
- (adopt): adopt, take on, take over
- (have, maintain): have, maintain
- (be transmitted, travel): be transmitted, travel
Antonyms
- (in arithmetic): borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
carry (plural carries)
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- 1862, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 10, page 533)
- Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry below the dam at the lake's outlet.
- 1862, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 10, page 533)
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (Britain, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Crary
carry From the web:
- what carry blood away from the heart
- what carry blood to the heart
- what carrying capacity
- what carryout is open near me
- what carry oxygenated blood
- what carry out photosynthesis
- what carry deoxygenated blood to the heart
- what carry out means
produce
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?d?c? (“to lead forth”), from pr?- (“forth, forward”) + d?c? (“to lead, bring”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?dyo?os?, IPA(key): /p???dju?s/, /p???d??u?s/
- (General American) enPR: pr?do?os?, IPA(key): /p???dus/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Hyphenation: pro?duce
- Noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?d'yo?os, IPA(key): /?p??dju?s/, /?p??d??u?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?.dus/, /?p??.dus/
- Hyphenation: prod?uce
Verb
produce (third-person singular simple present produces, present participle producing, simple past and past participle produced)
- (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- to produce a man's life to threescore
- 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
Derived terms
- reproduce
Related terms
Synonyms
- (To yield, make or manufacture; to generate): bring forth, come up with
Antonyms
- (to make or manufacture): destroy, ruin
Translations
Noun
produce (uncountable)
- That which is produced.
- Synonyms: output, proceeds, product, yield
- Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
- Offspring.
- 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
- With regard to the mare that has proved herself of the first class during her racing career, let us contrast the probable success of her produce […]
- 1865, The Turf and the Racehorse
- (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
Usage notes
Frequently used in the collocation produce aisle, since c. 1960, specifically in the sense “fruits and vegetables”.
Hypernyms
- (items produced): output, products
Translations
References
Further reading
- produce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- produce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- produce at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- crouped
Interlingua
Verb
produce
- present of producer
- imperative of producer
Italian
Verb
produce
- third-person singular indicative present of produrre
Latin
Verb
pr?d?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of pr?d?c?
Noun
pr?duce
- ablative singular of pr?dux
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?d?cere, present active infinitive of pr?d?c?, French produire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pro?du.t?e]
Verb
a produce (third-person singular present produce, past participle produs) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) to produce
Conjugation
Derived terms
- produc?tor
- producere
- produs
Related terms
- produc?ie
Spanish
Verb
produce
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of producir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of producir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of producir.
produce From the web:
- what produces bile
- what produces insulin
- what produces ribosomes
- what produces atp
- what produces the most atp
- what produces antibodies
- what produces gametes
- what produces testosterone
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