INDEX:
1. to carry something or someone
2. carrying a lot of things
3. to regularly carry something in your pocket, bag etc
4. designed to be carried
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ TAKE
↑ HOLD
↑ LIFT
↑ PULL
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1. to carry something or someone
▷ carry /ˈkæri/ [transitive verb]
to take something from one place to another, by holding it in your hands, lifting it on your back etc :
▪ A porter helped me carry my bags.
carry something to/out of/around etc
▪ The women have to carry water from the well to the village.
▪ I’ve been carrying this tape-recorder around with me all day.
▷ bear /beəʳ/ [transitive verb] formal or written
to carry something, especially something important :
▪ A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.
▪ At the head of the procession a group of dark-suited men bore the coffin into the church.
▷ tote /təʊt/ [transitive verb] American informal
to carry something :
▪ My job was to tote their golf bags and wash their cars.
▪ a gun-toting cowboy
▷ lug also schlep American /lʌg, ʃlep/ [transitive verb] informal
to carry something heavy with difficulty :
▪ We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.
▪ I’ve got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.
▷ cart /kɑːʳt/ [transitive verb] informal
to carry something that is awkward or heavy :
cart something down/out etc
▪ Madge picked up the box and carted it out to the back yard.
▪ I’m not going to cart your shopping around all afternoon.
2. carrying a lot of things
▷ be loaded (down) with also be laden with /biː ˌləʊdə̇d (ˈdaʊn) wɪð, biː ˈleɪdn wɪð/ [verb phrase]
to be carrying a lot of things, so that you cannot carry any more :
▪ Cora was loaded down with two 70-pound suitcases.
▪ A van loaded with newspapers was parked in front of the store.
▪ She was carrying a tray laden with dishes.
be heavily loaded/laden with something
▪ The bus was heavily laden with passengers and baggage.
▷ be weighed down with/by /biː ˌweɪd ˈdaʊn wɪð, baɪ/ [verb phrase]
to be carrying or holding so many things that it is difficult to move or impossible to hold any more :
▪ The branches of the trees were weighed down with fruit.
▪ She struggled along the street, weighed down by bags.
▷ under the weight of /ˌʌndəʳ ðə ˈweɪt ɒv/ [preposition]
if someone or something falls or moves unsteadily under the weight of of something, they do this because they are carrying something that is too heavy for them to support :
▪ Paul staggered under the weight of two backpacks.
▷ overloaded /ˌəʊvəʳˈləʊdɪd◂, ˌəʊvəʳˈləʊdəd◂/ [adjective]
if a vehicle is overloaded, it is holding or carrying too many things, with the result that it can only move slowly and it may not be safe :
▪ The plane was dangerously overloaded.
▪ The car was so overloaded the bumpers were almost touching the ground.
3. to regularly carry something in your pocket, bag etc
▷ carry /ˈkæri/ [transitive verb]
carry money/a chequebook/a gun etc
to regularly carry something valuable or something that you need in your pocket or bag :
▪ The new mobile phones are slim enough to carry in your pocket.
▪ You should always carry at least a little cash with you in case of an emergency.
4. designed to be carried
▷ portable /pɔːʳtəb ə l/ [adjective usually before noun]
portable TV/typewriter/CD player
a television, computer etc that is specially designed so that you can carry it around with you :
▪ There’s a portable CD player in the kitchen.
▪ Greenaway still writes his novels on an old portable typewriter.