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Examples of carrying
carrying
Briefcase-carrying stockbrokers now share sidewalk space with kids in strollers.
From the bostonherald.com
A charter flight carrying the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team landed around noon.
From the sacbee.com
Carrying the purse in his mouth, the dog took it home and scratched on the door.
From the dailynews.com
The embassy's statement did not discuss why the diplomat was carrying a firearm.
From the latimes.com
Scanners for ports tagged containers carrying kitty litter as potential hazards.
From the businessweek.com
There, the doctor realized she was carrying twins and would require a Caesarean.
From the businessweek.com
Out of the dozens of potential contestants, I was the one not carrying an atlas.
From the suntimes.com
Ten percent of respondents said they were carrying $20,000 or more in such debt.
From the washingtonpost.com
Is Michaele's premeditation in carrying out a plan to land a job that egregious?
From the newsweek.com
- The act of carrying something
- Transport: 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"
- 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"
- Impart: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
- Serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
- 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"
- In American football, a carry is a statistical term equivalent to a single rushing play. The term is typically used in reference to "yards per carry," meaning yards per attempt rushing the ball. Any offensive player who performs a carry is known as a ballcarrier, regardless of position.
- In elementary arithmetic a carry is a digit that is transferred from one column of digits to another column of more significant digits during a calculation algorithm. ...
- The carry of an asset is the return obtained from holding it (if positive), or the cost of holding it (if negative) (see also Cost of carry).
