verb / noun
carry
KAIR-ee/ˈkæri/
To support something as it is held or moved.
She carries the box through the doorway with both hands underneath.
Etymology
The ancestor carrier meant transporting something in a vehicle. English broadened that vehicle-based meaning to bearing or moving something from place to place, including by hand.
In context
then he's asked to carry the cross. And that cross the crossbeam, the patibulum, weighs around 125 lbs. And he can't carry it. He falls.
More examples
- The store carries the newspaper that carries her weekly column.
- Her speech carries the vote; she now carries responsibility for the project.
- A strong tailwind lengthens the carry of his drive.
- Carry the one into the next column when adding the numbers.
Forms
carry · carries · carried · carrying
carrier noun — A person or thing that transports something.