Definition of carried

"carried" in the verb sense

1. transport, carry

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"

2. carry, pack, take

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"

3. impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

"Sound carries well over water"

"The airwaves carry the sound"

"Many metals conduct heat"

4. carry, convey, express

serve as a means for expressing something

"The painting of Mary carries motherly love"

"His voice carried a lot of anger"

5. carry

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"

6. hold, carry, bear

support or hold in a certain manner

"She holds her head high"

"He carried himself upright"

7. hold, bear, carry, contain

contain or hold have within

"The jar carries wine"

"The canteen holds fresh water"

"This can contains water"

8. carry

extend to a certain degree

"carry too far"

"She carries her ideas to the extreme"

9. carry, extend

continue or extend

"The civil war carried into the neighboring province"

"The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"

10. carry

be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"

11. carry

win in an election

"The senator carried his home state"

12. carry

include, as on a list

"How many people are carried on the payroll?"

13. behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry

behave in a certain manner

"She carried herself well"

"he bore himself with dignity"

"They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

14. stock, carry, stockpile

have on hand

"Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

15. carry, run

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"

16. dribble, carry

propel

"Carry the ball"

"dribble the ball"

17. carry

pass on a communication

"The news was carried to every village in the province"

18. carry

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"

19. carry

be conveyed over a certain distance

"Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"

20. carry

keep up with financial support

"The Federal Government carried the province for many years"

21. carry

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"

22. carry

be equipped with (a mast or sail

"This boat can only carry a small sail"

23. carry, persuade, sway

win approval or support for

"Carry all before one"

"His speech did not sway the voters"

24. carry

compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

"I resent having to carry her all the time"

25. carry

take further or advance

"carry a cause"

26. carry

have on the surface or on the skin

"carry scars"

27. carry

capture after a fight

"The troops carried the town after a brief fight"

28. post, carry

transfer (entries) from one account book to another

29. carry

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"

30. carry

pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

"the dog was taught to fetch and carry"

31. carry

bear (a crop

"this land does not carry olives"

32. carry

propel or give impetus to

"The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"

33. carry, hold

drink alcohol without showing ill effects

"He can hold his liquor"

"he had drunk more than he could carry"

34. carry

be able to feed

"This land will carry ten cows to the acre"

35. carry

have a certain range

"This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"

36. carry

cover a certain distance or advance beyond

"The drive carried to the green"

37. carry

secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions

"The motion carried easily"

38. carry

be successful in

"She lost the game but carried the match"

39. carry

sing or play against other voices or parts

"He cannot carry a tune"

40. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

be pregnant with

"She is bearing his child"

"The are expecting another child in January"

"I am carrying his child"

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Quotations for carried

A full cup must be carried steadily. [ Proverb ]

Light burdens carried far grow heavy. [ French and Ger. Proverb ]

Praise the bridge that carried you over. [ Geo. Colman (the Younger) ]

He that is carried down the stream needs not row. [ Proverb ]

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb. [ Proverb ]

In the kingdom of a cheater the wallet is carried before. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction. [ Rufus Choate ]

He that is carried down the torrent catches at every thing. [ Proverb ]

He who has carried the calf will be able by and by to carry the ox. [ Proverb ]

Truth scarce ever yet carried it by vote anywhere at its first appearance. [ Locke ]

So, with decorum all things carried, Miss frowned, and blushed, and then was married. [ Goldsmith ]

Earnestness in life, even when carried to an extreme, is something very noble and great. [ W. V. Humboldt ]

Whose wit in the combat, gentle as bright, never carried a heart-stain away on its blade. [ Moore ]

No man is ever good for much who has not been carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and thirty. [ Froude ]

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme, - to be sublimely great, or to be nothing. [ Southern ]

We must avoid fastidiousness; neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue; but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind. [ Fenelon ]

Carried away by the irresistible influence which is always exercised over men's minds by a bold resolution in critical circumstances. [ Guizot ]

Two pots stood by a river, one of brass, the other of clay; the water carried them away; the earthen vessel kept aloof from the other. [ L'Estrange ]

Always driven toward new shores, or carried hence without hope of return, shall we never, on the ocean of age, cast anchor for even a day! [ Lamartine ]

In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token that they would never again be needed. [ T. W. Higginson ]

Imagination is a mettled horse that will break the rider's neck when a donkey would have carried him to the end of his journey, slow but sure. [ Southey ]

Fashionable dances as now carried on are revolting to every feeling of delicacy and propriety and are fraught with the greatest danger to millions. [ Horace Bushnell ]

Mr. Fearing had, I think, a slough of despond in his mind, a slough that he carried everywhere with him, or else he could never have been as he was. [ John Bunyan ]

Our favorites are few: since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey. [ Alcott ]

But the sublime, when it is introduced at a seasonable moment, has often carried all before it with the rapidity of lightning, and shown at a glance the mighty power of genius. [ Longinus ]

The light of genius is sometimes so resplendent as to make a man walk through life amid glory and acclamation; but it burns very dimly and low when carried into the valley of the shadow of death. [ Mountford ]

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented. [ Addison ]

If all fools had baubles* we should want fuel. (*The fool or jester carried in his hand a wooden sceptre called a bauble. It was a short stick ornamented at the end with the figure of a fool's head, or with that of a puppet or doll. Jesters were still retained in Herbert's day.) [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Metaphysicians have been learning their lessons for the last four thousand years, and it is high time that they should now begin to teach us something. Can any of the tribe inform us why all the operations of the mind are carried on with undiminished strength and activity in dreams, except the judgment, which alone is suspended and dormant? [ Colton ]

There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased, till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive. [ Spencer ]

carried in Scrabble®

The word carried is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters carried:

CARRIED
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carried in Words With Friends™

The word carried is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters carried:

CARRIED
(98 = 63 + 35)

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CARRIED
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CRIER
(30)
AIRED
(30)
DEAIR
(30)
ICED
(30)
CRIER
(30)
DIRER
(30)
CRIER
(30)
DREAR
(30)
RICER
(30)
RACER
(30)
CARDER
(30)
DRIER
(30)
ACED
(30)
CARDER
(30)
RICER
(30)
CARER
(30)
CARER
(30)
RICER
(30)
CARER
(30)
ACID
(30)
CEDI
(30)
RACER
(30)
RACER
(30)
RICER
(30)
RACER
(30)
CARDER
(28)
RAIDER
(28)
RAIDER
(28)
DICER
(27)
DEAR
(27)
CADRE
(27)
DICER
(27)
DIRE
(27)
CADRE
(27)
ARID
(27)
DICER
(27)
ARCED
(27)
CARED
(27)
CRIED
(27)
ARCED
(27)
CIDER
(27)
CIDER
(27)
ARCED
(27)
CRIED
(27)
CRIED
(27)

Words within the letters of carried

2 letter words in carried (5 words)

3 letter words in carried (16 words)

6 letter words in carried (3 words)

7 letter words in carried (1 word)

carried + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence carried

Words that start with carried (1 word)

Words with carried in them (1 word)

Words that end with carried (4 words)

Word Growth involving carried

Shorter words in carried

ar car

Longer words containing carried

miscarried

recarried

undercarried