carried
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
An inflected form of carry · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 526 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 37,259 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.018% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body also: transport You must carry your camping gearcarry the suitcases to the car
- have with oneself; have on one's person also: pack, take She always takes an umbrellaI always carry money
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission also: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, channel Sound carries well over waterThe airwaves carry the sound
- serve as a means for expressing something also: convey, express The painting of Mary carries motherly loveHis voice carried a lot of anger
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of His efforts carried the entire projectHow many credits is this student carrying?
- support or hold in a certain manner also: hold, bear She holds her head highHe carried himself upright
carried in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Her lips were set grimly together, and she carried a small suit-case.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Here was my fence and fortress, into which I carried all my riches, ammunition, and stores.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Terence O'Hara opened his eyes and delivered a dictum two hours after he was carried home.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The same programme of hanging, then shooting bullets into the lifeless bodies was carried out to the letter.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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It will sometimes happen to him to get invited--really invited--to an actual country house where genuine sport is carried on.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1