CARRIES: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CARRIES?

Need another word that means the same as “carries”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “carries” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Carries” are: channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit, post, pack, take, hold, express, extend, run, persuade, sway, stock, stockpile, acquit, bear, behave, comport, deport, contain, dribble, transport, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven

Carries as a Verb

Definitions of "Carries" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “carries” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer.
• Capture after a fight.
• Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication.
• Keep up with financial support.
• Take further or advance.
• Extend to a certain degree.
• Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.
• Be conveyed over a certain distance.
• Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.
• Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve.
• Drink alcohol without showing ill effects.
• Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of.
• Be equipped with (a mast or sail.
• Have on the surface or on the skin.
• Pass on a communication.
• Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions.
• Propel.
• Have with oneself; have on one's person.
• Propel.
• Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
• Propel or give impetus to.
• Be able to feed.
• Continue or extend.
• Win approval or support for.
• Behave in a certain manner.
• Contain or hold; have within.
• Be pregnant with.
• Have on hand.
• Be successful in.
• Have a certain range.
• Win in an election.
• Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
• Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
• Include as the content; broadcast or publicize.
• Have or possess something abstract.
• Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
• Bear (a crop.
• Cover a certain distance or advance beyond.
• Sing or play against other voices or parts.
• Serve as a means for expressing something.
• Support or hold in a certain manner.
• Include, as on a list.

Synonyms of "Carries" as a verb (27 Words)

acquit	Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. She was acquitted on all counts.
bear	Contain or hold; have within. It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny.
behave	Behave in a certain manner. Just behave Tom he said.
channel	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. She was channelling the spirit of Billie Holiday.
comport	Behave in a certain manner. Articulate students who comported themselves well in interviews.
conduct	Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. In the second trial he conducted his own defence.
contain	Contain or hold have within. 24 contains 6.
convey	Transfer to another. Mr Harvey and his daughter have asked me to convey their very kind regards.
deport	Conduct oneself in a specified manner. He has deported himself with great dignity.
dribble	Pour (a liquid) slowly in a thin stream. He dribbled cream into his coffee.
expect	Consider obligatory request and expect. Celia was expecting a visitor.
express	Give expression to. She expressed her anger.
extend	Continue or extend. Her generosity did not extend to all adults.
gestate	Develop over a long period. Rabbits gestate for approximately twenty eight days.
have a bun in the oven	Get something; come into possession of.
hold	Support or hold in a certain manner. She can hold an audience spellbound.
impart	Bestow a quality on. Shiitake mushrooms impart a wonderfully woody flavour to the salad.
pack	Load with a pack. You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice.
persuade	Cause (someone) to believe something, especially after a sustained effort; convince. It wasn t easy but I persuaded him to do the right thing.
post	Publicize with or as if with a poster. A curt notice had been posted on the door.
run	Run as a sport or for exercise. Run a new program on the Mac.
stock	Supply with livestock. I must stock up the fridge.
stockpile	Have on hand. He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled.
sway	Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. Wind rattled and swayed the trees.
take	Of a plant or seed take root or begin to grow germinate. An exclusive island hideaway that takes just twenty guests.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. The programme was transmitted on 7 October.
transport	Transport commercially. He was convicted of theft and transported.

Usage Examples of "Carries" as a verb

• These bonds carry warrants.
• He cannot carry a tune.
• He had drunk more than he could carry.
• This land will carry ten cows to the acre.
• Carry scars.
• This land does not carry olives.
• Carry too far.
• I always carry money.
• The airwaves carry the sound.
• I carry these thoughts in the back of my head.
• Do you carry kerosene heaters?
• I resent having to carry her all the time.
• Put down 5 and carry 2.
• The dog was taught to fetch and carry.
• This train is carrying nuclear waste.
• Carry the suitcases to the car.
• This boat can only carry a small sail.
• Carry a cause.
• These pipes carry waste water into the river.
• I am carrying his child.
• I carry a lot of life insurance.
• I will carry the secret to my grave.
• How many credits is this student carrying?
• We carry a very large mortgage.
• I carry her image in my mind's eye.
• You must carry your camping gear.

Associations of "Carries" (30 Words)

bag	The amount contained in a bag. The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries.
carriage	A railcar where passengers ride. The first class carriages.
comport	Behave in a certain manner. They do all that nature and art can do to comport with his will.
concomitant	Occurring with or following as a consequence. He sought promotion without the necessary concomitant of hard work.
contain	Be capable of holding or containing. Since F contains the factor Q it disappears from both sides of the equation.
convey	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Pipes were laid to convey water to the house.
conveyance	Document effecting a property transfer. Art s conveyance of meaning is complicated.
correlate	Either of two or more related or complementary variables. I cannot correlate these two pieces of information.
entail	A property bequeathed under an entail. Landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail.
entangle	Entrap. Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled.
ferry	Travel by ferry. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital.
ferryboat	A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
fetch	The action of fetching. The old print fetched a high price at the auction.
have	Have or possess either in a concrete or an abstract sense. If you think that place is great you have to try our summer house.
hold	Lessen the intensity of temper hold in restraint hold or keep within limits. He can hold his liquor.
implicate	A thing implied. He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.
include	Consider as part of something. I include you in the list of culprits.
included	Enclosed in the same envelope or package. Service tax included.
inclusion	Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases. They have been selected for inclusion in the scheme.
involve	Require as useful, just, or proper. My job involves a lot of travelling.
mail	A single delivery or collection of mail. The mail handles billions of items every day.
parcel	Make something into a parcel by wrapping it. The farmers argue that parcelling out commercial farmland in small plots will reduce productivity.
participate	Have or possess (a particular quality. Thousands participated in a nationwide strike.
pertain	Be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time. The shop premises and stock and all assets pertaining to the business.
send	Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words.
stockpile	Have on hand. He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled.
synchronous	Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase. Synchronous oscillations.
transfer	Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another. She transferred to the Physics Department.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. The programme was transmitted on 7 October.
transport	A mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read write heads of a tape playback recorder. The book transported her to new worlds.