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# carry

verb (carry, carries, carried, carrying)

«carry» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To carry is to hold something and take it with you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#m1)
2. To carry is to be able to hold or take a load: «The bus carries 40 people». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#m2)
3. In adding, to carry is to move a ten to the next place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#m3)
4. To carry on is to keep going. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#m4)

### In the lessons

how much something can hold or take; also carrying in addition; in science, blood carries oxygen; phrases «carry on», «carry out» (do), «carry over», «get carried away» (too excited)

### Examples

- Each truck can carry 2 tons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x1)
- She carries 4 bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x2)
- How many trips to carry 30 boxes, 5 at a time? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x3)
- In 28 + 15 you carry 1 ten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x4)
- Can you help me carry the shopping? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x5)
- Carry on reading quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x6)
- The wind carried the kite away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x7)
- Blood carries oxygen around your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x8)
- We carried out the experiment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x9)
- Don't get carried away with the glitter! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/#x10)

### Note

A limit per trip: total ÷ per trip, rounded up. Trap: a last trip with fewer is still a trip. Spelling: carry → carries, carried (y to i). Safety: lift heavy things with bent knees.

## In Jewish tradition

It often means to take away or lead off, as in "carry away captive", or to bear a load. It can also mean to bring someone up from a place, to take something out, or to sweep someone along, as a heart that carries a person away. In the primary lessons: how much something can hold or take; also carrying in addition; in science, blood carries oxygen; phrases «carry on», «carry out» (do), «carry over», «get carried away» (too excited)

### Examples

- Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x1)
- And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. (Torah EXO.33.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x2)
- Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it. (Torah DEU.28.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x3)
- Why doth thy heart carry thee away? (Writings JOB.15.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x4)
- And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.' (Prophets 1KI.21.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x5)
- Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. (Prophets EZK.12.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/#x6)

### Note

A limit per trip: total ÷ per trip, rounded up. Trap: a last trip with fewer is still a trip. Spelling: carry → carries, carried (y to i). Safety: lift heavy things with bent knees.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carry.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «carry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/carry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carry» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/carry.html) on Mova free.