Kilo Lingo

carry

/ˈkæri/

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Translation

To hold something and move it from one place to another.

Word origin

From Old French carier, meaning to move in a cart, from Latin carrus, a cart.

Origin
Old French
Root
carier

Grammar

Verb typeregular (carry, carries, carried)

Examples

bag .

"Carry" means to hold something and move it to another place.

arms.

"Carries" is the form used with he, she, or it.

box stairs.

"Carried" is the past form of "carry".

To carry is to hold something and move it from one place to another. The past form is "carried".

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This word is part of lesson 7.