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carry

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Zeitform Person Wortform
simple present I, you, they carry
he, she, it carries
simple past   carried
present participle   carrying
past participle   carried

Worttrennung:

car·ry, Partizip Perfekt: car·ried, Partizip Präsens: car·ry·ing

Aussprache:

IPA: [ˈkæɹi], [ˈkɛɹi]
Hörbeispiele: Lautsprecherbild carry (Info) Lautsprecherbild US-amerikanisch (Info)
Reime: -æɹi, -ɛɹi

Bedeutungen:

[1] tragen
[2] mit (jemandem) schwanger sein
[3] Geschäft: führen (im Sortiment haben)

Beispiele:

[1] "Each carried a gun under his arm, and a well-bred Irish water-spaniel followed close upon their heels."[1]
[2] When I was carrying you, it was like you were in me but not of me. But you were my first and I thought maybe that's how it is. But with Aharon and Miryam, it was so different. When they were inside me, I talked and sang to them. - Julius Lester, Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (2009), Seite 59
[3] I'm sorry, we don't carry XYZ brand tissues.

Redewendungen:

carry on
weitermachen
to (be able) to carry a tune
gut singen können
to carry the vote
die Wahl gewinnen
to carry (no) weight
(keine) Bedeutung haben

Sprichwörter:

carry coals to Newcastle
Eulen nach Athen tragen

Charakteristische Wortkombinationen:

to carry a gun - eine Waffe tragen, bewaffnet sein
to carry somebody home - jemanden nach Hause bringen

Übersetzungen

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[1, 3] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „carry
[1–3] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „carry
[] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „carry
[1–3] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „carry

Quellen:

  1. CAPTAIN CHARLES GILSON: ACROSS THE CAMEROONS - A Story of War and Adventure. BLACKIE & SON LIMITED, LONDON AND GLASGOW 1916