carrying
Holding while moving
Carrying is the present participle of carry—moving something while supporting its weight.
You can be carrying groceries, carrying a child, or carrying a weapon.
Extended uses include bearing responsibility carrying the team, maintaining something carrying insurance, or being pregnant She's carrying twins.
In sports, carrying often means advancing the ball: He's averaging four yards per carry.
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- strainExcessive stretching force
- heavinessState of being weighty
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
hauling · lugging · schlepping · shouldering · bearing · dragging · hefting · toil
Awaiting a predicted outcome
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- pregnantGestating offspring internally
- gravidPregnant, especially biologically
- with childPregnant, old-fashioned term
maternity · prenatal · term · trimester · baby bump · motherhood · childbearing
Transmitting meaning or information
- ferryingConveying across water
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
porterage · courier · messenger · freighting · moving · transferring · cart · wagon
Maintaining physical possession
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- proppingSupporting with aid
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- cradlingHolding tenderly, protectively
balancing · hoisting · lifting · suspending · sling · harness · strap · holster
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- worryTroubled mental state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- pressureForce upon contact
guilt · grief · shame · trauma · secret · torch · weight · anxiety
Kept out of sight
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
- secretingEmitting from glands
holstered · tucked · pocketing · harboring · covert · undercover · contraband · bootlegging
Extending over space
- transmittingSending out signals
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- vectorQuantity with direction
contagion · host · communicable · airborne · disease · pathogen · asymptomatic
Keeping in condition
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- perpetuatingCausing to persist indefinitely
- upholdingContinuing to support
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
keeping · forwarding · extending · advancing · proceeding · persisting · following through
weight
Measure of heaviness
encumbrance · hauling · lugging · schlepping · shouldering · bearing · dragging · hefting · toil · exertion
expecting
Awaiting a predicted outcome
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- pregnantGestating offspring internally
- gravidPregnant, especially biologically
with child · maternity · prenatal · term · trimester · baby bump · motherhood · childbearing
conveying
Transmitting meaning or information
- ferryingConveying across water
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
- haulingTransporting heavy items
shipping · porterage · courier · messenger · freighting · moving · transferring · cart · wagon · pack animal
holding
Maintaining physical possession
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- proppingSupporting with aid
- sustainingMaintaining over time
cradling · balancing · hoisting · lifting · suspending · sling · harness · strap · holster · tote
responsibility
State of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- worryTroubled mental state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
pressure · guilt · grief · shame · trauma · secret · torch · weight · anxiety · care
hidden
Kept out of sight
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
secreting · holstered · tucked · pocketing · harboring · covert · undercover · contraband · bootlegging · mule
spreading
Extending over space
- transmittingSending out signals
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
vector · contagion · host · communicable · airborne · disease · pathogen · asymptomatic
maintaining
Keeping in condition
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- perpetuatingCausing to persist indefinitely
- upholdingContinuing to support
preserving · keeping · forwarding · extending · advancing · proceeding · persisting · following through
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- manual laborfarming, lifting, shoveling, loading, unloading
- animal parentingnursing, weaning, feeding, bonding, teaching
- carryingtote, bearing, haul, toting, lug
- feats of strengthlifting, crushing, grip strength, breaking chains, smashing
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
carryingdropping
Letting something fall
setting down · putting down · releasing · letting go · depositing
carryingdropping
Letting something fall
unburdening · relieving · shedding · offloading · dumping
carryingblocking
Impeding forward progress
censoring · filtering · stopping · suppressing · intercepting
- carrying onMaintaining activity despite obstacles
- carrying outExecuting a task
- carrying overMoving something forward
- carrying a torchHarboring unreturned romantic feelings
- carrying the torchMaintaining a cause
- carrying to term