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left | carry |

As nouns the difference between left and carry

is that left is air while carry is a manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

As a verb carry is

(lb) to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

left

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from (etyl) left, . More at (l), (l).

Adjective

  • The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
  • Turn left at the corner.
  • (politics) pertaining to the political left; liberal.
  • Synonyms
    * left-hand * sinister * sinistral
    Antonyms
    * right
    Derived terms
    * left-hand * left-handed * left wing * two left feet

    Adverb

    (-)
  • On the left side.
  • Towards the left side.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The left side or direction.
  • (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
  • The political left is not holding enough power.
  • (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
  • Synonyms
    * (left side or direction) , port * (politics)
    Derived terms
    * lefty * to the left

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) left, variant of . More at leave.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (leave).
  • * , chapter=8
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.}}
  • Remaining.
  • Etymology 3

    From a verbal use of . More at leave.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
  • We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.

    References

    * The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.

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    English

    Verb

    (ies)
  • (lb) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
  • *1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Ch.23:
  • *:"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
  • To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
  • :
  • To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
  • :
  • To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
  • *(Bible), (w) xxxi.18
  • *:He carried away all his cattle.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
  • (lb) To stock or supply (something).
  • :
  • (lb) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
  • :
  • (lb) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.
  • In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
  • :
  • (lb) To have or maintain (something).
  • :
  • (lb) To be transmitted; to travel.
  • :
  • *1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Ch.1:
  • *:It might seem easy to hit the head of a barrel at that distance, but either the lads were not expert enough or else the snowballs, being of irregular shapes and rather light, did not carry well. Whatever the cause, the fact remained that the barrel received only a few scattering shots and these on the outer edges of the head.
  • To insult, to diss.
  • To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
  • To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Fulham 0-5 Man Utd , passage=Nani collected the ball on the halfway line, drifted past Bryan Ruiz, and carried the ball unchallenged 50 yards down the left before picking out Welbeck for a crisp finish from seven yards.}}
  • (lb) To have on one's "person" (see examples).
  • :
  • *, chapter=10
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • To have propulsive power; to propel.
  • :
  • To hold the head; said of a horse.
  • :
  • (lb) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  • :(Johnson)
  • To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:The greater part carries it.
  • *(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • *:the carrying of our main point
  • (lb) To get possession of by force; to capture.
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:The town would have been carried in the end.
  • To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  • *(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
  • *:He thought it carried something of argument in it.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
  • (lb) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
  • * (1609-1674)
  • *:He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.
  • To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
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  • Synonyms

    * (lift and bring to somewhere else) bear, move, transport * (stock, supply ): have, keep, stock, supply * (adopt) adopt, take on, take over * (have, maintain ): have, maintain * (be transmitted, travel ): be transmitted, travel

    Antonyms

    * (in arithmetic) borrow (the equivalent reverse procedure in the inverse operation of subtraction)

    Derived terms

    * carrier * carry a torch for * carry a tune * carry away * carry back * carry coals to Newcastle * carrycot * carry forward * carriable * carrier * carry off * carry on * carry oneself * carry one's heart on one's sleeve * carry one's weight * carry out * carry over * carry someone's water * carry the ball * carry the bat * carry the can * carry the day * carry the mail * carry the message to Garcia * carry the torch * carry through * carry water for * cash-and-carry * headcarry * speak softly and carry a big stick

    Noun

    (carries)
  • A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
  • Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
  • A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
  • (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.
  • Derived terms

    * concealed carry * fireman's carry * full carry * negative carry * open carry * positive carry