Carry vs Pickup - What's the difference?
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(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."
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*: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.
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, title= To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
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To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
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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).
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(lb) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
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(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.
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(lb) To have or maintain (something).
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(lb) To be transmitted; to travel.
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*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.
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, title= (lb) To have on one's "person" (see examples).
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, title= To have propulsive power; to propel.
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To hold the head; said of a horse.
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(lb) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
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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.
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*(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.
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*: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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A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
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.
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
# In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
(US, Canada) A pickup truck.
(usually, attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games.
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line', '''pick-up joint''', ' pickup artist .
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
(US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain
The act of answering a telephone.
* 2006 , Georgina Spelvin, The Devil Made Me Do It , Little Red Hen Books (2008), ISBN 978-0-6151-9907-8,
(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs.
As nouns the difference between carry and pickup
is that carry is a manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried while pickup is a car with a loading space; pickup truck.As a verb carry
is (lb) to lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.carry
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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.}}
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Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
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, travelAntonyms
* (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 stickNoun
(carries)- Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don't tire too quickly.
Derived terms
* concealed carry * fireman's carry * full carry * negative carry * open carry * positive carryStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordspickup
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Noun
(en noun)- Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pick up .
- At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.
- Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup , I'm not interested.
- The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith
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- That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup .
