To carry
Example: She carries the bag up the stairs
Definition
"To carry" means to hold and support the weight of something while moving it from one place to another. For example, in the phrase 'She carries the bag up the stairs,' it describes the action of transporting the bag by hand or on the body.
Etymology
The verb "to carry" comes from the Old French word 'carier,' which means to transport in a vehicle or to load. This in turn derives from the Late Latin 'carriāre,' related to 'carrus,' meaning a wheeled vehicle. Did you know that "carry" originally had stronger associations with transporting goods by cart before it evolved to include manual carrying?
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"To carry" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - (A1) - set 1", containing 103 commonly used words.
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