S: (v) transport, carry (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body) "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"
S: (v) carry, pack, take (have with oneself; have on one's person) "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
S: (v) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission) "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
S: (v) carry, convey, express (serve as a means for expressing something) "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger"
S: (v) carry (bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of) "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
S: (v) hold, carry, bear (support or hold in a certain manner) "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
S: (v) hold, bear, carry, contain (contain or hold; have within) "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
S: (v) carry (extend to a certain degree) "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
S: (v) carry, extend (continue or extend) "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
S: (v) carry (be necessarily associated with or result in or involve) "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
S: (v) carry (win in an election) "The senator carried his home state"
S: (v) carry (include, as on a list) "How many people are carried on the payroll?"
S: (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
S: (v) fluster (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)
S: (v) assert, put forward (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized) "Women should assert themselves more!"
S: (v) deal (behave in a certain way towards others) "He deals fairly with his employees"
S: (v) walk around (behave in a certain manner or have certain properties) "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend"
S: (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
S: (v) hold, carry, bear (support or hold in a certain manner) "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
S: (v) pose, posture (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others) "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
S: (v) hold, carry, bear (support or hold in a certain manner) "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
S: (v) sling (hold or carry in a sling) "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"
S: (v) stoop (carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward) "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"
S: (v) piggyback (support on the back and shoulders) "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show"
S: (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
S: (v) satisfice, satisfise (decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal) "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice"
S: (v) maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre (act in order to achieve a certain goal) "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"
S: (v) dispatch (dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently) "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
S: (v) evade (practice evasion) "This man always hesitates and evades"
S: (v) race (to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others) "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
S: (v) use (habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense)) "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"; "she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"
S: (v) play it by ear (decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation) "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear"
S: (v) play (act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome) "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal"
S: (v) deal (take action with respect to (someone or something)) "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
S: (v) partner (act as a partner) "Astaire partnered Rogers"
S: (v) exert (make a great effort at a mental or physical task) "exert oneself"
S: (v) egotrip (act in a way that attracts attention) "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him"
S: (v) reciprocate (act, feel, or give mutually or in return) "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
S: (v) go, proceed, move (follow a procedure or take a course) "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
S: (v) come close (nearly do something) "She came close to quitting her job"
S: (v) perform (perform a function) "Who will perform the wedding?"
S: (v) make bold, dare, presume (take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission) "How dare you call my lawyer?"
S: (v) prosecute, engage, pursue (carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in) "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
S: (v) act on (regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice) "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
S: (v) interact (act together or towards others or with others) "He should interact more with his colleagues"
S: (v) react, oppose (act against or in opposition to) "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
S: (v) volunteer, offer (agree freely) "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
S: (v) get around to (do something despite obstacles such as lack of time) "He finally got around to painting the windows"
S: (v) dally, toy, play, flirt (behave carelessly or indifferently) "Play about with a young girl's affection"
S: (v) set about, go about, approach (begin to deal with) "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
S: (v) condescend, stoop, lower oneself (debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way) "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
S: (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
S: (v) behave, comport (behave well or properly) "The children must learn to behave"
S: (v) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay (make an effort or attempt) "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
S: (v) perpetrate, commit, pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation) "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
S: (v) rampage (act violently, recklessly, or destructively)
S: (v) cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available) "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
S: (v) guard (take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence) "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"
S: (v) begin, start (begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object) "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
S: (v) go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock (act prematurely or without reflection or too soon) "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked"
S: (v) wait, hold off, hold back (wait before acting) "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
S: (v) continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep (continue a certain state, condition, or activity) "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
S: (v) do well, had best (act in one's own or everybody's best interest) "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!"
S: (v) continue (continue after an interruption) "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
S: (v) continue, persist in (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop) "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
S: (v) carry, run (include as the content; broadcast or publicize) "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference"
S: (v) dribble, carry (propel) "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
S: (v) carry (pass on a communication) "The news was carried to every village in the province"
S: (v) carry (have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence) "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
S: (v) carry (be conveyed over a certain distance) "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
S: (v) carry (keep up with financial support) "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
S: (v) carry (have or possess something abstract) "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
S: (v) carry (be equipped with (a mast or sail)) "This boat can only carry a small sail"
S: (v) carry, persuade, sway (win approval or support for) "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
S: (v) carry (compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance) "I resent having to carry her all the time"
S: (v) carry (take further or advance) "carry a cause"
S: (v) carry (have on the surface or on the skin) "carry scars"
S: (v) carry (capture after a fight) "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
S: (v) post, carry (transfer (entries) from one account book to another)
S: (v) carry (transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication) "put down 5 and carry 2"
S: (v) carry (pursue a line of scent or be a bearer) "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
S: (v) carry (bear (a crop)) "this land does not carry olives"
S: (v) grow, raise, farm, produce (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques) "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
S: (v) carry (bear (a crop)) "this land does not carry olives"
S: (v) overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)
S: (v) keep (raise) "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees"