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Carry vs. Haul — What's the Difference?

Carry vs. Haul — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Carry and Haul

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Carry

To hold or support while moving; bear
Carried the baby in my arms.
Carrying a heavy backpack.

Haul

To pull or drag forcibly
They hauled the boat onto the beach. We hauled the wood into the shed.

Carry

To move or take from one place to another; transport
A train carrying freight.
A courier carrying messages.

Haul

To transport, as with a truck or cart
The contractor used a truck to haul away the dirt and debris.

Carry

Chiefly Southern US To escort or accompany.
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Haul

To cause (oneself) to move, especially slowly or laboriously
I hauled myself down to the lobby.

Carry

To serve as a means for the conveyance of; transmit
Pipes that carry waste water.
A bridge that carries traffic between the two cities.

Haul

To compel to go, especially for trial
Hauled their competitor into court.

Carry

To communicate; pass on
The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement.

Haul

(Nautical) To change the course of (a ship), especially in order to sail closer into the wind.

Carry

To express or contain
Harsh words that carried a threat of violence.

Haul

To pull or drag something forcibly.

Carry

To have (something) on the surface or skin; bear
Carries scars from acne.

Haul

To provide transportation; cart.

Carry

To hold or be capable of holding
The tank carries 16 gallons when full.

Haul

To shift direction
The wind hauled to the east.

Carry

To support (a weight or responsibility).

Haul

(Nautical) To change the course of a ship.

Carry

To support the weight or responsibility of
A beam that carries the floor.
A student who carries a heavy course load.

Haul

The act of pulling or dragging.

Carry

To keep or have on one's person
Stopped carrying credit cards.

Haul

The act of transporting or carting.

Carry

To be pregnant with (offspring).

Haul

A distance, especially the distance over which something is pulled or transported
A long haul across the country.

Carry

To hold and move (the body or a part of it) in a particular way
Carried her head proudly.

Haul

Something that is pulled or transported; a load.

Carry

To behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified manner.

Haul

Everything collected or acquired at a single time; the take
A big haul of fish.

Carry

To extend or continue in space, time, or degree
Carried the line to the edge of the page.
Carry a joke too far.

Haul

(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
To haul logs to a sawmill

Carry

To give impetus to; propel
The wind carried the ball over the fence.

Haul

(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.

Carry

To take further; advance
Carry a cause.

Haul

(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.

Carry

To take or seize, especially by force; capture.

Haul

To drag, to pull, to tug.

Carry

To be successful in; win
Lost the game but carried the match.

Haul

Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.

Carry

To gain victory, support, or acceptance for
The motion was carried in a close vote.

Haul

(intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Carry

To win a majority of the votes in
Roosevelt carried all but two states in the 1936 presidential election.

Haul

To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.

Carry

To gain the sympathy of; win over
The amateurs' enthusiasm carried the audience.

Haul

Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).

Carry

To include or keep on a list
Carried a dozen workers on the payroll.

Haul

To fast]].
“How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.”

Carry

To have as an attribute or accompaniment
An appliance carrying a full-year guarantee.

Haul

An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.

Carry

To involve as a condition, consequence, or effect
The crime carried a five-year sentence.

Haul

The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
Getting to his place was a real haul.
I find long-haul travel by airplane tiring.

Carry

(Physics) To possess (an intrinsic property, such as color charge) or convey (a force) that governs particle interactions.

Haul

An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
The robber’s haul was over thirty items.
The trawler landed a ten-ton haul.

Carry

To transfer from one place, as a column, page, or book, to another
Carry a number in addition.

Haul

(Internet) purchased]] items

Carry

To keep in stock; offer for sale
A store that carries a full line of electronic equipment.

Haul

(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.

Carry

To keep in one's accounts as a debtor
Carried the unemployed customer for 90 days.

Haul

Four goals scored by one player in a game.

Carry

To maintain or support (one that is weaker or less competent, for example).

Haul

To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Some dance, some haul the rope.
Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
Romp-loving missIs hauled about in gallantry robust.

Carry

To compensate for (a weaker member or partner) by one's performance.

Haul

To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.

Carry

To place before the public; print or broadcast
The morning papers carried the story. The press conference was carried by all networks.

Haul

To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Carry

To produce as a crop.

Haul

A pulling with force; a violent pull.

Carry

To provide forage for (livestock)
Land that carries sheep.

Haul

A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

Carry

To sing (a melody, for example) on key
Carry a tune.

Haul

That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.

Carry

(Nautical) To be equipped with (a mast or sail).

Haul

Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.

Carry

To cover (a distance) or advance beyond (a point or object) in one golf stroke.

Haul

A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Carry

To control and advance (a ball or puck).

Haul

The act of drawing or hauling something;
The haul up the hill went very slowly

Carry

(Basketball) To palm (the ball) in violation of the rules.

Haul

The quantity that was caught;
The catch was only 10 fish

Carry

To act as a bearer
Teach a dog to fetch and carry.

Haul

Draw slowly or heavily;
Haul stones
Haul nets

Carry

To be transmitted or conveyed
A voice that carries well.

Haul

Transport in a vehicle;
Haul stones from the quarry in a truck
Haul vegetables to the market

Carry

To admit of being transported
Unbalanced loads do not carry easily.

Carry

To hold the neck and head in a certain way. Used of a horse.

Carry

To be accepted or approved
The proposal carried by a wide margin.

Carry

The act or process of carrying.

Carry

A portage, as between two navigable bodies of water.

Carry

(Football) An act of running with the ball on an offensive play from scrimmage
A carry of six yards.

Carry

The range of a gun or projectile.

Carry

The distance traveled by a hurled or struck ball.

Carry

Reach; projection
"a voice that had far more carry to it than at any time in the term thus far" (Jimmy Breslin).

Carry

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

Carry

(transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
To carry the war from Greece into Asia
To carry an account to the ledger

Carry

(transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
The builders are going to carry the chimney through {{the roof.
}} They would have carried the road ten miles further, but ran out of materials.

Carry

To move; to convey using force

Carry

(transitive) To lead or guide.

Carry

(transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
The corner drugstore doesn't carry his favorite brand of aspirin.

Carry

(transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
I think I can carry Smith's work while she is out.

Carry

(transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
The court carries that motion.

Carry

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.
Five and nine are fourteen; carry the one to the tens place.

Carry

(transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
Always carry sufficient insurance to protect against a loss.

Carry

(intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
The sound of the bells carried for miles on the wind.

Carry

To insult, to diss.

Carry

To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

Carry

To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

Carry

(transitive) To have on one's person.
She always carries a purse;
Marsupials carry their young in a pouch

Carry

To be pregnant (with).
The doctor said she's carrying twins.

Carry

To have propulsive power; to propel.
A gun or mortar carries well.

Carry

To hold the head; said of a horse.
To carry well, i.e. to hold the head high, with arching neck

Carry

(hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

Carry

To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle

Carry

To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
The Tories carried the election.

Carry

(obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.

Carry

To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit

Carry

(reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

Carry

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
A merchant is carrying a large stock;
A farm carries {{a mortgage;
}} a broker carries stock for {{a customer;
}} to carry a life insurance.

Carry

(intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.

Carry

(gaming) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
He absolutely carried the game, to the point of killing the entire enemy team by himself.

Carry

(Southern US) to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
Will you carry me to town?

Carry

(North America) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
A holster can help you carry in confidence, knowing that your weapon is secure and close at hand.

Carry

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.

Carry

A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

Carry

(computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

Carry

(finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum.

Carry

(golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.

Carry

(finance) Carried interest.

Carry

The sky; cloud-drift.

Carry

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; - often with away or off.
When he dieth he shall carry nothing away.
Devout men carried Stephen to his burial.
Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles.

Carry

To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds.

Carry

To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.
He carried away all his cattle.
Passion and revenge will carry them too far.

Carry

To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

Carry

To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

Carry

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; as, to carry an election.
The carrying of our main point.

Carry

To get possession of by force; to capture.
The town would have been carried in the end.

Carry

To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
He thought it carried something of argument in it.
It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.

Carry

To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; - with the reflexive pronouns.
He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.

Carry

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.

Carry

To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

Carry

To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

Carry

To hold the head; - said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

Carry

To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

Carry

A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Carry

The act of carrying something

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

Carry

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

Carry

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;
Sound carries well over water
The airwaves carry the sound
Many metals conduct heat

Carry

Serve as a means for expressing something;
The painting of Mary carries motherly love
His voice carried a lot af anger

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

Carry

Support or hold in a certain manner;
She holds her head high
He carried himself upright

Carry

Contain or hold; have within;
The jar carries wine
The canteen holds fresh water
This can contains water

Carry

Extend to a certain degree;
Carry too far
She carries her ideas to the extreme

Carry

Continue or extend;
The civil war carried into the neighboring province
The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces

Carry

Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;
This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison

Carry

Win in an election;
The senator carried his home state

Carry

Include, as on a list;
How many people are carried on the payroll?

Carry

Behave in a certain manner;
She carried herself well
He bore himself with dignity
They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Carry

Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?

Carry

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

Carry

Propel,
Carry the ball
Dribble the ball

Carry

Pass on a communication;
The news was carried to every village in the province

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

Carry

Be conveyed over a certain distance;
Her voice carries very well in this big opera house

Carry

Keep up with financial support;
The Federal Government carried the province for many years

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

Carry

Win approval or support for;
Carry all before one
His speech did not sway the voters

Carry

Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance;
I resent having to carry her all the time

Carry

Take further or advance;
Carry a cause

Carry

Have on the surface or on the skin;
Carry scars

Carry

Capture after a fight;
The troops carried the town after a brief fight

Carry

Transfer (entries) from one account book to another

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

Carry

Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer;
The dog was taught to fetch and carry

Carry

Bear (a crop);
This land does not carry olives

Carry

Propel or give impetus to;
The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence

Carry

Drink alcohol without showing ill effects;
He can hold his liquor
He had drunk more than he could carry

Carry

Be able to feed;
This land will carry ten cows to the acre

Carry

Have a certain range;
This rifle carries for 3,000 feet

Carry

Cover a certain distance or advance beyond;
The drive carried to the green

Carry

Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions);
The motion carried easily

Carry

Be successful in;
She lost the game but carried the match

Carry

Sing or play against other voices or parts;
He cannot carry a tune

Carry

Be pregnant with;
She is bearing his child
The are expecting another child in January
I am carrying his child

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