Carried

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹ.id/

Definitions

1. To have moved or transferred an item or individual to a different location while providing physical support or possession through the process of transporting them
2. Moved something from one place to another by holding it in hands or on the body
3. Bore an object or person from one location to another through manual support

Etymology: "Carried" is simply the past tense and past participle of "carry", so its story is really the story of the verb. That verb comes from Middle English "carien", borrowed from Anglo-Norman "carier", the ancestor of modern French "charrier". Behind it lies Latin "carrus", a four-wheeled baggage wagon, and that word is thought to come from Gaulish, the Celtic language of ancient Gaul. So the original idea was closer to hauling goods by cart than to carrying something in one's hands. The verb's meaning stretched from that wagon outward. A cart carries loads, so the word came to mean transporting anything from one place to another, and eventually carrying a message or a tune in the mind. Along the way it also picked up a faint tangle with an unrelated Middle English verb, "cairen", meaning to go or bring, which is why the two were confused for a time.

Synonyms: transported, conveyed, bore, transmitted, delivered

Antonyms: dropped, released, let go, abandoned, discharged