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carrying
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
| Synonyms: | backpack, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast electronically |
| Synonyms: | air, bear, communicate, conduct, convey, display, disseminate, give, offer, pass on, publish, relay, release, send, transfer, transport |
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of freight |
| Synonyms: | carrying, conveyance, conveying, delivering, freight, transit, transport, transportation |
| Main Entry: | conveyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | car, carriage, carrying, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transportation, vehicle |
| Antonyms: | hold, possession |
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engagement in activity application, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, hiring, job, line, mission, métier, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on, situation, taking on, thing*, trade, using, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pregnant |
| Synonyms: | carrying, expectant, in a family way, with child |
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
| Synonyms: | aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, bacon, bread, bread and butter, care, carrying, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, prolongation, provision, repairs, resources, retainment, salt, subsistence, supply, sustaining, sustainment, sustention, upkeep, wherewithal |
| Antonyms: | desertion, forsaking, ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | penetrating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stinging, harsh |
| Synonyms: | biting, carrying, clear-cut, crisp, cutting, edged, entering, forcing, going through, infiltrating, ingoing, intrusive, passing through, penetrant, permeating, pervasive, piercing, pointed, puncturing, pungent, sharp, shrill, strong, trenchant |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | transit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transportation |
| Synonyms: | alteration, carriage, carrying, conveyance, crossing, infiltration, motion, movement, osmosis, passage, penetration, permeation, portage, shift, shipment, transfer, transference, transport, transporting, travel, traverse |
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