carrying - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkaɹɪj.ɪŋ/
- (General American)
- (without the Mary_–_marry_–_merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/
- (Mary_–_marry_–_merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹi.ɪŋ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾe.ɪŋ/
- (Northern England, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈkaɹi.ɪŋɡ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹi.əŋ/
- Hyphenation: car‧ry‧ing
carrying
- present participle and gerund of carry
carrying (plural carryings)
- Transportation.
carryings away of goods- 1959 May, “Talking of Trains: 1959 begins badly”, in Trains Illustrated, page 234:
More depressing was an 11 per cent drop of over £2.8 million in receipts from merchandise and livestock carryings, compared with the first 12 weeks of 1958, when the results were themselves poor in relation to previous achievements.
- 1959 May, “Talking of Trains: 1959 begins badly”, in Trains Illustrated, page 234: