Definitions for carrying
car·ry·ing

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1. carryingnoun

   transportation

   carryings away of goods

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1. Carrying

   of Carry

2. Carryingnoun

   the act or business of transporting from one place to another

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1. Carrying

   Carrying, also colloquially referred to as palming, is a violation in the game of basketball. It occurs when the dribbling player continues to dribble after allowing the ball to come to rest in one or both hands. Carrying is similar to a double dribble because the player momentarily stops dribbling and then resumes dribbling. If the player is in motion while carrying the ball, then it is similar to traveling. Players can avoid a carrying violation by keeping their palms facing the floor while dribbling. Most basketball players slide their hand to one side of the ball when dribbling to better control the ball, directing it from left to right and vice-versa. So long as the ball does not come to rest this is perfectly legal. Moreover, dribbling this way allows more control and easier ball-handling. The problem arises when the ball-handler slides their hand too far down the side of the ball, having their hand below the ball. This is when the player is in violation and a carrying violation has been committed. Patrick Ewing was famous for his carries, which lead to stricter monitoring league-wide in the 1980s.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carrying' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1893

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'carrying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1941

How to pronounce carrying?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrying in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carrying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of carrying in a Sentence

1. Lawana Blackwell:

   The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

2. Donald Trump:

   We were paying them tremendous amounts of money. And we're not paying them anymore. Because they haven't done a thing for us. They set up these caravans, at the Secretary's instruction, we are carrying out the President's direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle.

3. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

   Though America is carrying the world economy at the moment, that is simply not sustainable. We need key pillars of global growth to reassert themselves.

4. Noel Francisco:

   The attorney general is entrusted with prosecuting individual citizens and making decisions that affect the life and liberty of all Americans, so in carrying out that portion of the job, the attorney general has to be independent of narrow partisan politics. But I think it's a mistake to say that the attorney general is independent to the president in the sense that he's not, he's not there to help the president enforce the president's policy agenda. That's precisely what he's there to do.

5. Meyers Taylor:

   I was so honored to be named the opening ceremony flagbearer, but after not being able to carry the flag, it’s even more humbling to lead the United States at the closing ceremony, congratulations to my fellow Team USA athletes on all their success in Beijing. I'm looking forward to carrying the flag with my teammates by my side and closing out these Games.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Carrying
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrying
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=carrying