Definitions for carrying
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1. carrying(Noun)

   transportation

   carryings away of goods

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1. Carrying

   of Carry

2. Carrying(noun)

   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.

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

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

How to pronounce carrying?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Kevin Lawrence:

   If a citizen calls in, a business calls in, and says there is someone here carrying a firearm that we’re concerned about -- the question then becomes exactly how much authority does that officer have to approach that individual and investigate whether or not they have a license to carry that gun?

2. Donald Trump:

   For us, what cooking is like caring about people, this whole idea of carrying about people and refugees and kids being imprisoned and the environment and schools are really important to the type of people who cook.

3. Stephen Spender:

   History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

4. Joey Roberts:

   Me walking into a polling location openly carrying my pistol is not intimidating anybody.

5. Tony Stewart:

   The schedule we put together for the 2015 All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series is filled with great venues on a timeline that works well for our participants, our first five events in Florida went off extremely well and we look forward to carrying that momentum into Ohio with our first point-paying race at Atomic Speedway.

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