To hold and move something from one place to another, or to contain and transport something inside.
From Anglo-French 'carier', from Late Latin 'carricare', meaning 'to load a wagon', from 'carrus', 'wagon'. The idea moved from loading carts to any kind of moving or holding.
When we say a song 'carries' emotion or a wire 'carries' electricity, we’re stretching an old wagon word into the invisible world. The language keeps treating ideas, sounds, and charges like cargo on a mental cart.
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