bolster vs carry

bolster

verb
  • To brace, reinforce, secure, or support. 

noun
  • The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. 

  • A large cushion or pillow. 

  • A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn. 

  • The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. 

  • A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. 

  • A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. 

  • A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. 

  • The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. 

  • A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car. 

  • The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle. 

carry

verb
  • To have, hold, possess or maintain (something). 

  • To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly 

  • To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another. 

  • To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding. 

  • To have on one's person. 

  • To have propulsive power; to propel. 

  • to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting) 

  • To be pregnant (with). 

  • To lead or guide. 

  • To hold the head; said of a horse. 

  • To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another. 

  • To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success. 

  • To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle 

  • To be transmitted; to travel. 

  • To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. 

  • To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed. 

  • To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit 

  • To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession. 

  • To adopt (something); take (something) over. 

  • To stock or supply (something); to have in store. 

  • To convey by extension or continuance; to extend. 

  • To insult, to diss. 

  • to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win. 

  • To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. 

  • To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct. 

  • To bear a firearm, such as a gun. 

  • In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there. 

noun
  • A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried. 

  • The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground. 

  • The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation. 

  • Carried interest. 

  • The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time. 

  • A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage. 

  • The sky; cloud-drift. 

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