Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of carry
plural carryings
- Transportation.
carryings away of goods
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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carrying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying
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