"carry oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-carry oneself.ogg Forms: carries oneself [present, singular, third-person], carrying oneself [participle, present], carried oneself [participle, past], carried oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry oneself (third-person singular simple present carries oneself, present participle carrying oneself, simple past and past participle carried oneself)
  1. (idiomatic) To move, especially emphasizing the manner in which one moves. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to move, especially emphasising the manner in which one moves): esiintyä (Finnish), se tenir (French)
    Sense id: en-carry_oneself-en-verb-U8pr9siQ Disambiguation of 'to move, especially emphasising the manner in which one moves': 83 17
  2. (idiomatic) To behave, especially with respect to how one's speech, body language, facial expressions, and grooming convey one's opinion concerning oneself. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (behave): bear oneself Related terms: deportment Translations (behave, especially with respect to speech, body language, etc.): käyttäytyä (Finnish), se tenir (French), nosić się [imperfective] (Polish), portar-se (Portuguese), comportar-se (Portuguese), но̀сић [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nòsić [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-carry_oneself-en-verb-O5g3kfvE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'behave': 6 94 Disambiguation of 'behave, especially with respect to speech, body language, etc.': 3 97

Inflected forms

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