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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carry \Car"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carried}; p. pr & vb n. {Carrying}.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF car char, F. car car See {Car}.] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off When he dieth he small carry nothing away --Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence to Russell. --Macaulay. The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. --Bacon. 2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. --Locke. 3. To move to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. Go carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak. He carried away all his cattle. --Gen. xxxi. 18. Passion and revenge will carry them too far --Locke. 4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures. 5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther. 6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence to succeed in as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as to carry an election. ``The greater part carries it.'' --Shak. The carrying of our main point. --Addison. 7. To get possession of by force; to capture. The town would have been carried in the end --Bacon. 8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of to show or exhibit; to imply. He thought it carried something of argument in it --Watts. It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. --Lacke. 9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns. He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. --Clarendon. 10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. {Carry arms} (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand and the musket to be held, at carry. {To carry all before one}, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. {To carry arms} a To bear weapons. b To serve as a soldier. {To carry away}. a (Naut.) to break off to lose; as to carry away a fore-topmast. b To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as to be carried by music, or by temptation. {To carry coals}, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. --Halliwell. {To carry coals to Newcastle}, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. {To carry off} a To remove to a distance. b To bear away as from the power or grasp of others c To remove from life; as the plague carried off thousands. {To carry on} a To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as to carry on a design. b To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as to carry on husbandry or trade {To carry out}. a To bear from within. b To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. c To sustain to the end to continue to the end {To carry through}. a To convey through the midst of b To support to the end to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. ``Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties.'' --Hammond. c To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to succeed. {To carry up}, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. {To carry weight}. a To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. ``He carries weight, he rides a race'' --Cowper. b To have influence. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carry \Car"ry\, v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything as to fetch and carry. 2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as a gun or mortar carries well 3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. 4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. --Johnson. {To carry on}, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carry \Car"ry\, n.; pl {Carries}. A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place a portage. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carry n : the act of carrying something v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" [syn: {transport}] 2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: {pack}, {take}] 3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {channel}] 4: serve as a means for expressing something: "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger" [syn: {convey}, {express}] 5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?" 6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: {hold}, {bear}] 7: contain or hold have within: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: {hold}, {bear}, {contain}] 8: extend beyond reasonable limits; "carry too far" [syn: {execute}] 9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into athe remote mountain provinces" [syn: {extend}] 10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison" 11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state" 12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" 13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}] 14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: {stock}, {stockpile}] 15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: {run}] 16: move as in hockey or soccer; "Carry the ball" [syn: {dribble}] 17: pass on a communication: "The news was carried to every village in the province" 18: have as a feature; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee" 19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" 20: keep as a debtor in one's account: "He carried the enumployed customer for several months" 21: win approval or support for "Carry all before one" [syn: {persuade}, {sway}] 22: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time" 23: maintain or support somebody who is weaker or less competent 24: take further or advance; "carry a cause" 25: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars" 26: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight" 27: transfer from one place to another: "transfer a number" (as in an addition) 28: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer, as of a dog; "fetch and carry" 29: produce as a crop 30: propel or give impetus to "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence" 31: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor" [syn: {hold}] 32: sustain, as of livestock; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" 33: have a certain range, as of guns; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet" 34: cover a certain distance or advance beyond, as of a ball in golf; "The drive carried to the green" 35: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily" 36: be successful in "She lost the game but carried the match" 37: sing or play against other voices or parts "He cannot carry a tune" 38: be pregnant with "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January" [syn: {bear}, {gestate}, {expect}]
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