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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARRY, v.t.
1. To bear, convey, or transport, by sustaining and moving the thing carried, either by bodily strength, upon a beast, in a vehicle, or in any kind of water-craft. In general, it implies a moving from the speaker or the place present or near, to a place more distant, and so is opposed to bring and fetch, and it is often followed by from, away, off, out.
He shall carry the lambs in his bosom. Isaiah 40.
When he dieth, he shall carry nothing away. Psalms 49.
2. To convey; as sound is carried in the air.
3. To effect; to accomplish; to prevail; to gain the object; as, to carry a point, measure, or resolution; to carry a prize; to carry a fortified town by force of arms; sometimes followed by it.
Whose wills will carry it over the rest.
4. To bear out; to face through.
If a man carries it off, there is so much money saved.
5. To urge, impel, lead or draw, noting moral impulse.
Pride or passion will carry a man to great lengths.
Men are carried away with imaginary prospects. See Eph
4:14. Heb
13:9.
6. To bear; to have.
In some vegetables, we see something that carries a kind of analogy to sense.
7. To bear; to show, display or exhibit to view.
The aspect of every one in the family carries satisfaction.
8. To imply or import.
To quit former tenets carries an imputation of ignorance.
9. To contain or comprise.
He thought it carried something of argument in it, to prove that doctrine.
10. To extend or continue in time, as to carry a historical account to the first ages of the world; but usually with a particle, as to carry up or carry back, to carry forward.
11. To extend in space, as to carry a line or a boundary; or in a moral sense, as to carry ideas very far.
12. To support or sustain.
Carry camomile on sticks.
13. To bear or produce, as trees.
Set them a reasonable depth, and they will carry more shoots upon the stem.
14. To manage or transact, usually with on; as, to carry on business.
15. To carry ones self, to behave, conduct or demean.
He carried himself insolently. Sometimes with it; as, he carried it high.
16. To remove, lead or drive.
And he carried away all his cattle. Genesis 31.
17. To remove; to cause to go.
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Assyria. 2 Kings 18.
18. To transport; to affect with extraordinary impressions on the mind. Revelation 17.
19. To fetch and bring.
Young whelps learn easily to carry.
20. To transfer; as, to carry an account to the ledger.
War was to be diverted from Greece by being carried into Asia.
To carry coals, to bear injuries.
To carry off, to remove to a distance; also, to kill, as to be carried off by sickness.
To carry on,
1. to promote, advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design; to carry on the administration of grace.
2. To manage or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry.
3. To prosecute, continue or pursue; as, to carry on trade or war.
To carry through, to support to the end; to sustain or keep from failing, or being subdued.
Grace will carry a man through all difficulties. Hammond.
To carry out, to bear from within; also, to sustain to the end; to continue to the end.
To carry away, in seamanship, is to break; to carry sail till a spar breaks; as, to carry away a fore-topmast.
CARRY, v.i.
1. To run on rotten ground, or on frost, which sticks to the feet, as a hare.
2. To bear the head in a particular manner, as a horse. When a horse holds his head high, with an arching neck, he is said to carry well. When he lowers his head too much, he is said to carry low.
3. To convey; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well; but this is elliptical.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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, carry]
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: carry, pack, take]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel]
4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, 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?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry, bear]
7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain]
8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [syn: carry, 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, carry]
14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: stock, carry, 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: carry, run]
16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn: dribble, carry]
17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every village in the province"
18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"
20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry a small sail"
23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade, sway]
24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
25: take further or advance; "carry a cause"
26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"
28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn: post, carry]
29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught to fetch and carry"
31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"
33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn: carry, hold]
34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The motion carried easily"
38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry a tune"
40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (carried; carrying) Etymology: Middle English carien, from Anglo-French carier to transport, from carre vehicle, from Latin carrus — more at car Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to move while supporting ; transport <her legs refused to carry her further — Ellen Glasgow> 2. to convey by direct communication <carry tales about a friend> 3. chiefly dialect conduct, escort 4. to influence by mental or emotional appeal ; sway 5. to get possession or control of ; capture <carried off the prize> 6. to transfer from one place (as a column) to another <carry a number in adding> 7. to contain and direct the course of <the drain carries sewage> 8. a. to wear or have on one's person b. to bear upon or within one <is carrying an unborn child> 9. a. to have or bear especially as a mark, attribute, or property <carry a scar> b. imply, involve <the crime carried a heavy penalty> 10. to hold or comport (as one's person) in a specified manner 11. to sustain the weight or burden of <pillars carry an arch> <is carrying a full course load> 12. to bear as a crop 13. to sing with reasonable correctness of pitch <carry a tune> 14. a. to keep in stock for sale b. to provide sustenance for <land carrying 10 head of cattle> c. to have or maintain on a list or record <carry a person on a payroll> <carried six guards on the team> 15. to be chiefly or solely responsible for the success, effectiveness, or continuation of <a player capable of carrying a team> <her performance carried the play> 16. to prolong or maintain in space, time, or degree <carry a principle too far> <carry the wall above the eaves> <carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning> 17. a. to gain victory for; especially to secure the adoption or passage of b. to win a majority or plurality of votes in (as a legislative body or a state) 18. to present for public use or consumption <newspapers carry weather reports> <channel nine will carry the game> 19. a. to bear the charges of holding or having (as stocks or merchandise) from one time to another b. to keep on one's books as a debtor <a merchant carries a customer> 20. to hold to and follow after (as a scent) 21. to hoist and maintain (a sail) in use 22. to pass over (as a hazard) at a single stroke in golf <carry a bunker> 23. to propel and control (a puck or ball) along a playing surface intransitive verb 1. to act as a bearer 2. a. to reach or penetrate to a distance <voices carry well> <fly balls don't carry well in cold air> b. to convey itself to a reader or audience 3. to undergo or admit of carriage in a specified way 4. of a hunting dog to keep and follow the scent 5. to win adoption <the motion carried by a vote of 71-25> II. noun (plural carries) Date: 1858 1. carrying power; especially the range of a gun or projectile or of a struck or thrown ball 2. a. portage b. the act or method of carrying <fireman's carry> c. the act of rushing with the ball in football <averaged four yards per carry> 3. the position assumed by a color-bearer with the flag or guidon held in position for marching 4. a quantity that is transferred in addition from one number place to the adjacent one of higher place value

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. support or hold up, esp. while moving. 2 tr. convey with one from one place to another. 3 tr. have on one's person (carry a watch). 4 tr. conduct or transmit (pipe carries water; wire carries electric current). 5 tr. take (a process etc.) to a specified point (carry into effect; carry a joke too far). 6 tr. (foll. by to) continue or prolong (carry modesty to excess). 7 tr. involve, imply; have as a feature or consequence (carries a two-year guarantee; principles carry consequences). 8 tr. (in reckoning) transfer (a figure) to a column of higher value. 9 tr. hold in a specified way (carry oneself erect). 10 tr. a (of a newspaper or magazine) publish; include in its contents, esp. regularly. b (of a radio or television station) broadcast, esp. regularly. 11 tr. (of a retailing outlet) keep a regular stock of (particular goods for sale) (have stopped carrying that brand). 12 intr. a (of sound, esp. a voice) be audible at a distance. b (of a missile) travel, penetrate. 13 tr. (of a gun etc.) propel to a specified distance. 14 tr. a win victory or acceptance for (a proposal etc.). b win acceptance from (carried the audience with them). c win, capture (a prize, a fortress, etc.). d US gain (a State or district) in an election. e Golf cause the ball to pass beyond (a bunker etc.). 15 tr. a endure the weight of; support (columns carry the dome). b be the chief cause of the effectiveness of; be the driving force in (you carry the sales department). 16 tr. be pregnant with (is carrying twins). 17 tr. a (of a motive, money, etc.) cause or enable (a person) to go to a specified place. b (of a journey) bring (a person) to a specified point. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 an act of carrying. 2 Golf the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground. 3 a portage between rivers etc. 4 the range of a gun etc. Phrases and idioms: carry-all 1 a light carriage (cf. CARRIOLE). 2 US a car with seats placed sideways. 3 US a large bag or case. carry all before one succeed; overcome all opposition. carry away 1 remove. 2 inspire; affect emotionally or spiritually. 3 deprive of self-control (got carried away). 4 Naut. a lose (a mast etc.) by breakage. b break off or away. carry back take (a person) back in thought to a past time. carry one's bat Cricket be not out at the end of a side's completed innings. carry the can colloq. bear the responsibility or blame. carry conviction be convincing. carry-cot a portable cot for a baby. carry the day be victorious or successful. carry forward transfer to a new page or account. carrying-on (or carryings-on) = carry-on. carrying-trade the conveying of goods from one country to another by water or air as a business. carry it off (or carry it off well) do well under difficulties. carry off 1 take away, esp. by force. 2 win (a prize). 3 (esp. of a disease) kill. 4 render acceptable or passable. carry on 1 continue (carry on eating; carry on, don't mind me). 2 engage in (a conversation or a business). 3 colloq. behave strangely or excitedly. 4 (often foll. by with) colloq. flirt or have a love affair. 5 advance (a process) by a stage. carry-on n. Brit. sl. 1 a state of excitement or fuss. 2 a questionable piece of behaviour. 3 a flirtation or love affair. carry out put (ideas, instructions, etc.) into practice. carry-out attrib.adj. & n. esp. Sc. & US = take-away. carry over 1 = carry forward. 2 postpone (work etc.). 3 Stock Exch. keep over to the next settling-day. carry-over n. 1 something carried over. 2 Stock Exch. postponement to the next settling-day. carry through 1 complete successfully. 2 bring safely out of difficulties. carry weight be influential or important. carry with one bear in mind. Etymology: ME f. AF & ONF carier (as CAR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(carries, carrying, carried) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground. He was carrying a briefcase... He carried the plate through to the dining room... If your job involves a lot of paperwork, you're going to need something to carry it all in. VERB: V n, V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv 2. If you carry something, you have it with you wherever you go. You have to carry a bleeper so that they can call you in at any time. VERB: V n 3. If something carries a person or thing somewhere, it takes them there. Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant... The ship could carry seventy passengers. = transport VERB: V n adv/prep, V n 4. If a person or animal is carrying a disease, they are infected with it and can pass it on to other people or animals. Frogs eat pests which destroy crops and carry diseases. VERB: V n 5. If an action or situation has a particular quality or consequence, you can say that it carries it. Check that any medication you're taking carries no risk for your developing baby... VERB: no passive, no cont, V n 6. If a quality or advantage carries someone into a particular position or through a difficult situation, it helps them to achieve that position or deal with that situation. He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the Cabinet... VERB: V n prep/adv 7. If you carry an idea or a method to a particular extent, you use or develop it to that extent. It's not such a new idea, but I carried it to extremes... We could carry that one step further by taking the same genes and putting them into another crop. = take VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv 8. If a newspaper or poster carries a picture or a piece of writing, it contains it or displays it. Several papers carry the photograph of Mr Anderson. VERB: V n 9. In a debate, if a proposal or motion is carried, a majority of people vote in favour of it. A motion backing its economic policy was carried by 322 votes to 296. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 10. If a crime carries a particular punishment, a person who is found guilty of that crime will receive that punishment. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty. VERB: no cont, V n 11. If a sound carries, it can be heard a long way away. Even in this stillness Leaphorn doubted if the sound would carry far. VERB: V adv, also V 12. If a candidate or party carries a state or area, they win the election in that state or area. (AM; in BRIT, usually use take) George W. Bush carried the state with 56 percent of the vote. VERB: no passive, V n 13. If you carry yourself in a particular way, you walk and move in that way. They carried themselves with great pride and dignity. VERB: V pron-refl prep/adv 14. If a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant. (OLD-FASHIONED) VERB: usu cont 15. If you get carried away or are carried away, you are so eager or excited about something that you do something hasty or foolish. I got completely carried away and almost cried. PHRASE: V inflects 16. to carry the can: see can to carry conviction: see conviction to carry the day: see day to carry weight: see weight

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kar'-i (nasa', nahagh): The English Versions of the Bible rendering of a number of Hebrew and Greek words, and it has several shades of meaning, of which the following are the most important:

(1) "To take up," "to bear," "to transport from one place to another," as, "to carry away handkerchiefs" (Ac 19:12), "to carry a corpse" (Ge 50:13), and "to be carried away by the wind" (Da 2:35).

(2) "To cause to go" or "come," "to lead," "to drive" as, "to be carried away to Babylon" (2Ki 20:17), "to be carried away to Pilate" (Mr 15:1), "to carry away cattle" (Ge 31:18), and "to carry daughters" (Ge 31:26).

(3) "To uphold," or "sustain," "and even to hoar hairs will I carry you" (Isa 46:4).

(4) "To bear," or "endure," as, "to carry sorrows" (Isa 53:4).

(5) "To overwhelm," "to bear away," "to destroy," as, "to carry away as with a flood" (Ps 90:5).

(6) "To influence," "to move," as, "to carry away with dissimulation" (Ga 2:13), "to carry away with error" (2Pe 3:17), "to be carried away by strange teachings" (Hebrew 13:9).

A. W. Fortune

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Convey, bear, transport. 2. Urge, impel, push forward. 3. Accomplish, effect, gain, secure, compass, bring about. 4. Support, sustain, bear up. 5. Transfer. 6. Imply, import, signify, infer, involve.

Moby Thesaurus

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