carry

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carrying of our main point. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To get possession of by force; to capture. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

He thought it carried something of argument in it. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns. [ 1913 Webster ]

He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. cariole. ] A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrying place, a carry; a portage. --
Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carack. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]