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English Dictionary: Carry by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carry
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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): hold, carry, bear
  7. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
  14. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): carry, run
  16. propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
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. [bd]The greater part carries it.[b8]
            --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. [bd]Grace will carry us .
                  . . through all difficulties.[b8] --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. [bd]He carries weight, he rides a
                  race[b8] --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.]
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