Carrying
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. --Ps.
xiix. 17.
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Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts
viii, 2.
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Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
--Macaulay.
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The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty
miles. --Bacon.
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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.
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If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our
minds. --Locke.
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3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead
or guide.
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Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak.
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He carried away all his cattle. --Gen. xxxi.
18.
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Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
--Locke.
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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.
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5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to
carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten
miles farther.
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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.
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The carrying of our main point. --Addison.
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7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
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The town would have been carried in the end.
--Bacon.
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8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or
exhibit; to imply.
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He thought it carried something of argument in it.
--Watts.
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It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
--Lacke.
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9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; --
with the reflexive pronouns.
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He carried himself so insolently in the house, and
out of the house, to all persons, that he became
odious. --Clarendon.
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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.
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{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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "carrying":
accoutered, aid, air express, airfreight, airlift, anticipating,
armed, asportation, backing, bearing, big with child, big-laden,
bolstering, bracing, breeding, bristling with arms, burdened,
buttressing, carriage, carry, carrying a fetus, cartage,
conveyance, drayage, expecting, expressage, ferriage, freight,
freightage, full-armed, gestating, gravid, great, haulage, hauling,
heavy, heavy with child, heavy-armed, heeled, holding, in arms,
knocked up, light-armed, lighterage, lugging, maintaining,
maintenance, moral support, packing, parturient, portage,
porterage, preggers, pregnant, propping, psychological support,
railway express, reliance, security blanket, shipment, shipping,
shoring, subsidy, subvention, superfetate, superimpregnated,
support, supporting, supportive, supportive relationship,
supportive therapy, suspensory, sustaining, sustainment,
sustenance, sustentation, sustentative, sword in hand, teeming,
telpherage, toting, transit, transport, transportation,
transporting, transshipment, truckage, under arms, upholding,
upkeep, waft, waftage, wagonage, well-armed, with child
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