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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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