01 v. t. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
imp. & p. p.
Carried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carrying
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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.“When he dieth he shall 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.
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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.
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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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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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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 carrying of our main point.” — Addison.
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To get possession of by force; to capture.“The town would have been carried in the end.” — Bacon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Carry arms —
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 —
To bear weapons.
To carry away —
to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast.
To carry coals —
to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation.
To carry coals to Newcastle —
to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor.
To carry off —
To remove to a distance.
To carry on —
To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design.
To carry out —
To bear from within.
To carry through —
To convey through the midst of.
To carry up —
to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.
To carry weight —
To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.