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v. To hold or support while moving; bear: carried the baby in my arms; carrying a heavy backpack. See Synonyms at convey.

v. To take from one place to another; transport: a train carrying freight; a courier carrying messages.

v. Chiefly Southern U.S. To escort or accompany.

v. To serve as a means for the conveyance of; transmit: pipes that carry waste water; a bridge that carries traffic between the two cities.

v. To communicate; pass on: The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement.

v. To express or contain: harsh words that carried a threat of violence.

v. To have (something) on the surface or skin; bear: carries scars from acne.

v. To hold or be capable of holding: The tank carries 16 gallons when full.

v. To support (a weight or responsibility).

v. To support the weight or responsibility of: a beam that carries the floor; a student who carries a heavy course load.

v. To keep or have on one's person: stopped carrying credit cards.

v. To be pregnant with.

v. To hold and move (the body or a part of it) in a particular way: carried her head proudly.

v. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified manner.

v. To extend or continue in space, time, or degree: carried the line to the edge of the page; carry a joke too far.

v. To give impetus to; propel: The wind carried the ball over the fence.

v. To take further; advance: carry a cause.

v. To take or seize, especially by force; capture.

v. To be successful in; win: lost the game but carried the match.

v. To gain victory, support, or acceptance for: The motion was carried in a close vote.

v. To win a majority of the votes in: Roosevelt carried all but two states in the 1936 presidential election.

v. To gain the sympathy of; win over: The amateurs' enthusiasm carried the audience.

v. To include or keep on a list: carried a dozen workers on the payroll.

v. To have as an attribute or accompaniment: an appliance carrying a full-year guarantee.

v. To involve as a condition, consequence, or effect: The crime carried a five-year sentence.

v. To transfer from one place, as a column, page, or book, to another: carry a number in addition.

v. To keep in stock; offer for sale: a store that carries a full line of electronic equipment.

v. To keep in one's accounts as a debtor: carried the unemployed customer for 90 days.

v. To maintain or support (one that is weaker or less competent, for example).

v. To compensate for (a weaker member or partner) by one's performance.

v. To place before the public; print or broadcast: The morning papers carried the story. The press conference was carried by all networks.

v. To produce as a crop.

v. To provide forage for (livestock): land that carries sheep.

v. To sing (a melody, for example) on key: carry a tune.

v. Nautical To be equipped with (a mast or sail).

v. Sports To cover (a distance) or advance beyond (a point or object) in one golf stroke.

v. Sports To control and advance (a ball or puck).

v. Basketball Sports To palm (the ball) in violation of the rules.

verb-intransitive. To act as a bearer: teach a dog to fetch and carry.

verb-intransitive. To be transmitted or conveyed: a voice that carries well.

verb-intransitive. To admit of being transported: Unbalanced loads do not carry easily.

verb-intransitive. To hold the neck and head in a certain way. Used of a horse.

verb-intransitive. To be accepted or approved: The proposal carried by a wide margin.

n. The act or process of carrying.

n. A portage, as between two navigable bodies of water.

n. The range of a gun or projectile.

n. The distance traveled by a hurled or struck ball.

n. Reach; projection: "a voice that had far more carry to it than at any time in the term thus far” ( Jimmy Breslin).

n. Football An act of running with the ball from scrimmage: a carry of two yards.

phrasal-verb. carry away To move or excite greatly: was carried away by desire.

phrasal-verb. carry forward Accounting To transfer (an entry) to the next column, page, or book, or to another account.

phrasal-verb. carry off To cause the death of: was carried off by a fever.

phrasal-verb. carry off To handle successfully: carried off the difficult situation with aplomb.

phrasal-verb. carry on To conduct; maintain: carry on a thriving business.

phrasal-verb. carry on To engage in: carry on a love affair.

phrasal-verb. carry on To continue without halting; persevere: carry on in the face of disaster.

phrasal-verb. carry on To behave in an excited, improper, or silly manner.

phrasal-verb. carry out To put into practice or effect: carry out a new policy.

phrasal-verb. carry out To follow or obey: carry out instructions.

phrasal-verb. carry out To bring to a conclusion; accomplish: carried out the mission successfully.

phrasal-verb. carry over To transfer (an account) to the next column, page, or book relating to the same account.

phrasal-verb. carry over To retain (merchandise or other goods) for a subsequent, usually the next, season.

phrasal-verb. carry over To deduct (an unused tax credit or a loss, for example) for taxable income of a subsequent period.

phrasal-verb. carry over To persist to another time or situation: The confidence gained in remedial classes carried over into the children's regular school work.

phrasal-verb. carry through To accomplish; complete: carry a project through despite difficulties.

phrasal-verb. carry through To survive; persist: prejudices that have carried through over the centuries.

phrasal-verb. carry through To enable to endure; sustain: a faith that carried them through the ordeal.

idiom. a To feel a painful unreciprocated love: still carrying a torch for an old sweetheart.

idiom. carry the ball Informal To assume the leading role; do most of the work.

idiom. carry the day To be victorious; win.

v. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

v. To stock or supply (something).

v. To adopt (something); take (something) over.

v. To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.

v. (arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

v. To have or maintain (something).

v. To be transmitted; to travel.

v. to insult, to diss

v. to capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding

v. To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.

n. The bit or digit that is carried in an addition.

v. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

v. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear.

v. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

v. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another.

v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

v. 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.

v. To get possession of by force; to capture.

v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

v. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.

v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

verb-intransitive. To act as a bearer; to convey anything.

verb-intransitive. To have propulsive power; to propel.

verb-intransitive. To hold the head; -- said of a horse. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

verb-intransitive. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

n. A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

To bear or convey from a starting-point, or in going; take along or transport by the use of physical strength or means; move or cause to be moved along with one: as, to carry a cane in the hand, or goods in a ship.

To be the means of conveying; serve as the vehicle of, or as a transporting or transmitting agency for: as, a ship or a wagon carries goods to market; the wind carried the ship out of her course; the atmosphere carries sounds.

To lead or conduct in going; escort, urge, or drive along: as, to carry off a friend, or a squad of prisoners.

To lead or project in a specified direction, physically or mentally; direct or continue to or toward some point in space, time, or contemplation: as, to carry forward a line of survey, or an undertaking; he carried his history, or his readers, back to the remotest times; he carried his theory to its logical result.

Hence — To impel; drive: as, the gale carried the fleet out of its course.

To put or place forward; transfer to an advanced position or stage: as, to carry a case into court, or up to the supreme court; in adding, we set down the units and carry the tens (that is, transfer them to the next column in advance).

To conduct; manage: often with an indefinite it: as, to carry matters with a high hand; he carried it bravely: archaic, except with on: as, to carry on business. See phrases below.

To bear to a consummation; conduct to a desired or a successful issue; gain or achieve by management: as, to carry a legislative measure, or an election; to carry out one′ s purpose.

To gain by effort or contest; gain possession or control of; succeed in gaining or taking; take or win from or as from an enemy; capture: as, to carry a fortress by assault; to carry a district in an election; to carry off a prize.

Hence — To succeed in electing: as, to carry a candidate.

To lead or draw mentally; transport, urge, or impel the mind of; influence to a course of action, thought, or feeling: as, the speaker carried his audience with him; his passion carried him away or astray; he was carried out of himself.

To bear up and support, whether in motion or at rest; move, hold, or sustain the mass or weight of: as, to carry the body gracefully; he carries his wounded arm in a sling; the bridge carries a permanent load of so many tons; the wall cannot carry such a weight.

To bear, or bear about, as a fixed or inherent accompaniment, physical or moral; hold as an appurtenance, quality, or characteristic: as, he carries a bullet in his body; his opinions carry great weight.

To hold or bear the charge of; keep in possession or on hand for disposal or management: as, to carry a large stock of goods; to carry stocks or bonds for a customer.

Reflexively, to behave; demean; deport. [Now rare in this sense, bear being used instead.]

To hold or entertain as an opinion; uphold.

To bear up under; endure; undergo.

Figuratively, to transport; absorb the attention of; lead astray or beyond bounds: as, to be carried away by music; his passion carried him away.

To prosecute to the end; bring to a consummation; accomplish; finish; execute: as, he carried out his purpose.

To act as a bearer; be employed in transportation.

To bear the head in a particular manner, as a horse.

To act as a conductor; be a guiding or impelling agent.

To propel a missile; exert propelling force: as, a gun or mortar carries well or ill.

To behave or deport one's self.

In falconry, to fly away with the quarry: said of a hawk.

In hunting, to run on ground or hoar frost which sticks to the feet, as a hare.

To ride.

To conduct one's self in a wild, frolicsome, or thoughtless manner; riot; frolic.

n. Land which separates navigable waters and across which a canoe or other boat must be carried; a detour around obstructions in a stream; a portage.

n. The act of carrying a canoe or boat and its freight over land separating navigable waters, or around obstructions in a stream.

n. The motion of the clouds as they are carried by the wind; the clouds themselves thus carried; cloud-drift.

n.

n. The firmament or sky.

n. A wagon.

n. In falconry, the manner in which a hawk flies away with the quarry.

n. The position of a weapon when the military command to carry arms is complied with: as, to bring a rifle to the carry.

To be handicapped by carrying additional weight, as in horse-racing.

n. In golf, the distance from the spot from which a ball is driven to the place where it first alights.

v. behave in a certain manner

n. the act of carrying something

v. include as the content; broadcast or publicize

v. extend to a certain degree

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond

v. continue or extend

v. capture after a fight

v. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

v. take further or advance

v. pass on a communication

v. have on the surface or on the skin

v. win approval or support for

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

v. be pregnant with

v. drink alcohol without showing ill effects

v. sing or play against other voices or parts

v. be successful in

v. have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

v. have or possess something abstract

v. have with oneself; have on one's person

v. compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

v. be able to feed

v. support or hold in a certain manner

v. be conveyed over a certain distance

v. keep up with financial support

v. be equipped with (a mast or sail)

v. bear (a crop)

v. include, as on a list

v. have a certain range

v. propel,

v. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

v. contain or hold; have within

v. propel or give impetus to

v. pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

v. transfer (entries) from one account book to another

v. have on hand

v. win in an election

v. be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

v. secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

v. bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

v. serve as a means for expressing something

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