carry, extend
(verb) continue or extend; “The civil war carried into the neighboring province”; “The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces”
carry
(verb) sing or play against other voices or parts; “He cannot carry a tune”
carry, convey, express
(verb) serve as a means for expressing something; “The painting of Mary carries motherly love”; “His voice carried a lot of anger”
carry
(verb) pass on a communication; “The news was carried to every village in the province”
carry
(verb) win in an election; “The senator carried his home state”
carry
(verb) secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); “The motion carried easily”
carry
(verb) cover a certain distance or advance beyond; “The drive carried to the green”
carry
(verb) have a certain range; “This rifle carries for 3,000 feet”
carry
(verb) be able to feed; “This land will carry ten cows to the acre”
carry, hold
(verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects; “He can hold his liquor”; “he had drunk more than he could carry”
carry
(verb) 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”
dribble, carry
(verb) propel; “Carry the ball”; “dribble the ball”
transport, carry
(verb) 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”
hold, carry, bear
(verb) support or hold in a certain manner; “She holds her head high”; “He carried himself upright”
carry
(verb) bear (a crop); “this land does not carry olives”
carry, run
(verb) 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”
carry
(verb) pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; “the dog was taught to fetch and carry”
impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; “Sound carries well over water”; “The airwaves carry the sound”; “Many metals conduct heat”
post, carry
(verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another
stock, carry, stockpile
(verb) have on hand; “Do you carry kerosene heaters?”
carry
(verb) capture after a fight; “The troops carried the town after a brief fight”
behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
(verb) behave in a certain manner; “She carried herself well”; “he bore himself with dignity”; “They conducted themselves well during these difficult times”
carry
(verb) compensate for a weaker partner or member by one’s own performance; “I resent having to carry her all the time”
carry
(verb) extend to a certain degree; “carry too far”; “She carries her ideas to the extreme”
carry, persuade, sway
(verb) win approval or support for; “Carry all before one”; “His speech did not sway the voters”
carry
(verb) be equipped with (a mast or sail); “This boat can only carry a small sail”
carry
(verb) be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; “This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison”
carry, pack, take
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
carried
simple past tense and past participle of carry
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Source: Wiktionary
Car"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.] Etym: [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. "The greater part carries it." 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 refexive 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. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful 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.
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)
Definition: 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.]
Car"ry, n.; pl. Carries.
Definition: A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. Etym: [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
