Carry

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
  • (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  • (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
  • (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
  • (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
  • (v. i.) 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.

Compare carry with other words:

carry vs. tear

behave vs. carry

carry vs. larry

carry vs. farry

carry vs. scarry

carry vs. charry

carry vs. tarry

carry vs. parry

barry vs. carry

carry vs. harry

carry vs. marry

carry vs. curry

carry vs. drivel

carry vs. contain

carry vs. dress

carry vs. overcarry

carry vs. recarry

carry vs. underbearer

carry vs. circumfer

carry vs. firk

carrion vs. carry

carry vs. mobile

carry vs. proceed

carry vs. push

carry vs. support

carry vs. load

carry vs. get

carry vs. harbor

carry vs. port

carry vs. inhold

carry vs. conceive

carry vs. dash

carry vs. fetch

carry vs. tote

carry vs. hoist

carry vs. macedonian

carry vs. haul

carry vs. chops

carry vs. parlay

carry vs. overbear

carry vs. rapt

burthen vs. carry

carry vs. transact

carry vs. unwieldy

carry vs. ravish

carry vs. warp

carry vs. comport

carry vs. stretcher

carry vs. convey

carry vs. retrieve

bundle vs. carry

bring vs. carry

attitude vs. carry

carry vs. transaction

carry vs. conduct

carry vs. rush

carry vs. shoulder

carry vs. ferry

carry vs. hump

carry vs. importation

approximate vs. carry

carry vs. cart

carry vs. vehicle

carry vs. lug

carry vs. portage

carry vs. water

carry vs. navigable

carry vs. goods

boat vs. carry

carry vs. tract

carry vs. position

carry vs. grip

carriable vs. carry

carrier vs. carry

carry vs. keep

carry vs. move

boarding vs. carry

capture vs. carry

carry vs. ship

carry vs. insult

carry vs. travel

carry vs. transmit

carry vs. maintain

carry vs. unit

carry vs. have

carry vs. resolve

addition vs. carry

carry vs. supply

adopt vs. carry

carry vs. stock

carry vs. transport

barrow vs. carry

borrow vs. carry

carry vs. wear

carry vs. spoil

bear vs. carry

bucket vs. carry

carry vs. tide

carry vs. lift

carry vs. take

breton vs. carry

carry vs. chairman

carry vs. piffle

abear vs. carry

abduction vs. carry

carry vs. principal