(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.
