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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to
another; to bear; -- often with away or off. |
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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. |
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To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to
lead or guide. |
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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. |
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To get possession of by force; to capture. |
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To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show
or exhibit; to imply. |
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To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; --
with the reflexive pronouns. |
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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. |
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To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and
carry. |
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To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar
carries well. |
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To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well
i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. |
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To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as
a hare. |
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A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried
between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. |
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