carry \car"ry\, v. t. imp.  p. p. carried; p. pr.  vb. n.
   carrying. 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.
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            when he dieth he shall carry nothing away. --ps.
                                                  xiix. 17.
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            devout men carried stephen to his burial. --acts
                                                  viii, 2.
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            another carried the intelligence to russell.
                                                  --macaulay.
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            the sound will be carried, at the least, twenty
            miles.                                --bacon.
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   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.
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            if the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our
            minds.                                --locke.
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   3. to move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead
      or guide.
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            go, carry sir john falstaff to the fleet. --shak.
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            he carried away all his cattle.       --gen. xxxi.
                                                  18.
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            passion and revenge will carry them too far.
                                                  --locke.
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   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.
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   5. 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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   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.
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            the carrying of our main point.       --addison.
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   7. to get possession of by force; to capture.
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            the town would have been carried in the end.
                                                  --bacon.
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   8. to contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or
      exhibit; to imply.
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            he thought it carried something of argument in it.
                                                  --watts.
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            it carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
                                                  --lacke.
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   9. to bear one's self; to behave, to conduct or demean; --
      with the reflexive pronouns.
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            he carried himself so insolently in the house, and
            out of the house, to all persons, that he became
            odious.                               --clarendon.
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   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.
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   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 successful 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.
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see also:
carried carrying car carry arms to carry all before one to carry arms 
to carry away to carry coals to carry coals to newcastle to carry off to carry on 
to carry out to carry through to carry up to carry weight