Carry

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CARRIED; p. pr. & vb. n. CARRYING.] [O. Fr. carter, charrier, caroter, charrier, N. Fr. charrier, to cart, from car, char, car, q. v.] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear. “I'll carry it to the pile.” Shak. When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xlix. 17.

2. To cause to move forward; to urge; to impel. Ill nature, passion, and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.
3. To transfer, as from one column, page, or book to another, or from one country to another; as, to carry an account to the ledger; to carry war from Greece into Asia.
4. To effect or accomplish; to gain an object; to compel a result. “The greater part carries it.” Shak. “The carrying of our main point.” Addison.
5. To obtain possession of by force. “The town would have been carried in the end.” Bacon.
6. To support; to sustain, or hold up.

Carry ammunition, wild thyme, or green strawberries on sticks, as you do beans upon poles. Bacon. 7. To bear the aspect of; to exhibit; to imply; to contain; to comprise. He thought it carried something of argument in it. Warb. It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Locke. 8. To behave, to conduct or demean;—with the reflexive pronouns. He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon. 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, to kill; as, to be carried off by sickness.—To carry on. (a.) To promote, advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b.) To manage, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade.—To carry through, to support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. “Grace will carry a man through all difficulties.” Hammond.—To carry out, to put into execution; to bring to a successful issue; also, to sustain to the end; to continue to the end.—To carry away [Naut.], to break off; as, to carry away a foretopmast.

v. i. 1. To convey or propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

2. (Man.) To hold up the head;—said of a horse.
3. To run on ground, or on frost, which sticks to the feet, as a hare. Johnson.

To carry on, to conduct in a wild, rude manner. [Colloq.]