\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.
         When he dieth he small carry nothing away. --Ps.
                                               xiix. 17.
         Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts
                                               viii, 2.
         Another carried the intelligence to Russell.
                                               --Macaulay.
         The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty
         miles.                                --Bacon.
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.
         If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our
         minds.                                --Locke.
3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead
   or guide.
         Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak.
         He carried away all his cattle.       --Gen. xxxi.
                                               18.
         Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
                                               --Locke.
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.
5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to
   carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten
   miles farther.
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.
         The carrying of our main point.       --Addison.
7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
         The town would have been carried in the end.
                                               --Bacon.
8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or
   exhibit; to imply.
         He thought it carried something of argument in it.
                                               --Watts.
         It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
                                               --Lacke.
9. To bear (one's self); 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.
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.
{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.

\Car"ry\, v. i.
1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and
   carry.
2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar
   carries well.
3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i.
   e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when
   running, as a hare. --Johnson.
{To carry on}, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner.
   [Colloq.]

\Car"ry\, n.; pl. {Carries}.
A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried
between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a
portage. [U.S.]