:to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
:to wear, hold, or have around one: He carries his knife in his pocket. He carries a cane.
:to contain or be capable of containing; hold: The suitcase will carry enough clothes for a week.
:to serve as an agency or medium for the transmission of: The wind carried the sound. He carried the message to me.
:to be the means of conveying or transporting: The wind carried the balloon out of sight.
:to be pregnant with: His wife is carrying twins.
:to put ahead to a subsequent time, page, etc., or to a higher authority; continue or transfer: to carry a case to a higher court; to carry a footnote to a new page.
:to bear the weight, burden, etc., of; sustain: These piers once carried an arch.
:to take, as in singing; bear or sustain.
:to hold in a certain manner: She carries her head high.
:to behave or comport: She carries herself with decorum.
:to take the initiative in: The Giants carried the game to the Browns.
:to secure the adoption of.
:to get a plurality or majority of electoral votes in.
:to extend or continue in a given direction or to a certain point: to carry the war into enemy territory.
:to bring, impart, hear, transmit, or communicate news, a message, etc.
:to lead or influence by emotional or intellectual appeal: The actor carried his audience with him.
:to bear the major burden of by superior talent, determination, etc.: The star carried the whole play.
:to serve as a conduit for: This pipe carries water to the house.
:to have as an attribute, property, consequence, etc.; presume or entail: Violation carries a penalty of five years in prison.
:to support or give validity to: One decision carries another.
:Commerce. to keep on hand or in stock.to keep on the account books.
:to bear as a crop: This land will not carry corn.
:to sustain or support: Our grain supply will carry the cattle through the winter. This money will carry us for about a week.
:to be enrolled for or to undertake as an amount of work: New students are advised not to carry more than 16 credits.
:Golf. to advance beyond or go by with one stroke.
:Ice Hockey. to cause to move forward along the ice and in one's control by a series of light, short taps with the stick.
:Hunting. to retain and pursue.
: to transfer from one denomination to the succeeding one.
:to have as a maximum working pressure: This boiler carries 190 pounds per square inch.
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car·ried, car·ry·ing.
:to act as a bearer or conductor.
:to have or exert propelling force.
:to be transmitted, propelled, or sustained: My voice carries farther than his.
: to bear the head in a particular manner while in action: The horse carries well.
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plural car·ries.
:range, as of a gun.
:Golf. the distance a stroked ball travels.
:land that separates navigable waters and over which a canoe or boat must be carried; portage.
:a carrying.
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:carry away, to influence greatly or unreasonably, especially emotionally; excite; transport: The spectators were carried away by the appeal to their patriotism.Nautical. to dislodge or send overboard.Nautical. to lose through breakage.Nautical. to break under strain.
:carry back, Accounting. to apply to the net income of a prior period in order to reduce the tax for that period.
:carry forward, to make progress with.Bookkeeping.to transfer to the next page, column, or book.Accounting.to apply to the net income of a succeeding period in order to reduce the tax for that period.
:carry off, to win.to cause the death of: The Black Plague in the Middle Ages carried off more than one-fourth of the population of Europe.
:carry on, to manage; conduct.to continue without stopping: Rescue operations were carried on in spite of the storm.to continue to live, work, etc., despite a setback or tragedy; persevere.Informal.to behave in an agitated, foolish, or indiscreet manner.to misbehave or be disruptive; act up.Nautical.to proceed under excessive sail for the weather conditions.
:carry out, to put into operation; execute: He doesn't have the funds to carry out his design.to effect or accomplish; complete: They carried out their plan without incident.
:carry over, to hold until a later time; postpone.to be left; remain.Bookkeeping.to transfer to the next page, column, or book.Accounting.to apply to the net income of a succeeding period in order to reduce the tax for that period.to extend from one activity or time to another: He does not carry over his business ethics into his personal relationships.
:carry through, to accomplish; complete.to support or help through a difficult situation.to continue or be prevalent in; persist: a theme that carried through all his writing.