CARRY

I. verb (carried; ~ing) see: car Date: 14th century transitive verb to move while supporting ; transport , to convey by direct communication , conduct , escort , to influence by mental or emotional appeal ; sway , to get possession or control of ; capture , to transfer from one place (as a column) to another , to contain and direct the course of , 8. to wear or have on one's person, to bear upon or within one , 9. to have or bear especially as a mark, attribute, or property , imply , involve , to hold or comport (as one's person) in a specified manner, to sustain the weight or burden of , to bear as a crop, to sing with reasonable correctness of pitch , 14. to keep in stock for sale, to provide sustenance for , to have or maintain on a list or record , to be chiefly or solely responsible for the success, effectiveness, or continuation of , to prolong or maintain in space, time, or degree , 17. to gain victory for, to win a majority or plurality of votes in (as a legislative body or a state), to present for public use or consumption , 19. to bear the charges of holding or having (as stocks or merchandise) from one time to another, to keep on one's books as a debtor , to hold to and follow after (as a scent), to hoist and maintain (a sail) in use, to pass over (as a hazard) at a single stroke in golf , to propel and control (a puck or ball) along a playing surface, intransitive verb to act as a bearer, 2. to reach or penetrate to a distance , to convey itself to a reader or audience, to undergo or admit of carriage in a specified way, to keep and follow the scent, to win adoption , II. noun (plural carries) Date: 1858 ~ing power, 2. portage , the act or method of ~ing , the act of rushing with the ball in football , the position assumed by a color-bearer with the flag or guidon held in position for marching, a quantity that is transferred in addition from one number place to the adjacent one of higher place value