- OF. cariercharier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. carchar, F. car, car. See Car
- To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.When he dieth he shall carry nothing away.Devout men carried Stephen to his burial.Another carried the intelligence to Russell.The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles.
- 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.
- To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.He carried away all his cattle.Passion and revenge will carry them too far.
- 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.
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
- 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 partcarriesit.The carrying of our main point.
- To get possession of by force; to capture.The town would have been carried in the end.
- To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.He thought it carried something of argument in it.It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.
- 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.
- 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.
