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What does carry mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carry? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
  2. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
  3. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
  4. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  5. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
  6. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
  7. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly
  8. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
  9. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
  10. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
  11. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
  12. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
  13. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
  14. (transitive) To have on one's person.
  15. To be pregnant (with).
  16. To have propulsive power; to propel.
  17. To hold the head; said of a horse.
  18. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  19. 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.
  20. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
  21. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  22. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
  23. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
Noun
  1. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
  2. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
  3. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
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