Definition of carry

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Carry (v. i.) To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck..

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Bowsprit :: Bowsprit (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward..
War :: War (v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..
Launder :: Launder (n.) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore..
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Conveyance :: Conveyance (n.) The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water..
Transvection :: Transvection (n.) The act of conveying or carrying over.
Job :: Job (v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Loot :: Loot (v. t. & i.) To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Dooly :: Dooly (n.) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin..
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To begin and carry on a legal process.
Delate :: Delate (v.) To carry on; to conduct.
Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea..
Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..
Portage :: Portage (n.) The act of carrying or transporting.
Equatorial :: Equatorial (n.) An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockw
Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..
Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc..
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