CARRYING

Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

Example: "You must carry your camping gear"

Have with oneself; have on one's person

Example: "She always takes an umbrella"

Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Example: "Sound carries well over water"

Serve as a means for expressing something

Example: "The painting of mary carries motherly love"

Bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

Example: "His efforts carried the entire project"

Support or hold in a certain manner

Example: "She holds her head high"

Contain or hold; have within

Example: "The jar carries wine"

Extend to a certain degree

Example: "Carry too far"

Continue or extend

Example: "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"

Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

Example: "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"

Win in an election

Example: "The senator carried his home state"

Include, as on a list

Example: "How many people are carried on the payroll?"

Behave in a certain manner

Example: "She carried herself well"

Have on hand

Example: "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

Include as the content; broadcast or publicize

Example: "We ran the ad three times"

Propel

Example: "Carry the ball"

Pass on a communication

Example: "The news was carried to every village in the province"

Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

Example: "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"

Be conveyed over a certain distance

Example: "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house"

Keep up with financial support

Example: "The federal government carried the province for many years"

Have or possess something abstract

Example: "I carry her image in my mind's eye"

Be equipped with (a mast or sail)

Example: "This boat can only carry a small sail"

Win approval or support for

Example: "Carry all before one"

Compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

Example: "I resent having to carry her all the time"

Take further or advance

Example: "Carry a cause"

Have on the surface or on the skin

Example: "Carry scars"

Capture after a fight

Example: "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"

Transfer (entries) from one account book to another

Transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

Example: "Put down 5 and carry 2"

Pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

Example: "The dog was taught to fetch and carry"

Bear (a crop)

Example: "This land does not carry olives"

Propel or give impetus to

Example: "The sudden gust of air propelled the ball to the other side of the fence"

Drink alcohol without showing ill effects

Example: "He can hold his liquor"

Be able to feed

Example: "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"

Have a certain range

Example: "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"

Cover a certain distance or advance beyond

Example: "The drive carried to the green"

Secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

Example: "The motion carried easily"

Be successful in

Example: "She lost the game but carried the match"

Sing or play against other voices or parts

Example: "He cannot carry a tune"

Be pregnant with

Example: "She is bearing his child"