Found 1 items, similar to To carry on.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To carry on Carry \Car"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car.] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. [1913 Webster] When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. --Ps. xiix. 17. [1913 Webster] Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. --Acts viii, 2. [1913 Webster] Another carried the intelligence to Russell. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. [1913 Webster] Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He carried away all his cattle. --Gen. xxxi. 18. [1913 Webster] Passion and revenge will carry them too far. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] 5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther. [1913 Webster] 6. 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 part carries it.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] The carrying of our main point. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 7. To get possession of by force; to capture. [1913 Webster] The town would have been carried in the end. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply. [1913 Webster] He thought it carried something of argument in it. --Watts. [1913 Webster] It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. --Lacke. [1913 Webster] 9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns. [1913 Webster] He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 10. 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. [1913 Webster] Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. --Halliwell. To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. To carry through. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. “Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties.” --Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to succeed. To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. “He carries weight, he rides a race” --Cowper. (b) To have influence. [1913 Webster] Carry \Car"ry\, v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry. [1913 Webster] 2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. [1913 Webster] 3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. [1913 Webster] 4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]