v.
 (carries, carrying, carried)
         - move or transport from one place to another. 
▸have on one's person wherever one goes.
 ▸conduct; transmit.
 ▸be infected with (a disease) and liable to transmit it to others.
 - support the weight of. 
▸be pregnant with.
 - propel (a missile) to a specified distance. 
▸take or develop (an idea or activity) to a specified point.
 - (of a sound or voice) be audible at a distance.
 - 
(carry oneself)
 stand and move in a specified way.
 - have as a feature or consequence. 
▸(of a newspaper, television station, etc.) publish or broadcast.
 ▸(of a retailing outlet) keep a regular stock of.
 - assume or accept (responsibility or blame).
 - approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes. 
▸persuade to support one's policy.
 ▸N. Amer. gain (a state or district) in an election.
 - transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation.
 
n.
 (pl. carries)
   - an act of carrying. 
▸American Football  an act of running or rushing with the ball.
 ▸chiefly N. Amer. the action of keeping a gun on one's person.
 - Golf  the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground. 
▸the range of a gun or similar weapon.
 - N. Amer. a portage for boats or supplies.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - carry all before one
 overcome all opposition.  - carry one's bat
 Cricket  (especially of an opening batsman) be not out at the end of one's side's completed innings.  - carry the can
 Brit. informal take responsibility for a mistake or misdeed.  - carry the day
 be victorious or successful.  - carry weight
 be influential or important. 
   
  Phrase verbal
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and Old North. Fr. carier, based on L. carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.