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Carry [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To run on rotten ground, or on frost, which sticks to the feet, as a hare.

2. To bear the head in a particular manner, as a horse. When a horse holds his head high, with an arching neck, he is said to carry well. When he lowers his head too much, he is said to carry low.

3. To convey; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well; but this is elliptical.

Carry [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To bear, convey, or transport, by sustaining and moving the thing carried, either by bodily strength, upon a beast, in a vehicle, or in any kind of water-craft. In general, it implies a moving from the speaker or the place present or near, to a place more distant, and so is opposed to bring and fetch, and it is often followed by from, away, off, out.

2. He shall carry the lambs in his bosom. Isaiah 40:11 .

3. When he dieth, he shall carry nothing away. Psalms 49:17 .

4. To convey; as sound is carried in the air.

5. To effect; to accomplish; to prevail; to gain the object; as, to carry a point, measure, or resolution; to carry a prize; to carry a fortified town by force of arms; sometimes followed by it.

6. Whose wills will carry it over the rest.

7. To bear out; to face through.

8. If a man carries it off, there is so much money saved.

9. To urge, impel, lead or draw, noting moral impulse.

10. Pride or passion will carry a man to great lengths.

11. Men are carried away with imaginary prospects. See Ephesians 4:14 . Hebrews 13:9 .

12. To bear; to have.

13. In some vegetables, we see something that carries a kind of analogy to sense.

14. To bear; to show, display or exhibit to view.

15. The aspect of every one in the family carries satisfaction.

16. To imply or import.

17. To quit former tenets carries an imputation of ignorance.

18. To contain or comprise.

19. He thought it carried something of argument in it, to prove that doctrine.

20. To extend or continue in time, as to carry a historical account to the first ages of the world; but usually with a particle, as to carry up or carry back, to carry forward.

21. To extend in space, as to carry a line or a boundary; or in a moral sense, as to carry ideas very far.

22. To support or sustain.

23. CARRY camomile on sticks.

24. To bear or produce, as trees.

25. Set them a reasonable depth, and they will carry more shoots upon the stem.

26. To manage or transact, usually with on; as, to carry on business.

27. To carry ones self, to behave, conduct or demean.

28. He carried himself insolently. Sometimes with it; as, he carried it high.

29. To remove, lead or drive.

30. And he carried away all his cattle. Genesis 31:1 .

31. To remove; to cause to go.

32. And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Assyria. 2 Kings 18:11 .

33. To transport; to affect with extraordinary impressions on the mind. Revelation 17:1 .

34. To fetch and bring.

35. Young whelps learn easily to carry

36. To transfer; as, to carry an account to the ledger.

37. War was to be diverted from Greece by being carried into Asia.

38. To carry coals, to bear injuries.

39. To carry off, to remove to a distance; also, to kill, as to be carried off by sickness.

40. To carry on,

41. to promote, advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design; to carry on the administration of grace.

42. To manage or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry.

43. To prosecute, continue or pursue; as, to carry on trade or war.

44. To carry through, to support to the end; to sustain or keep from failing, or being subdued.

45. Grace will carry a man through all difficulties. Hammond.

46. To carry out, to bear from within; also, to sustain to the end; to continue to the end.

47. To carry away, in seamanship, is to break; to carry sail till a spar breaks; as, to carry away a fore-topmast.

Carry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.

Carry [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

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

4. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.

Carry [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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.

3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

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.

5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

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.

7. To get possession of by force; to capture.

8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.

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.

Carry-tale [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A tale-bearer.

Carryall [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

Carrying [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A bearing, conveying, removing, transporting.

2. CARRYING trade, the trade which consists in the transportation of goods by water from country to country, or place to place.

3. We are rivals with them in navigation and the carrying trade. Federalist, Jay.

4. CARRYING wind, among horsemen, is a tossing of the nose, as high as the horses ears.

Carrying [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bearing, conveying, removing, etc.

Carrying [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or business of transporting from one place to another.

Carrying [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Carry

Carryk [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A carack.

Carrytale [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A talebearer.

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Genesis 37:25

And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Genesis 41:32

And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

Genesis 42:19

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

Genesis 43:11

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Genesis 43:12

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

Genesis 45:27

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

Genesis 46:5

And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

Genesis 47:30

But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”

Genesis 50:25

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Exodus 12:34

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

Exodus 13:19

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

Exodus 14:11

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 25:14

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

Exodus 25:27

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

Exodus 30:4

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.

Exodus 33:15

And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.

Exodus 36:1

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”