Definition of "carry" []

• To hold or support while moving; bear: carried the baby in my arms; carrying a heavy backpack. See Synonyms at convey. (verb-transitive)
• To take from one place to another; transport: a train carrying freight; a courier carrying messages. (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly Southern U.S. To escort or accompany. (verb-transitive)
• To serve as a means for the conveyance of; transmit: pipes that carry waste water; a bridge that carries traffic between the two cities. (verb-transitive)
• To communicate; pass on: The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In the sentence, _I carry a BOOK_, the object, _book_, is required to complete the meaning of the transitive verb _carry_; so, also in the sentences, _I hold the"
• "We bought an immense quantity of chickens and they all turned out to be roosters [laughter]; but I resolved -- I presume as William Nye says about the farm -- to carry it on; I would _carry_ on that farm as long as my wife's money lasted."
• "Mr. Kolding will in the short term carry through Danske Bank's strategic goals of raising interest margins, cutting costs and focusing on its customers, and will later work out a long-term strategy together with the management team, he said Monday."