carry

v.

1. To take from one place to another

   convey, move, transport, transplant, transfer, ship, cart, truck, import, transmit, freight, remove, conduct, bear, take, bring, fetch, shift, displace, waft, portage, pack, shoulder, haul, ferry, lead, convoy, relocate, relay, lug*, tote*, pack off*, schlep*; see also send 1, ship.

2. To transmit

   pass on, transfer, communicate, conduct, bear, transport, convey, relay, give; see also send 4.

3. To support, as weight

   bear, sustain, shoulder; see strengthen, support 1, 2, sustain 1.

4. To win

   be victorious, prevail, succeed; see defeat 1, 2, win 1.

5. To keep in stock

   offer, stock, deal in, display; see provide 1, sell 1.

carry means to hold and take something from one place to another and implies a person as the agent or the use of a vehicle or other medium; bear emphasizes the support of the weight or the importance of that which is carried to be borne on a sedan chair, to bear good tidings; convey, often simply a formal equivalent of carry, is preferred where continuous movement is involved the boxes are conveyed on a moving belt or where passage by means of a channel or medium is implied words convey ideas; transport is applied to the movement of goods or people from one place to another, esp. over long distances; transmit stresses causal agency in the sending or conducting of things the telegrapher transmitted the message

be<strong> or </strong>get carried away<strong>