Verb

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(lb) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.

*1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Ch.23:

*:"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

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To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.

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To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.

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

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet.

*(Bible), (w) xxxi.18

*:He carried away all his cattle.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:Passion and revenge will carry them too far.

(lb) To stock or supply (something).

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(lb) To adopt (something); take (something) over.

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(lb) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly; as, to carry a motion.

In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

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(lb) To have or maintain (something).

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(lb) To be transmitted; to travel.

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*1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Ch.1:

*:It might seem easy to hit the head of a barrel at that distance, but either the lads were not expert enough or else the snowballs, being of irregular shapes and rather light, did not carry well. Whatever the cause, the fact remained that the barrel received only a few scattering shots and these on the outer edges of the head.

To insult, to diss.

To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.

To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport

, title= Fulham 0-5 Man Utd , passage=Nani collected the ball on the halfway line, drifted past Bryan Ruiz, and carried the ball unchallenged 50 yards down the left before picking out Welbeck for a crisp finish from seven yards.}}

(lb) To have on one's "person" (see examples).

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*, chapter=10

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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To have propulsive power; to propel.

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To hold the head; said of a horse.

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

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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.

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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:The greater part carries it.

*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

*:the carrying of our main point

(lb) To get possession of by force; to capture.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:The town would have been carried in the end.

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

*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

*:He thought it carried something of argument in it.

*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

*:It carries too great an imputation of ignorance.

(lb) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.

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*:He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious.

To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.

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Verb

(lb) To or be positioned physically.

#(lb) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

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#(lb) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

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# To remain motionless.

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#*Bible, (w) ii, 9

#*:The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

#*, chapter=23

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#*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

#(lb) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.

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#*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.

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#*:He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom.

#(lb) To place in an upright or standing position.

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#(lb) To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located.

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#(lb) To measure when erect on the feet.

#* (1809-1892)

#*:Six feet two, as I think, he stands .

(lb) To or be positioned mentally.

# To be positioned to gain or lose.

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# To tolerate.

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#*, chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand' that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't ' stand is to have them togs called a livery.

#(lb) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

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#*:readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall

#(lb) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

#*Bible, (w) viii. 11

#*:The king granted the Jewsto gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.

#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:the standing pattern of their imitation

# To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.

#*Bible, (w) ix. 10

#*:sacrificeswhich stood only in meats and drinks

#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:Accomplish what your signs foreshow; / I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.

#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

#*:Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.

(lb) To or be positioned socially.

# To act as an umpire.

#(lb) To undergo; withstand; hold up.

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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

#*:Love stood the siege.

#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

#*:Bid him disband his legions,/ And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.

#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

#*:He stood the furious foe.

# To seek election.

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#*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)

#*:He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.

#(lb) To be valid.

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#(lb) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.

#*1957 , (Matt Christopher), Basketball Sparkplug , Ch.7:

#*:"Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said. ¶ "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron.

#* R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls , p.95:

#*:The game stopped while sides were sorted out. Andy did the sorting. "Okay," he said. "Jimmy is coming out. He and Gaston and Ike and me will stand you guys."

#*1978 , (Louis Sachar), Sideways Stories from Wayside School , Ch.21:

#*:"Hey, Louis," Dameon shouted. "Do you want to play kickball?" ¶ ""All right," said Louis. "Ron and I will both play."¶ "Ron and I will stand everybody!" Louis announced.

#To cover the expense of; to pay for.

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#(lb) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.

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#(lb) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

#*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)

#*:Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing / But what may stand with honour.

#(lb) To appear in court.

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Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).

*1630 , John Smith, True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.40:

*:To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta.

(lb) To remain without ruin or injury.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:My mind on its own centre stands unmoved.

*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

*:The ruin'd wall / Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.

(lb) To stop asking for more cards.