These are the meanings of the letters UPCARRY when you unscramble them.
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Carry (n.)
A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
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Carry (v. i.)
To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
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Carry (v. i.)
To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
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Carry (v. i.)
To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
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Carry (v. i.)
To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
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Carry (v. t.)
To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
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Carry (v. t.)
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.
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Carry (v. t.)
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.
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Carry (v. t.)
To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
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Carry (v. t.)
To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
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Carry (v. t.)
To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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Carry (v. t.)
To get possession of by force; to capture.
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Carry (v. t.)
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.
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Carry (v. t.)
To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
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Carry (v. t.)
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.
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Crura (n. pl.)
See Crus.
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Crura (pl. )
of Crus
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Curry (n.)
A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
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Curry (n.)
A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.
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Curry (v. t.)
To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
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Curry (v. t.)
To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
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Curry (v. t.)
To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.
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Curry (v. t.)
To flavor or cook with curry.
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Parry (n.)
A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
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Parry (v. i.)
To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
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Parry (v. t.)
To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
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Parry (v. t.)
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.