Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

(1) - Carrot (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
(2) - Carrot (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

(1) - Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.

(1) - Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
(2) - Carry (v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
(3) - 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.
(4) - Carry (v. i.) To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
(5) - Carry (v. i.) To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
(6) - 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.
(7) - Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
(8) - Carry (v. t.) To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
(9) - Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.
(10) - 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.
(11) - 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.
(12) - 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.
(13) - Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
(14) - 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.
(15) - Carry (v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.