Word Meanings - MISBEAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To carry improperly; to carry wrongly; to misbehave. Chaucer.

IMPROPERLY
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
CARRYK
A carack. Chaucer.
CARRYALL
A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
CARRYTALE
A talebearer. Shak.
MISBEHAVED
Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. "A misbehaved and sullen wench." Shak.
CARRY
1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence
WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.
CARRYING
The act or business of transporting from one place to another. Carrying place, a carry; a portage. -- Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. We are rivals with
SCARRY
Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
MISCARRY
1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. 2. To bring forth young
OVERCARRY
To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.
RECARRY
To carry back. Walton.