A1 [ I or T ] to hold something or someone with your hands, arms, or on your back and transport it, him, or her from one place to another:

B2 [ I or T ] to move someone or something from one place to another:

B1 [ T ] to have something with you all the time:

C2 [ T ] to have something as a part, quality, or result:

C1 [ T ] to take something from one person or thing and give it to another person or thing:

C2 [ T ] to support the weight of something without moving or breaking:

[ T ] to support, keep in operation, or make a success:

[ T ] to win the support, agreement, or sympathy of a group of people:

[ T usually passive ] to give approval, especially by voting:

[ T ] (of a newspaper or radio or television broadcast) to contain particular information:

[ I ] to be able to reach or travel a particular distance:

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to develop or continue something:

[ T ] to put a number into another column when doing addition

[ T ] to be pregnant with a child:

[ I or T ] in American football, to carry the ball forward across the field, gaining an advantage for your team:

[ U ] the act of carrying a gun:

[ C ] in American football, an occasion when a player carries the ball forward across the field, gaining an advantage for his or her team:

relating to the carrying of a gun: