cart
//kɑːt//
Forms
- Plural
- carts
- present (v1)
- cart
- past (v2)
- carted
- past participle (v3)
- carted
- present participle
- carting
- 3rd person singular
- carts
Definitions
1.A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
- The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
2.A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.(informal)
3.A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
4.A shopping cart.
1.To carry goods.(informal)
- I've been carting these things around all day.
2.To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
- Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.
- Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
3.To carry or convey in a cart.
- "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4616
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Old Norse kartrbor.
Proto-Germanic *kradô
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English crætder.
Middle English cart
English cart