cart
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old Norse kartrbor.
Proto-Germanic *kradô
Proto-West Germanic *krat
Old English crætder.
Middle English cart
English cart
From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).
Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).
Inflected forms:
form: carts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: carts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: carted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: carted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
gloss: A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
pos: noun
gloss: A shopping cart.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: To carry or convey in a cart.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"
gloss: To carry goods.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: I've been carting these things around all day.
gloss: To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.
gloss: To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted
Derived words: applecart
apple cart
apple-cart
ass cart
baggage cart
bankrupt cart
bascart
bell cart
billy cart
bullock cart
cartable
cartage
cart away
cartbote
carter
cartful
cart horse
carthorse
carthouse
cartless
cartlike
cartload
cartmaker
cartmaking
cartman
cart off
cart path
cartpole
cart road
cartroad
cartshed
cart stall
cart tart
cartway
cartwheel
cartwhip
chapel cart
cold meat cart
crash cart
dandy cart
deadcart
ding dong cart
dogcart
dog cart
dumpcart
dump cart
dump-cart
dustcart
dust cart
fire cart
food cart
go-cart
golf cart
governess-cart
granny cart
grocery cart
halal cart
handcart
hand cart
hand-cart
haycart
honey cart
horse and cart
horsecart
luggage cart
mailcart
mancart
man-cart
minecart
night cart
night-cart
oxcart
pick-to-cart
pie cart
postcart
pushcart
put the cart before the horse
shifter cart
shopping cart
sling cart
spring cart
tax cart
T-cart
teacart
tea cart
tipcart
trundle cart
uncart
undercart
upset the apple cart
village cart
Whitechapel cart
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