cart

cart
cart1 [ka:t US ka:rt] n
[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: kartr]
1.) a vehicle with no roof that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things
→↑handcart
2.) AmE a large wire basket on wheels that you use in a ↑supermarket
British Equivalent: trolley
3.) AmE a small table with wheels, used for moving and serving food and drinks
British Equivalent: trolley
4.) put the cart before the horse
to do two things in the wrong order
→upset the apple cart at ↑upset2 (5)
cart 2
cart2 v [T always + adverb/preposition]
1.) to take something somewhere in a cart, truck etc
cart sth away
▪ Household waste is carted away by the city's Sanitation Department.
2.) informal to carry something somewhere, especially something that is heavy or difficult to carry
▪ We carted all the furniture upstairs.
cart off/away [cart sb off/away] phr v
to take someone somewhere, especially to prison or hospital
▪ He collapsed and had to be carted off to hospital.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • Cart — Cart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carting}.] 1. To carry or convey in a cart. [1913 Webster] 2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment. [1913 Webster] She chuckled when a bawd was carted. Prior. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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