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See more synonyms for cart on Thesaurus.com a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods. a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony. any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand. Obsolete a chariot. Show More
to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck: to cart garbage to the dump. Show More
verb (used without object) to drive a cart. Show More
cart off /away , to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner: The police came and carted him off to jail. Show More
on the water cart , British wagon(def 14) . put the cart before the horse , to do or place things in improper order; be illogical. Show More
Origin of cart before 900; Middle English cart(e ), Old English cræt (by metathesis); cognate with Old Norse kartr cart
Related forms cart·a·ble , adjective cart·er , noun un·cart·ed , adjective Can be confused cart carte Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for cart wagon ,
truck ,
rickshaw ,
ferry ,
haul ,
tote ,
buggy ,
dray ,
gig ,
dolly ,
barrow ,
pushcart ,
handcart ,
tumbrel ,
palanquin ,
wheelbarrow ,
gurney ,
bring ,
move ,
bear Examples from the Web for cart Contemporary Examples of cart Brand pushes her cart with Ashton in it alongside her coworkers (one of whom was later killed in the attack).
He places his cart at the corner and starts pushing the trash toward it.
Furry puts the bandanna in his pocket and moves on, walking behind the cart .
The other cart is gone and there is a black Buick parked at the curb.
He rolls the cart down Fourth, across Pontotoc and Linden, to his own block, where he parks it at the curb, between two cars.
Historical Examples of cart This convinced me that the cart belonged to Mr. Gosse, who I knew had returned.
The people with the cart could not overtake me, and I returned.
He cleans up his four quarts three times a day, and is as big as a cart horse.
I demurred—I had got the paternal injunction to remain with the horse and cart .
The boy understood that he was to draw the cart , but he knew not where.
British Dictionary definitions for cart a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley put the cart before the horse to reverse the usual or natural order of things Show More
(usually tr) to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc) to cart groceries (tr) to carry with effort; haul to cart wood home Show More
Derived Forms cartable , adjective carter , noun Word Origin for cart C13: from Old Norse kartr; related to Old English cræt carriage, Old French carete; see car
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Word Origin and History for cart n. c.1200, from Old Norse kartr or a similar Scandinavian source, akin to and replacing Old English cræt "cart, wagon, chariot," perhaps originally "body of a cart made of wickerwork, hamper" and related to Middle Dutch cratte "woven mat, hamper," Dutch krat "basket," Old English cradol (see cradle (n.)). To put the cart before the horse in a figurative sense is from 1510s in those words; the image in other words dates to mid-14c.
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v. "to carry in a cart," late 14c., from cart (n.). Related: Carted ; carting .
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Idioms and Phrases with cart In addition to the idioms beginning with cart
cart before the horse, put the cart off also see:
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