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cart

[kahrt]
–noun
1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
2. a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
3. any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
4. Obsolete. a chariot.
–verb (used with object)
5. to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck: to cart garbage to the dump.
–verb (used without object)
6. to drive a cart.
7. cart off or away, to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner: The police came and carted him off to jail.
8. on the water cart, British. wagon (def. 14).
9. put the cart before the horse, to do or place things in improper order; be illogical.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME cart(e), OE cræt (by metathesis); c. ON kartr cart


cart⋅a⋅ble, adjective
carter, noun
cart   (kärt)   
n.  
    1. A small wheeled vehicle typically pushed by hand: a shopping cart; a pastry cart.
    2. A two-wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal and used in farm work and for transporting goods.
    3. The quantity that a cart can hold.
    4. An open two-wheeled carriage.
    5. A light motorized vehicle: a golf cart.
    1. An open two-wheeled carriage.
    2. A light motorized vehicle: a golf cart.
tr.v.   cart·ed, cart·ing, carts
  1. To convey in a cart or truck: cart away garbage.
  2. To convey laboriously or unceremoniously; lug: carted the whole gang off to jail.

[Middle English, wagon, from Old English cræt and from Old Norse kartr.]
cart'a·ble adj., cart'er n.
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