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cart  (kärt)
n.
1.
a. A small wheeled vehicle typically pushed by hand: a shopping cart; a pastry cart.
b. A two-wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal and used in farm work and for transporting goods.
c. The quantity that a cart can hold.
2.
a. An open two-wheeled carriage.
b. 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.]
carta·ble adj.
carter n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.carting - the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
cartage
hauling, trucking, truckage - the activity of transporting goods by truck


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The wagons were to begin carting manure earlier, so as to get all done before the early mowing.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
"Gentlemen," he said, "the wood that I am carting is his; I cut it in his copse and I am taking it to the chateau.
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There was a great digging of holes and carting about of earth, and after a while I grew so impatient that I had thoughts of sending for my bouquets to the nearest stand.
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