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noun | verb cartcart1 /kɑrt/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcart1Origin: 1100-1200 Old Norse kartr 1 a vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things → see also handcart2 (also shopping cart) a large wire basket on wheels that you use when shopping in a supermarket or some other large stores3a small table with wheels, used to move and serve food and drinks: Then the waiter wheeled the dessert cart over to our table.4put the cart before the horse to do one thing before another thing that should have been done first [Origin: 1100–1200 Old Norse kartr] → see also golf cart, upset the apple cart at upset2 (6) noun | verb cartcart2 verb [transitive always + adv./prep.] VERB TABLEcart |
Present | I, you, we, they | cart | | he, she, it | carts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | carted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have carted | | he, she, it | has carted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had carted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cart | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have carted |
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Present | I | am carting | | he, she, it | is carting | | you, we, they | are carting | Past | I, he, she, it | was carting | | you, we, they | were carting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been carting | | he, she, it | has been carting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been carting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be carting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been carting |
informal to carry something somewhere, especially something that is awkward or heavy: After years of carting my equipment around, it’s nice to be working at home.cart away/off phrasal verb informal1cart somebody ↔ away/off to take someone away by force, especially to prison: The sheriff carted him off to prison.2cart something ↔ away/off to carry something somewhere in a cart, truck, etc.: Workers carted away several tons of trash. |