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cart

noun
/kɑːt/UK/kɑɹt/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

  1. derived from *gret-✻ — “tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”
  2. derived from *krattaz✻
  3. derived from kartr — “wagon; cart”
  4. inherited from cart

Definitions

  1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two…

    A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

    • The grocer delivered his goods by cart.

  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car

    A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

  3. A shopping cart.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. To carry or convey in a cart.

      • "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"

    2. To carry goods.

      • I've been carting these things around all day.

    3. To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.

      • On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
      • Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
      • Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.

    4. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

      • She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted

    5. A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.

    6. A cartridge for a computer or video game system.

      • My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.

    7. A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens.

      • Whoah! Where did you get a DMT cart?
      • Vapes are a relatively new innovation, and at this point, the process of feeding cannabis oil to a heat source creates a few challenges for devices like disposable carts to overcome.

    8. Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams, a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel…

      Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams, a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel racing in motorsports in the United States of America. (Compare USAC, FIA.)

    9. Acronym of classification and regression tree

    10. A surname.

    11. A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its…

      A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its tributaries Black Cart Water and White Cart Water.

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Derived

applecart, apple cart, apple-cart, ass cart, baggage cart, bankrupt cart, bascart, bell cart, billy cart, bullock cart, cartable, cartage, cart away, cartbote, carter, cartful, cart horse, carthorse, carthouse, cartless, cartlike, cartload, cartmaker, cartmaking, cartman, cart off, cart path, cartpole, cart road, cartroad, cartshed, cart stall, cart tart, cartway, cartwheel, cartwhip, chapel cart, cold meat cart, crash cart, dandy cart · +53 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cart. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA