cart
verb/kɑːt/
/kɑːrt/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they cart | /kɑːt/ /kɑːrt/ |
| he / she / it carts | /kɑːts/ /kɑːrts/ |
| past simple carted | /ˈkɑːtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrtɪd/ |
| past participle carted | /ˈkɑːtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form carting | /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːrtɪŋ/ |
- cart something (+ adv./prep.) to carry something in a cart or other vehicle
- The rubbish is then carted away for recycling.
- cart something + adv./prep. (informal) to carry something that is large or heavy or difficult to carry
- We had to cart our luggage up six flights of stairs.
Extra Examples- They were seen carting boxes and files out of the offices.
- They carted the logs back up to the house.
- cart somebody + adv./prep. (informal) to take somebody somewhere, especially with difficulty
- The demonstrators were carted off to the local police station.
Extra Examples- I was unconscious and had to be carted off to a hospital.
- He was yelling and shouting as they carted him away.
- Convicted criminals were carted about the streets.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.
Idioms
See cart in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryupset the apple cart
- to cause problems for somebody or cause their plans, arrangements, etc. to fail
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