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cart
a small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand or drawn by a horse or pony: Don’t put the cart before the horse.
Not to be confused with:
carte – menu, bill of fare; a playing card
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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.]
cart′a·ble adj.
cart′er n.
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cart
(kɑːt)n
1. a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods
2. a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure
3. any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley
4. put the cart before the horse to reverse the usual or natural order of things
vb
5. (usually tr) to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc): to cart groceries.
6. (tr) to carry with effort; haul: to cart wood home.
[C13: from Old Norse kartr; related to Old English cræt carriage, Old French carete; see car]
ˈcartable adj
ˈcarter n
cart
(kɑːt)n
(Electronics) radio television short for cartridge4
CART
abbreviation for
(Motor Racing) Championship Auto Racing Teams
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cart
(kɑrt)n.
1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by draft animals and used to convey 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.
v.t. 4. to haul, as in a cart or truck.
[before 900; Middle English cart(e), Old English cræt (by metathesis), c. Old Norse kartr cart]
cart′a•ble, adj.
cart′er, n.
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cart
Past participle: carted
Gerund: carting
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Noun | 1. | cart - a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal axletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve cartwheel - a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim dogcart - a cart drawn by a dog dumpcart - a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling horse cart, horse-cart - heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work jaunting car, jaunty car - an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland oxcart - a cart that is drawn by an ox water cart - cart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale) |
2. | cart - wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries" applecart - a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow, barrow - a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" hand truck, truck - a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects laundry cart - handcart for moving a load of laundry serving cart - a handcart for serving food shopping cart - a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" | |
Verb | 1. | cart - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
2. | cart - transport something in a cart |
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cart
noun
verb
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Translations
vozíkvůzdvoukolákrozvážetvézt
kærrekøreslæbetrillevognvogn
kärrytostoskärry
kolakolica
elszállítkordé
burîastflytja í kerrukerratvíhjólavagn
ワゴン荷馬車
손수레트롤리
persivertimas šonuratastampytivežiotivežti
divričinestratirokas ratiņivest ratos
rozvážať
nakupovalni vozičekvozvoziček za prtljago
kärrakundvagn
เกวียนรถเข็น
xe đẩyxe ngựa
cart
[kɑːt]A. N (horse-drawn) → carro m; (heavy) → carretón m; (= hand cart) → carretilla f, carro m de mano (US) (for shopping) → carrito m (US) (motorized) → cochecito m
to put the cart before the horse → empezar la casa por el tejado
to put the cart before the horse → empezar la casa por el tejado
B. VT → llevar, acarrear
I had to cart his books about all day → tuve que cargar con sus libros todo el día
I had to cart his books about all day → tuve que cargar con sus libros todo el día
cart away cart off VT + ADV → llevarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cart
[ˈkɑːrt] n
(horse-drawn) → charrette f
to put the cart before the horse (= do things in the wrong order) → mettre la charrue avant les bœufs
to put the cart before the horse (= do things in the wrong order) → mettre la charrue avant les bœufs
(pulled by person) → carriole f
(US) (= trolley) → chariot m
vt (= carry) [+ things] → traîner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cart
n
→ Wagen m, → Karren m; to put the cart before the horse (prov) → das Pferd beim Schwanz aufzäumen (prov)
(= shopping cart US, shopping trolley Brit) → Einkaufswagen m
vt (fig inf) → mit sich schleppen
cart
:carttrack
n → Feldweg m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cart
(kaːt) noun1. a two-wheeled (usually horse-drawn) vehicle for carrying loads. a farm cart.
2. (American) a small wheeled vehicle pushed by hand, for carrying groceries, golf clubs etc.
verb1. to carry (in a cart). He carted the manure into the field.
2. to carry. I don't want to cart this luggage around all day.
ˈcartwheel noun1. a wheel of a cart.
2. a sideways somersault.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cart
→ عَرَبَة vozík, vůz kærre, vogn Karren, Servierwagen καροτσάκι, τραπεζάκι με ρόδες carro kärryt, ostoskärry chariot kola, kolica carrello ワゴン, 荷馬車 손수레, 트롤리 kar, trolley kjerre, vogn wóz, wózek carrinho de mão, carroça телега, тележка kärra, kundvagn เกวียน, รถเข็น at arabası, servis masası xe đẩy, xe ngựa 手推车Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009