cart

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cart

A child pushes a cart full of groceries through a supermarket aisle.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A wheeled vehicle, typically with two wheels, that is designed to be pushed or pulled by a person or animal to transport goods or materials.
    • A heavy open wagon, usually with two wheels, drawn by an animal such as a horse or ox.

  2. Verb:

    • To transport or carry something in a cart.
    • To haul or draw something slowly or heavily, often implying effort.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The farmer loaded hay onto the wooden cart.
    • At the market, vendors use carts to display their fruits and vegetables.

  • Verb:

    • We had to cart all the boxes up to the attic.
    • The workers carted the debris away from the construction site.
Advanced Usage
  • "To put the cart before the horse": To do things in the wrong order; to confuse cause and effect.
    • Planning the celebration before we win the contract is putting the cart before the horse.
Variants and Related Words
  • Handcart (n): A small cart pushed or pulled by hand.
  • Pushcart (n): A cart, often used by street vendors, that is pushed by a person.
  • Cartwheel (n): A sideways circular movement of the body, or a wheel of a cart.
  • Cartage (n): The act or cost of transporting goods by cart.
Synonyms
  • Wagon: A four-wheeled vehicle for transporting heavy loads.
  • Dray: A low, strong cart without sides, used for heavy loads.
  • Trolley: A wheeled vehicle or basket, often used in supermarkets.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Cart off: To remove something or someone, often in a rough or unceremonious way.
    • The security guards carted off the protesters.
  • Cart around: To carry something from place to place, often something cumbersome.
    • I'm tired of carting these books around all day.
Related Idioms
  • In the cart: (British, informal) In a difficult or awkward situation.
    • His mistake left the whole project in the cart.
cart

A child pushes a cart full of groceries through a supermarket aisle.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
Verb
  1. transport something in a cart
  2. draw slowly or heavily
    • haul stones
    • haul nets

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