cart

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carts, carting, carted

1) N-COUNT A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.

...a country where horse-drawn carts far outnumber cars.

Syn:

wagon

2) VERB If you cart things or people somewhere, you carry them or transport them there, often with difficulty. [INFORMAL]

[V n with adv] After both their parents died, one of their father's relatives carted off the entire contents of the house...

[V n with adv] One of them protests loudly, and the Americans cart him away in plastic handcuffs...

[V n with adv] I've been trying to cut down on the stuff that I cart around with me. [Also V n prep]

3) N-COUNT A cart is a small vehicle with a motor. [AM]

Cars are prohibited, so transportation is by electric cart or by horse and buggy...

He drove up in a golf cart to watch them.

4) N-COUNT A cart or a shopping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. [AM]

(in BRIT, use trolley)

5) PHRASE: V inflects (disapproval) If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order. [INFORMAL]

This puts the cart before the horse; elections should follow, not precede, agreement on a constitution.