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carting

UK/ˈkɑːtɪŋ/

carting is the present participle and gerund of cart.

Noun

carting (plural cartings)

  1. The transport of goods by cart.
    • Near-synonym: wagonage
    Synonyms:
    cartage, wagonage
  2. The transport of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
    • When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 15

Meaning of cart

Verb

cart (third-person singular simple present carts, present participle carting, simple past and past participle carted)

  1. (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
    • "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 259
  2. (informal, transitive) To carry goods.
    • I've been carting these things around all day.
  3. (transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
    • On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis2001, Donald Spoto, chapter 2, in Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, page 18
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
    • She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted1708, Matthew Prior, Paulo Purganti and His Wife

See all 12 meanings of cart

Synonyms of carting

Forms of carting

pluralcartings

Origin of carting

From cart + -ing.

Phrases with carting

Words that rhyme with carting

Questions about carting

What does carting mean?
Carting means the transport of goods by cart.
What is carting the present participle and gerund of?
Carting is the present participle and gerund of cart.
What part of speech is carting?
Carting is a noun.
How do you pronounce carting?
Carting is pronounced /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of carting?
The plural of carting is cartings.

Words near carting in the dictionary

  1. cartilaginously
  2. cartilege
  3. cartileges
  4. cartiliginous
  5. cartilogenesis
  6. carting
  7. carting away
  8. carting off
  9. cartings
  10. cartinine
  11. cartist

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