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totetote /təʊt $ toʊt/ (also tote around) verb [transitive] toteOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from Gullah tot ‘to carry’, probably from a West African language VERB TABLEtote |
Present | I, you, we, they | tote | | he, she, it | totes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | toted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have toted | | he, she, it | has toted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had toted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tote | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have toted |
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Present | I | am toting | | he, she, it | is toting | | you, we, they | are toting | Past | I, he, she, it | was toting | | you, we, they | were toting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been toting | | he, she, it | has been toting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been toting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be toting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been toting |
- a gun-toting cowboy
- My job was to tote their golf bags and wash their cars.
- A small army of men toting machine guns stood at the gate, which slowly swung open in front of us.
- All told, I counted about 200 catalogs that my overburdened mail carrier had to tote and deliver during the Christmas season.
- He has toted the ball and the expectations, for better or worse.
- Instead, he said, they toted their shotguns inside the mansion, burst into the den, and emptied their weapons.
- Nora is watching the sea, through a huge pair of First World War binoculars that she is toting.
- She followed him out into the hallway, toting her small suitcase.
► carry to have something or someone in your hands or arms when you go somewhere: · She was carrying a heavy suitcase.· Mary fainted, and had to be carried inside. ► tote especially American English informal to carry something such as a bag or a gun: · He came out of the office toting a black leather briefcase.· Guards toting machine guns stood inside the airport. ► lug to carry something heavy, with difficulty: · They lugged the mail in heavy canvas bags into the building. ► cart to carry something large and heavy somewhere, especially when this is annoying or hard work: · We carted all the furniture upstairs. ► schlep American English informal to carry something heavy: · Marty schlepped the suitcases upstairs. ► bear formal to carry something – used when talking about what someone has with them when they go somewhere. Bear is commonly used as a participle bearing: · They arrived bearing gifts.· Anna returned, bearing a large red packet. to carry something or someone► carry to take something from one place to another, by holding it in your hands, lifting it on your back etc: · A porter helped me carry my bags.carry something to/out of/around etc: · The women have to carry water from the well to the village.· I've been carrying this tape-recorder around with me all day. ► bear formal or written to carry something, especially something important: · A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.· At the head of the procession a group of dark-suited men bore the coffin into the church. ► tote American informal to carry something: · My job was to tote their golf bags and wash their cars.· a gun-toting cowboy ► lug also schlep American informal to carry something heavy with difficulty: · We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.· I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well. ► cart informal to carry something that is awkward or heavy: cart something down/out etc: · Madge picked up the box and carted it out to the back yard.· I'm not going to cart your shopping around all afternoon. NOUN► gun· He was toting the gun for a purpose - to shoot her through the head or knock her unconscious, or both.· A small army of men toting machine guns stood at the gate, which slowly swung open in front of us. especially American English informal to carry something, especially regularly: Kids have to tote heavy textbooks around. |