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Cart has 10 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

"The farmer hitched his mule to the cart to haul in the freshly harvested hay."

2

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"

3

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

"The data scientist decided to use a cart algorithm to predict customer churn based on their browsing history."

4

A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.

5

Classification and regression tree

In plain English: A cart is a vehicle with wheels that you can pull or push to carry things.

"She pushed her grocery cart through the store aisles."

Usage: In everyday usage, a cart is a wheeled vehicle used for carrying goods or people, not a statistical model. The term classification and regression tree refers to a machine learning algorithm and has no relation to the physical object.

Verb
1

draw slowly or heavily

"haul stones"

"haul nets"

2

transport something in a cart

"The delivery driver carefully loaded the heavy boxes onto his cart to transport them up the steep driveway."

3

To carry or convey in a cart.

"The horse struggled to pull the heavy load of hay up the steep hill until it finally got the cart moving."

In plain English: To cart something means to move it quickly and easily, often by pushing it on wheels.

"The farmer used a wheelbarrow to cart hay from the field to the barn."

Usage: Do not use "cart" to mean carrying something; instead, it specifically means to transport items by pushing them in a wheeled vehicle like a grocery cart. You might say, "She will cart the groceries into the house," but never "He carted the box on his shoulder."

Proper Noun
1

Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams., a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel racing in motorsports in the United States of America. (Compare USAC, FIA.)

"The Cart family has lived in that valley for generations."

2

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"She pushed her grocery cart through the store aisles." noun
"The farmer used a wheelbarrow to cart hay from the field to the barn." verb
"The delivery truck carted the heavy boxes straight to the front door." verb
See Also
cartwright horsecart carting stake big dipper cariole cartroad oxcart
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wagon wheeled vehicle pull transport
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dogcart dumpcart horse cart jaunting car jinrikisha oxcart pony cart water cart applecart barrow hand truck laundry cart serving cart shopping cart bowse underrun

Origin

The word "cart" comes from a blend of the Old Norse kartr, meaning wagon, and the native Old English cræt, which referred to a chariot. Both roots ultimately trace back to Proto-Indo-European terms related to turning or winding, likely describing how the vehicle's wheels turned or how its body was woven.

Rhyming Words
art mart bart dart tart lart hart fart kart sart vart wart part skart boart swart snart chart clart teart
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