TOTE


Meaning of TOTE in English

tote /təʊt $ toʊt/ BrE AmE ( also tote around ) verb [transitive]

[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: Perhaps from Gullah tot 'to carry' , probably from a West African language ]

especially American English informal to carry something, especially regularly:

Kids have to tote heavy textbooks around.

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THESAURUS

▪ carry to have something or someone in your hands or arms when you go somewhere:

She was carrying a heavy suitcase.

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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.

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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.

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Anna returned, bearing a large red packet.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.