tote
To carry or bearTo carry or bear.
» Mary reached into her tote bag.
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2 senses(Southern US)To carry or bear.
tragen
нести́nestý, носи́тиnosýty
carry with difficulty
To add up; to calculate a total.
zusammenzählen, summieren
Examples
4 sentencesMary reached into her tote bag.
Do you want a reconditioned or a remanufactured tote ?
If you're going to puke, do it in the tote bag.
I hate going shopping because you always make me tote around everything you buy.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Possibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also GermanPossibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Scots tout (“drinking vessel”), Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“paper bag”), West Frisian tút (“spout, toot, kiss”), Dutch tuit (“horn, spout, nozzle”), Danish tud (“spout, nozzle”), Faroese strútur (“spout”), Icelandic stútur (“spout”), Norwegian and Swedish tut (“spout”), Old Norse tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, protrude”).
Clipping of total, with e to distinguish from tot in writing.
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Forms
totes, toting, toted, totedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.