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tote

/toʊt/

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What does tote mean?

noun

  1. A tote bag.
  2. A heavy burden.
  3. A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. The principal handle of a handplane, for gripping the plane.
  2. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
  3. Pari-mutuel betting.

verb

  1. To carry or bear.
  2. To add up; to calculate a total.

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IPA pronunciation

/toʊt/

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“I say, Sol,” said the woman, “is that ar man going to tote them bar’ls over tonight?”
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203
The oil king owns the gasoline, but he has to tote it to the roadside where every one can get it.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
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“I is, is I? Well, you answer me dis: Didn’t you tote out de line in de canoe fer to make fas’ to de tow-head?”
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
"Lemme tote yo' bundle fer yer, Miss Ma'y?"
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
“But sometimes Mrs. Possum has to tote around a still bigger family. We believe in chillun and lots of them. We reckon on havin' two or three big families every year.”
Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) BurgessThe Burgess Animal Book for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #2441