Tote

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tote \Tote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Toting}.] [Said to be of African origin.]
     To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote
     a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the
     Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common
     throughout the U. S.


     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tote \Tote\, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.]
     The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tote
       n : a capacious bag or basket [syn: {carryall}, {holdall}, {tote
           bag}]
       v : carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
           [syn: {lug}, {tug}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "tote":
     add, add up, aggregate, all, be-all and end-all, bear, buck, carry,
     cart, cast, compute, conduct, convey, entirety, ferry, figure, fly,
     foot, freight, gross, haul, hump, lift, lug, manhandle, pack,
     pari-mutuel, pari-mutuel machine, shoulder, sum, sum total,
     summate, take, tale, tally, tot, tot up, total, total up,
     totalizer, tote up, transport, waft, whisk, whole, wing