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Definition: Carting |
CartingNoun1. The work of carting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "carting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | CARTING. The punishment formerly inflicted on bawds, who were placed in a tumbrel or cart, and led through a town, that their persons might be known. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CartingSynonym: cartage (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Transference | Transit, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, carting, cartage; shoveling; Verb: vection, vecture, vectitation; shipment, freight, wafture; transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion; transposition; (interchange); traction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Carting |
| English words defined with "carting": Cart load, cartage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "carting": CARTING. (references) |
| "Carting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Carting" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 75% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 10% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 10% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "carting": go-carting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
go carting | 58 |
carting | 23 |
dog carting | 10 |
carting champ | 6 |
carting royal | 5 |
carting supermarket | 4 |
carting indoor | 3 |
carting pony | 3 |
carting suburban | 2 |
carting llama | 2 |
carting lemans | 2 |
carting indoor national | 2 |
carting lane victory | 2 |
carting go track | 2 |
carting dyal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odvoz (collection, disposal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udlosning (cartage), transport på vogn (cartage), omlæsning (cartage), losning (cartage, discharge, unloading), kørsel (cartage, program run, programme run, ride, run). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afvoer (abduction, carrying off, cartage, delivery, discharge, effluent, logging, removal, runoff, run-off, sink, skidding, transport, warnambool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | débardage (cartage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fahrend (driving, in motion, itinerant, keeling, traveling, wandering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταφορά με κάρο έξω από τον αγρό (cartage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasporto fuori campo (cartage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cairtey (cart, cartage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artingcay desembarque (cartage, debarkation, debarkment, disembarrass, landgrave, landing, run, touch down). (various references) camionaj (truckage), transporturi. (various references) transporte (bearing, carriage, cartage, conveyance, conveying, ferriage, freight, haulage, hauling, shipment, shipping, transfer, transference, transferring, transport, transportation, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "carting": scarting. (additional references) | |
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"Carting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caatinga, capting, careing, Carfin, carning, Carntine, carring, carringe, carstian, Cartan, cartian, cartig, cartin, cartings, catrain, Catrigg, catting, Cazrti, cepting, certing, cetrin, cortin, fartynge, Kartidg, karting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "carting" (pronounced kÄ"rting) |
| 5 | -Ä" r t i ng | charting, darting, departing, imparting, marting, parting, restarting, smarting, starting. |
| 4 | -r t i ng | aborting, cavorting, consorting, courting, deporting, distorting, escorting, exhorting, exporting, extorting, homeporting, importing, nonsporting, porting, purporting, reporting, resorting, shorting, snorting, sorting, sporting, supporting, thwarting, transporting, underreporting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, depicting, depleting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, extenuating, exterminating, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, respecting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smelting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, speculating, spitting, splitting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: crating, tracing. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: acting, arcing, caring, gratin, racing, rating, taring, tragic. | |
-2 letters: acing, actin, antic, cairn, cigar, garni, giant, grain, grant, naric, riant, tragi, train, triac. | |
-3 letters: agin, airn, airt, anti, cain, cant, carn, cart, crag, gain, gait, girn, girt, gnar, gnat, gran, grat, grin, grit, narc, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rant, ring, tain, tang, tarn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: argentic, catering, charting, crafting, creating, curating, granitic, reacting, scarting, tracings, tracking, trancing. | |
+2 letters: accreting, articling, cantering, capturing, carpeting, cartoning, cavorting, centigram, cratering, cremating, factoring, furcating, kingcraft, outracing, preacting, racketing, recanting, recasting, recrating, redacting, retacking, retracing, starching, terracing, trachling, trackings, traducing, uncrating. | |
+3 letters: abreacting, accoutring, acerbating, acierating, aragonitic, astricting, attracting, bracketing, bratticing, caretaking, carpetings, cartooning, castrating, centigrade, centigrams, chaptering, charioting, chartering, chattering, clattering, cocreating, comparting, corelating, coronating, corotating, costarring, curtailing, curtaining, decorating, detracting, entrancing, eructating, execrating, extracting, fracturing, granulitic, iatrogenic, infracting, intragenic, kingcrafts, lacerating, laryngitic, macerating, mistracing, morganatic, organicist, organicity, overacting, practicing, practising, precasting, radicating, ratcheting, recharting, recreating, reenacting, refracting, relocating, rematching, repatching, restacking, retackling, reteaching, retracking, retracting, scattering, scratching, trajecting, transgenic, trauchling, truncating, ulcerating, uncreating, urticating. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-. - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678486758073 |
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