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# tote

verb (totes, toted, toting)

«tote» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To tote something is to carry it, especially a heavy load, by hand or on your back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a creature totes another on its back, or someone totes a heavy bag or a sleeping child

### Examples

- Dad totes the picnic basket up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/#x1)
- Can you tote this bag to the car? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/#x2)
- The donkey toted the sacks all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/#x3)
- She toted her books to school every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes how something is carried and does not change a count.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tote.html) on Mova free.