tote

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

tote, v. t. [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]

tote, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.].

 The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tote, n. sl.
1 a totalizator.
2 a lottery.

tote, v.tr. esp. US colloq. carry, convey, esp. a heavy load (toting a gun).

Idiom

tote bag a woman's large bag for shopping etc. tote box US a small container for goods.

Derivative

toter n. (also in comb.).

Etymology

17th-c. US, prob. of dial. orig.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

tote

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.