tote

Meaning

Noun

1. A tote bag.
2. A heavy burden.
3. A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.

Verb

To carry or bear.

Verb

To add up; to calculate a total.

Synonyms

tote bag

lug

carryall

holdall

carry

tug

hold

bear

🐻

drag

draw

fetch

gestate

hale

half

pack

porter

pull

range

summate

sustain

total

trail

train

🚋

transport

aggregate

carry to term

bag

bear off

bring

carry off

cart

conduct

conveyance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təʊt/

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“paper bag”), West Frisian tút (“spout, toot, kiss”), Dutch tuit (“horn, spout, nozzle”), Swedish tuta (“to honk”), Danish tud (“spout, nozzle”), Old Norse tútna (“to be blown up”). Further origin unknown.