toting

verb

Definition of totingnext
present participle of tote
as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing

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  1. carrying
  2. hauling
  3. transporting
Verb
  • The county has previously sprayed pesticides in neighborhoods where mosquitoes potentially carrying West Nile virus have been found.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The crowd moved slowly because of its size, with some cyclists carrying the Chinese flag and some people sleeping on the ground in a park after arriving in Kaifeng, according to photos and videos shared with NBC News.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Asheville’s flood woes are compared to 1916, when in fact mules hauling supplies were more the norm.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Government agencies, along with smaller organizations and businesses, are hauling food, water and other emergency supplies into North Carolina's mountain towns by semi-trucks, helicopters, military planes and even mules.
    Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of hauling
Verb
  • To Decatur’s west, Sangamon County previously expanded an existing moratorium on transporting or storing CO2 underground.
    Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • So there's no carbon footprint in transporting those products to us.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of transporting
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