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carrot

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

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  • //ˈkɛɹət//

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

    In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.

  2. 2

    A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

  3. 3

    übertragenAny motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

    Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.

    In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.

    In other words, carrots are out. Sticks are back.

  4. 4

    SlangSomeone from a rural background.

  5. 5

    SlangA police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.

  6. 6

    SlangA redhead; a ginger-haired person

Herkunft

Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”). * Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick. * Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs.

Verb

  1. 1

    To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

Formen

Plural
carrots
Präteritum
carroted
Partizip II
carroted
Partizip I
carroting
3. Person Singular
carrots
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