Carrier
['kærɪə] or ['kærɪɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring.
(noun.) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like.
(noun.) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; 'refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business'.
(noun.) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages.
(noun.) (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others.
(noun.) a boy who delivers newspapers.
(noun.) someone whose employment involves carrying something; 'the bonds were transmitted by carrier'.
(noun.) an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction.
Typed by Jed--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
(n.) One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
(n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see water-carriers passing in your dreams, denotes that your prospects will be favorable in fortune, and love will prove no laggard in your chase for pleasure. If you think you are a water-carrier, you will rise above your present position.
Edited by Faye
Examples
- The carrier looked at me, as if to inquire if she were coming back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My former acquaintance, the carrier, was at the door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- By certain changes they made in the thread carrier and connections, they were enabled to make a double looped stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The device is so arranged that the air current is caused to take either direction through the tube; and in some instances gravity may be used to assist a vacuum formed behind the carrier. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We went arm-in-arm to the public-house where the carrier put up, and I promised, on the road, to write to her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The carrier put my box down at the garden-gate, and left me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It consisted of a large collection of bolts and screws which had been _cold-punched_, as well as of elevator and carrier chains, the links of which had been so punched. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It seemed that I had not been expected so soon, the carrier being much before his usual time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I send this by the blind carrier, so that probably it may be some time upon its journey. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- After we had jogged on for some little time, I asked the carrier if he was going all the way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The barb is allied to the carrier, but, instead of a long beak, has a very short and broad one. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Arter I run away from the carrier, and afore I took up with the vaginer, I had unfurnished lodgin's for a fortnight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If the fodder is to be put through the feed-cutter the cutter should be placed so that the carrier will deposit it in either of the two pits as required. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The screw plug is supported by a carrier hinged at one side to the gun, and arranged to swing the plug into axial alignment with the bore, or be thrown to one side to admit the charge. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was mighty learned about the case, to me; but the upshot of his opinion was, that the carrier was making his last journey rather fast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The trade itself has probably derived its name from it, the people of such countries being the carriers to other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My carriers said it was the cry of a great bull ape who has made a kill. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Such is the story of a pioneer enterprise, that of the use of submarine vessels as commerce carriers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Formerly the carriers were so constructed that they would not work advantageously at a much greater angle than 45 deg. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This money was sent down by the waggon, and insured by the carriers at an additional expense of three quarters per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- All this iron is poured on overhead power-driven mold carriers, which travel about twelve feet per minute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The overhead cable system for the transportation of materials of various descriptions in carriers, also run by a central motor, is still very extensively used. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The best and latest inventions and discoveries in the making of metals, wood, rubber and leather have been drawn upon in supplying these useful carriers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These mold carriers have suspended from them pendulum-like arms, on the lower end of which is a shelf. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Vern