carrot

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any 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.”

4. (UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)Someone from a rural background.
5. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable)A redhead; a ginger-haired person

verb

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