car|rot «KAR uht», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a plant which has a long, tapering, orange-red root. It belongs to the parsley family.
2. its root, which is eaten as a vegetable, either cooked or raw.
3. Figurative. a reward or gain, especially one that is tantalizing and hard to attain: »
The capital grants…are a juicy carrot to hang before boards that are contemplating expansion (New York Times).
–v.t. efu>to prepare (fur) for felting by subjecting it to chemical action, usually with mercuric nitrate.
╂[< Middle French carotte, learned borrowing from Latin carōta]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.