WIKTIONARY - Yabla

carrier

Noun

∙ A person or object that carries someone or something else.
∙ A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
∙ An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
∙ A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
∙ A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
∙ A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
∙ A certified airline.
∙ That which drives or carries. engineering
- ∙ A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- ∙ A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- ∙ A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
∙ A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction. chemistry
∙ A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms. genetics, pathology

Carrier

Proper noun

∙ A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.

BABYLON ENGLISH
carrier n.
one who ships; one who carries; messanger; thing that carries; aircraft carrier; shipping company; truck; steamship or vessel for carrying goods or transporting passengers; post-office worker who carries mail; person who delivers newspapers on a specific route; person (or animal) who transmits a disease to others but does not suffer from it themselves; signal transmitted over a telephone line when two computers are connected through modems (Computers); telecommunications company

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
carrier
carrier
\car"ri*er\ (?), n. [from carry.]
1. one who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. the air which is but a carrier of the sounds.
2. one who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. the roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
3. (mach.) 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.
carrier
pigeon (zo?l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.
carrier
shell (zo?l.), a univalve shell of the genus phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.
similar words(19)

mail carrier
carrier pigeon
digital carrier
carrier shell
carrier scanner
optical carrier n
immune carrier
attack aircraft carrier
lantern carrier
luggage carrier
carrier bag
aircraft carrier
spear carrier
troop carrier
letter carrier
weapons carrier
carrier wave
t-carrier system
common carrier

WORDNET 2.0
carrier
Noun
1. someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
(synonym) bearer, toter
(hypernym) traveler, traveller
(derivation) transport, carry
2. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
(hypernym) self-propelled vehicle
(derivation) transport, carry
3. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
(synonym) aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
(hypernym) warship, war vessel, combat ship
(part-meronym) arrester, arrester hook
(derivation) transport, carry
4. 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
(hypernym) chemical
5. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(synonym) common carrier
(hypernym) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
(hyponym) line
(derivation) transport, carry
6. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
(synonym) carrier wave
(hypernym) radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
(derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
7. a man who delivers the mail
(synonym) mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier
(hypernym) deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
8. a boy who delivers newspapers
(synonym) newsboy
(hypernym) deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
9. a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
(synonym) immune carrier
(hypernym) immune
(hyponym) Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
(derivation) carry
10. a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
(hypernym) rack
(hyponym) bomb rack
(derivation) carry

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Carrier
Carrier may refer to:

Science and technology Asymptomatic carrier, an organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptomsCarrier protein, a protein that facilitates the transport of another moleculeCarrier recovery in telecommunicationsCarrier set, the underlying set of an algebraic structureCarrier signal, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signalCarrier, a free instant messaging client based on PidginCatalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reactionCharge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an electric chargeDisease carrier (disambiguation) in medicineGenetic carrier, an organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displaying no symptomsGestational carrier, a surrogate motherLathe carrier, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

carrier

Noun

∙ A person or object that carries someone or something else.
∙ A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.
∙ An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").
∙ A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
∙ A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
∙ A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
∙ A certified airline.
∙ That which drives or carries. engineering
- ∙ A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- ∙ A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- ∙ A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
∙ A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction. chemistry
∙ A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms. genetics, pathology

Carrier

Proper noun

∙ A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.

BABYLON ENGLISH
carrier n.
one who ships; one who carries; messanger; thing that carries; aircraft carrier; shipping company; truck; steamship or vessel for carrying goods or transporting passengers; post-office worker who carries mail; person who delivers newspapers on a specific route; person (or animal) who transmits a disease to others but does not suffer from it themselves; signal transmitted over a telephone line when two computers are connected through modems (Computers); telecommunications company

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
carrier
carrier
\car"ri*er\ (?), n. [from carry.]
1. one who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. the air which is but a carrier of the sounds.
2. one who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. the roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
3. (mach.) 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.
carrier
pigeon (zo?l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.
carrier
shell (zo?l.), a univalve shell of the genus phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.
similar words(19)

mail carrier
carrier pigeon
digital carrier
carrier shell
carrier scanner
optical carrier n
immune carrier
attack aircraft carrier
lantern carrier
luggage carrier
carrier bag
aircraft carrier
spear carrier
troop carrier
letter carrier
weapons carrier
carrier wave
t-carrier system
common carrier

WORDNET 2.0
carrier
Noun
1. someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
(synonym) bearer, toter
(hypernym) traveler, traveller
(derivation) transport, carry
2. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business"
(hypernym) self-propelled vehicle
(derivation) transport, carry
3. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings
(synonym) aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
(hypernym) warship, war vessel, combat ship
(part-meronym) arrester, arrester hook
(derivation) transport, carry
4. 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
(hypernym) chemical
5. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(synonym) common carrier
(hypernym) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
(hyponym) line
(derivation) transport, carry
6. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
(synonym) carrier wave
(hypernym) radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation
(derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
7. a man who delivers the mail
(synonym) mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier
(hypernym) deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
8. a boy who delivers newspapers
(synonym) newsboy
(hypernym) deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer
9. a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
(synonym) immune carrier
(hypernym) immune
(hyponym) Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
(derivation) carry
10. a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
(hypernym) rack
(hyponym) bomb rack
(derivation) carry

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Carrier
Carrier may refer to:

Science and technology Asymptomatic carrier, an organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptomsCarrier protein, a protein that facilitates the transport of another moleculeCarrier recovery in telecommunicationsCarrier set, the underlying set of an algebraic structureCarrier signal, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signalCarrier, a free instant messaging client based on PidginCatalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reactionCharge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an electric chargeDisease carrier (disambiguation) in medicineGenetic carrier, an organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displaying no symptomsGestational carrier, a surrogate motherLathe carrier, a device that transfers motion to a workpiece
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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