an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | promise of reward as in "carrot and stick" |
a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | orange root; important source of carotene |
a device designed to provide additional strength | perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions |
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant |
information that makes more forcible or convincing | |