(v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
(v. t.) To say; to tell.
(v. t.) To find fault with; to censure.
(pl. ) of Carp
(n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Example Sentences:
(1) In confirmation and extension of observations by Carp and his associates, brain tissue and sera from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) were found to harbor an agent which induces a transitory depression in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in mice as well as in rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
(2) Immunochemical and immunohistological experiments carried out with immunoaffinity purified polyclonal antibodies, generated against L1 from mouse brain, showed that carp optic nerve and brain, but not liver, contained L1 immunoreactivity.
(3) A systematic structural comparison of several carp gamma-crystallins with high methionine contents was made by the secondary-structure prediction together with computer model-building based on the established X-ray structure of calf gamma-II crystallin.
(4) Two fish rhabdoviruses, spring viraemia of Carp virus (SVC) and Pike fry rhabdovirus (PFR), have been shown to multiply in Drosophila melanogaster.
(5) Indirect immunofluorescence studies with four monoclonal antibodies raised against carp spermatozoa revealed that monoclonal antibody WCS 29 stained the outer membranes of primordial germ cells in larvae from 3 days after fertilization.
(6) In 2.2-g carp kept at 20 C, the prepatent period was 4 days only, and the parasitemia peaked at day 23 PI.
(7) Molinate sulphoxide, an oxidation metabolite of molinate, is cleaved in vitro by Japanese carp liver cytosol fraction, indicating the presence of GSH-S-transferase activity, since cleavage of the sulphoxide is dependent on the amount of supernatant protein and GSH in the assay medium.
(8) Three female mullets received a priming injection of carp pituitary homogenate followed by a resolving injection of an LHRH analogue 24 hr later.
(9) Linear B- and T-cell epitopes have been identified in the Plasmodium falciparum clustered-asparagine-rich-protein (CARP).
(10) The species-specific inactivation in concluded from various lines of evidence to be ATP-site-directed and is attributed to alkylation of an amino acid residue of the rabbit enzyme which in the pig and carp enzymes is absent, inaccessible, or less reactive.
(11) A similar phenomenon was not reported in a larger series by Carp and colleagues (1).
(12) Drug clearance from carp as well as from mice is more rapid than that of snails.
(13) Carp liver membranes possess high affinity receptors that are saturable and have calcium dependent ligand specificity (apoB and apoE) similar to human LDL receptor.
(14) A method of the determination of aflatoxin B1 in the liver and muscular tissue of carp is described, enabling the capture of 50 ng in one kilogram.
(15) A witness said he saw Ray Fisher, 75, who was a retired former engineer and caretaker who loved wildlife and bred koi carp, shot twice by Rezgui from a range of about three yards as he sat on a sunlounger.
(16) Preliminary experiments suggest that the same is true in the carp and we suggest that the involvement of Ca2+ in regulation of hepatic glucose release may not have evolved until after the amphibians separated from the ancestors of the mammals.
(17) The pituitaries of the exotic carp (Carassius carassius) are studied at the light microscopic level, for the characterization of the adenohypophysial cell-types with particular emphasis to the gonadotropic potency of the pituitary in relation to the annual reproductive patterns.
(18) Using antisera to urotensins I and II (UI and UII), in the carp, Cyprinus carpio, three types of caudal neurosecretory neurons were identified: those with both UI- and UII-immunoreactivities, those with only UI-immunoreactivity and those with only UII-immunoreactivity.
(19) His department has formally complained to the BBC head of news, Helen Boaden, about the broadcaster's "carping and moaning".
(20) The serum IGF-I-like immunoreactivity was attributed to substances with a molecular weight of 9,000 and 45,000 respectively, and it was elevated after treatment with bovine growth hormone and carp pituitary extract.
Running
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Run
(a.) Moving or advancing by running.
(a.) Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
(a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse.
(a.) Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.
(a.) Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
(a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
(a.) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
(a.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
(n.) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
(n.) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Example Sentences:
(1) They are going to all destinations.” Supplies are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in the city.
(2) PMS is more prevalent among women working outside the home, alcoholics, women of high parity, and women with toxemic tendency; it probably runs in families.
(3) It would be fascinating to see if greater local government involvement in running the NHS in places such as Manchester leads over the longer term to a noticeable difference in the financial outlook.
(4) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(5) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
(6) Community owned and run local businesses are becoming increasingly common.
(7) Large gender differences were found in the correlations between the RAS, CR, run frequency, and run duration with the personality, mood, and locus of control scores.
(8) These major departmental transformations are being run in isolation from each other.
(9) In 2012, 20% of small and medium-sized businesses were either run solely or mostly by women.
(10) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
(11) No one has jobs,” said Annie, 45, who runs a street stall selling fried chicken and rice in the Matongi neighbourhood.
(12) They also said no surplus that built up in the scheme, which runs at a £700m deficit, would be paid to any “sponsor or employer” under any circumstances.
(13) This implementation reduced a formidable task to a relatively routine run.
(14) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
(15) Failure to develop an adequate resource will be costly in the long run.
(16) Obiang, blaming foreigners for bringing corruption to his country, told people he needed to run the national treasury to prevent others falling into temptation.
(17) She added: “We will continue to act upon the overwhelming majority view of our shareholders.” The vote was the second year running Ryanair had suffered a rebellion on pay.
(18) What shouldn't get lost among the hits, home runs and the intentional and semi-intentional walks is that Ortiz finally seems comfortable with having a leadership role with his team.
(19) The American Red Cross said the aid organisation had already run out of medical supplies, with spokesman Eric Porterfield explaining that the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies available in Haiti had been distributed.
(20) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.