One that carries messages or performs errands, as, Islam Muhammad. Used with the, One who bears a message or goes on an errand; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation; in the civil service, one employed in conveying official despatches

A measure of any kind; a bushel; a barrel, An obsolete preterit of mete, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of meet

Making or showing awareness of reference to oneself or to the activity that is taking place, especially in an ironic or comic way, informal Self-referential; at a higher level, A prefix in words of Greek origin or formation, meaning ?among, between, with, after, beyond, over,? etc., often denoting change or transformation (like L. trans-), in which denotation it is much used in the formation of new terms in science

The processing of a specific substance within a living cell or organism, the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life, the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

Plural form of metal, rail transport the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metal

Measured verse or rhythmic language; rhythmic language as determined by or divided into fixed measures, That which measures, or is used for measuring; specifically, an instrument that records or indicates automatically the quantity, force, or pressure of a fluid passing through it or actuating it_ used in composition, as in gas-meter, water-meter (see these words), or alone when the fluid to be measured, as gas or water, is understood, music) an increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure, verb_ To measure with a metering device, To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter, stamp with a meter indicating the postage

Plural form of meter, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meter

The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge, A technique of acting in which the actor recalls emotions and reactions from past experience and uses them in identifying with and individualizing the character being portrayed, A plan or system of conduct or action; the way or mode of doing or effecting something_ as, a method of instruction; method of classification; the English method of pronunciation,

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods, the system of methods followed in a particular discipline, The implementation of such methods etc

Plural form of method