card

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noun (1)

ˈkärd

: playing card

cards plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: a game played with cards

: card playing

: something (such as an advantage) compared to a valuable playing card in one's hand

holding all the cards in negotiations

: an issue especially with emotional appeal that is brought into play to achieve a desired end (such as winning a political campaign)

played the race card

: greeting card

a birthday card

: a flat stiff usually small and rectangular piece of material (such as paper, cardboard, or plastic) usually bearing information: such as

(1)

: postcard

(2)

: credit card

(3)

: business card

(4)

: one bearing a picture (as of a baseball player) on one side and usually statistical data on the other

(5)

: one on which computer information is stored (as in the form of punched holes or magnetic encoding)

(6)

: one bearing electronic circuit components for insertion into a larger electronic device (such as a computer)

(7)

: visiting card

: program

especially : a sports program

three fights on the card

d(1)

: a wine list

(2)

: menu

informal + old-fashioned : a usually clownishly amusing person : wag

He's such a card!

: compass card

card

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verb (1)

carded; carding; cards

transitive verb

: to ask for identification (as in a bar)

We all got carded.

: score

a golfer carding a 75

: to place or fasten on or by means of a card

: to provide with a card

: to list or record on a card

card

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verb (2)

carded; carding; cards

transitive verb

: to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning

carder noun

card

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noun (2)

: an instrument or machine for carding fibers that consists usually of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back

: an implement for raising a nap on cloth

card

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abbreviation

cardinal

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English carde, from Anglo-French, alteration of Middle French carte, probably from Old Italian carta, literally, leaf of paper, from Latin charta leaf of papyrus, from Greek chartēs

Noun (2)

Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, carduus, thistle, carding instrument, from Latin carduus thistle — more at chard

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1861, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

card

noun

ˈkärd

: a decorated piece of thick paper that contains a greeting or is used to write a message

birthday card

note card

: a thick stiff piece of paper or plastic that contains information about a person or business

I lost my library card.

: playing card

cards plural : a game played with playing cards

: trading card

: credit card

: a thin hard board that has small electronic devices on it and that can be added to a computer to make the computer perform different tasks

a video card

单词	carding
释义	card 1 of 5 noun (1) ˈkärd 1 : playing card 2 cards plural in form but singular or plural in construction a : a game played with cards b : card playing 3 a : something (such as an advantage) compared to a valuable playing card in one's hand holding all the cards in negotiations b : an issue especially with emotional appeal that is brought into play to achieve a desired end (such as winning a political campaign) played the race card 4 a : greeting card a birthday card b : a flat stiff usually small and rectangular piece of material (such as paper, cardboard, or plastic) usually bearing information: such as (1) : postcard (2) : credit card (3) : business card (4) : one bearing a picture (as of a baseball player) on one side and usually statistical data on the other (5) : one on which computer information is stored (as in the form of punched holes or magnetic encoding) (6) : one bearing electronic circuit components for insertion into a larger electronic device (such as a computer) (7) : visiting card c : program especially : a sports program three fights on the card d(1) : a wine list (2) : menu 5 informal + old-fashioned : a usually clownishly amusing person : wag He's such a card! 6 : compass card card 2 of 5 verb (1) carded; carding; cards transitive verb 1 : to ask for identification (as in a bar) We all got carded. 2 : score a golfer carding a 75 3 : to place or fasten on or by means of a card 4 : to provide with a card 5 : to list or record on a card card 3 of 5 verb (2) carded; carding; cards transitive verb : to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning carder noun card 4 of 5 noun (2) 1 : an instrument or machine for carding fibers that consists usually of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back 2 : an implement for raising a nap on cloth card 5 of 5 abbreviation cardinal Phrases in the cards or less commonly on the cards : inevitable success just wasn't in the cards for her Synonyms Noun (1) menu See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English carde, from Anglo-French, alteration of Middle French carte, probably from Old Italian carta, literally, leaf of paper, from Latin charta leaf of papyrus, from Greek chartēs Noun (2) Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, carduus, thistle, carding instrument, from Latin carduus thistle — more at chard First Known Use Noun (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (1) 1861, in the meaning defined at sense 3 Verb (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined above Noun (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing card affinity card be given one's card blister card bank card business card calling card card-carrying card game card catalog card index card sharp card shark card table cash card court card compass card courtesy card cue card credit card dance card drawing card debit card expansion card face card five-card stud flash card get one's card gift card green card greeting card greetings card index card ID card identity card identification card note card mass card playing card postal card punch card red card report card scratch card seven-card stud sound card store card swipe card time card tourist card three-card monte union card use/play the race/gender card visiting card video card wild card yellow card charge card donor card SIM card memory card trading card picture card smart card Christmas card phone card cheque card hole card boarding card See More affinity card be given one's card blister card bank card business card calling card card-carrying card game card catalog card index card sharp card shark card table cash card court card compass card courtesy card cue card credit card dance card drawing card debit card expansion card face card five-card stud flash card get one's card gift card green card greeting card greetings card index card ID card identity card identification card note card mass card playing card postal card punch card red card report card scratch card seven-card stud sound card store card swipe card time card tourist card three-card monte union card use/play the race/gender card visiting card video card wild card yellow card charge card donor card SIM card memory card trading card picture card smart card Christmas card phone card cheque card hole card boarding card See More Kids Definition card noun ˈkärd 1 : a decorated piece of thick paper that contains a greeting or is used to write a message birthday card note card 2 : a thick stiff piece of paper or plastic that contains information about a person or business I lost my library card. 3 : playing card 4 cards plural : a game played with playing cards 5 : trading card 6 : credit card 7 : a thin hard board that has small electronic devices on it and that can be added to a computer to make the computer perform different tasks a video card carding verb present participle of card 1 as in filing Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance filing cataloging recording tabulating indexing scheduling classifying booking cataloguing enrolling entering tallying registering slating compiling noting listing inscribing rescheduling putting down Antonyms & Near Antonyms deleting 2 as in combing Synonyms & Similar Words combing raking shaving cropping laying paring pressing trimming pruning spreading surfacing clipping planing evening smoothing flattening levelling leveling smoothening Antonyms & Near Antonyms roughing roughening bending wrinkling rumpling pitting denting coarsening kinking See More
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