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¹card

verb \ˈkärd\

Definition of CARD

transitive verb

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

— card·er noun

First Known Use of CARD

14th century

Other Textiles Terms

batt, bias, brocade, duck, flock, lawn, toile

Rhymes with CARD

bard, barred, chard, Dard, fard, guard, hard, lard, nard, pard, sard, shard, yard

²card

noun

Definition of CARD

: 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

Origin of CARD

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

First Known Use: 15th century

³card

noun

Definition of CARD

: playing card

plural but sing or plural in constr

a : a game played with cards

b : card playing

a : something (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 (as winning a political campaign) <played the race card>

: a usually clownishly amusing person : wag <he's such a card>

: compass card

a : a flat stiff usually small and rectangular piece of material (as paper, cardboard, or plastic) usually bearing information: as (1) : postcard (2) : visiting card (3) : business card (4) : credit card (5) : one bearing a picture (as of a baseball player) on one side and usually statistical data on the other (6) : one on which computer information is stored (as in the form of punched holes or magnetic encoding) (7) : one bearing electronic circuit components for insertion into a larger electronic device (as a computer)

b : program; especially : a sports program <three fights on the card>

c (1) : a wine list (2) : menu

d : greeting card <a birthday card>

— in the cards also on the cards

: inevitable <success just wasn't in the cards for her>

Origin of CARD

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

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Game Terms

bezique, carom, convention, crap, euchre, gambit, monte, parlay, tierce

⁴card

verb

Definition of CARD

transitive verb

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

: to provide with a card

: to list or record on a card

: score <a golfer carding a 75>

: to ask for identification (as in a bar) <we all got carded>

First Known Use of CARD

1884

⁵card

abbreviation

Definition of CARD

cardinal

CARDING Defined for Kids

card

noun \ˈkärd\

Definition of CARD for Kids

: 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 <baseball cards>

: 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>