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Definition of 'Card'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) card
a usu. rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to record information or, when preprinted, to identify the holder.

2.  card
one of a set of cards with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games.

3.  card
cards, (usu. with a sing. v.)

4.  card
a game or games played with such a set.

5.  card
the playing of such a game:
to win at cards.

6.  card
something useful in attaining an objective, comparable to a high card held in a game.

7.  card
a card with a picture of a sports or other figure on one side and information about the figure on the other.

8.  card
a program of the events at races, etc.

9.  card
an amusing, witty, or prankish person.

10. (v.t.) card
to provide with a card.

11.  card
to fasten on a card.

12.  card
to write, list, etc., on cards.

13.  card
to ask (a youth) to produce identification, esp. to check whether the person is of legal drinking age.

14. (n.) card
a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning in order to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.

15.  card
a similar implement for raising the nap on cloth.

16. (v.t.) card
to dress (wool or the like) with a card.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME carde < MF: lit., teasel head < LL cardus thistle, var. of L carduus)

Definition of 'Card'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) card
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
"he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"

2. (noun) card, identity card
a card certifying the identity of the bearer
"he had to show his card to get in"

3. (noun) card
a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
"they sent us a card from Miami"

4. (noun) card
thin cardboard, usually rectangular

5. (noun) wag, wit, card
a witty amusing person who makes jokes

6. (noun) poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
"a poster advertised the coming attractions"

7. (noun) calling card, visiting card, card
a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

8. (noun) card, scorecard
(golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
"you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"

9. (noun) menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte
a list of dishes available at a restaurant
"the menu was in French"

10. (noun) batting order, card, lineup
(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
"the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"

11. (verb) circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

12. (verb) tease, card
separate the fibers of
"tease wool"

13. (verb) card
ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
"I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

Definition of 'Card'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) card
a piece of thick paper with an envelope for sending messages
a birthday/wedding card

2.  card
a piece of plastic for paying or getting money
a credit/bank card

3.  card
a small piece of paper or plastic showing information
a student ID/identification card; He gave me his business card.; an appointment/recipe card

4.  card
one of 52 pieces of stiff paper for playing games
a deck/pack of cards

5.  card
cardboard
***an animal made of coloured card

6. (verb) card
to ask sb to show identification
to card young people who buy alcohol

Definition of 'Card'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Card
a piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards

2. (noun) Card
a published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair

3. (noun) Card
a paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass

4. (noun) Card
a perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard

5. (noun) Card
an indicator card. See under Indicator

6. (noun) Card
an instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back

7. (noun) Card
a roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine

8. (verb) Card
to play at cards; to game

9. (verb) Card
to comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse

10. (verb) Card
to clean or clear, as if by using a card

11. (verb) Card
to mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article

Translation of 'Card'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: thick paper or thin board shapes cut out from card.
Afrikaans: karton	Arabic: بِطاقَه	Bulgarian: картон
Brazilian: papelão	Czech: karton	German: der Karton
Danish: karton	Greek: χαρτόνι	Spanish: cartón
Estonian: kartong	Farsi: مقوای نازک؛ کاغذ زخیم	Finnish: kartonki
French: carton	Hebrew: כַּרטִיס	Hindi: कार्ड
Croatian: karton, ljepenka	Hungarian: kártya	Indonesian: kardus
Icelandic: kort, spjald	Italian: carta	Japanese: 厚紙
Korean: 카드보드	Lithuanian: kartonas	Latvian: kartons
Malay: kad	Dutch: karton	Norwegian: kartong
Polish: karton	Persian: مقوای نازک؛ کاغذ زخیم	Pashto: کارت
Portuguese: papelão	Romanian: carton	Russian: карточка
Slovak: kartón	Slovenian: lepenka	Serbian: karton
Swedish: styvt (tjockt) papper	Thai: บัตร	Turkish: karton
Taiwanese: 硬紙板	Ukrainian: картка	Urdu: گتہ
Vietnamese: Giấy cứng	Chinese: 卡片，硬纸板
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