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Card is defined as a flat, stiff thick piece of paper, often used to express a greeting, play a game or prove identification, or a wire brush or machine used to raise nap on a cloth.

(noun)

An example of a card is a holiday greeting send through the mail.
An example of a card is the king of hearts.
An example of a card is a driver's license or a credit card.
An example of a card is a tool to raise nap on wool.

Card means to raise nap on fibers or is slang for asking a young person for identification to prove they are of legal age to drink.

(verb)

An example of card is to raise nap on wool.
An example of card is to ask a young man for his driver's license when he is buying beer.

The definition of card is something relating to playing with a deck.

(adjective)

An example of card used as an adjective is the phrase "card game," which means a game played using a playing deck.

See card in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a flat, stiff piece of thick paper or thin pasteboard, usually rectangular, as
1. any of a pack of small, specially marked cards used in playing various games; specif., any of a pack of playing cards
2. compass card
3. ☆ a pasteboard with a number of small articles attached for sale: a card of thumbtacks
4. postcard
5. calling card
6. a card identifying a person as an agent, member, patron, etc.
7. credit card
8. an illustrated or decorated card bearing a message or greeting for some occasion: a birthday card
9. a card to advertise or announce an event, product, etc.: a window card
10. any of a series of cards on which information is recorded: file card, index card
11. ☆ score card (sense )
☆ a series of contests making up a program, esp. in boxing
an event or attraction as described in a printed program: drawing card
Electronics
1. a punch card or a card with a strip encoded magnetically
2. a printed circuit board that plugs into a main circuit board
Informal a witty, comical, or clowning person
Informal a diplomatic maneuver or a force or resource that can be used to help achieve a goal

Origin: ME carde < OFr carte < ML carta, card, paper < L charta, leaf of paper, tablet < Gr chartēs, layer of papyrus; prob. < Egypt

transitive verb

to provide with a card
to put on a card
to list on cards for filing, cataloging, etc.
to make as a score in golf
Slang to ask (a young person) for identification, as an ID card, as to establish proof of legal age to drink alcohol

adjective

of or involving playing cards: a card trick

noun

a wire brush for raising the nap on cloth
a machine with rollers covered with metal spikes, used to brush, clean, and disentangle the short fibers of wool, cotton, flax, etc.
a hand-held implement for this, with short, fine spikes set in leather with a stiff backing

Origin: ME & OFr carde < OProv carda < cardar, to card < VL *caritare < L carrere, to card < IE base *kars-, to scrape; sp. infl. by assoc. with ML cardus, a card, thistle < L carduus, thistle, of same orig.

transitive verb

to use a card on (fibers) in preparation for spinning

Related Forms:

carder noun
carding noun, adjective

See card in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:
a. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.
b. A greeting card.
c. A post card.
d. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.
e. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.
f. A business card.
g. A credit card.
h. A magnetic card.
i. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.
cards (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games
a. A game played with cards.
b. The playing of games with cards.
A program, especially for a sports event.
a. A menu, as in a restaurant.
b. A wine list.
Computer Science
a. A circuit board, especially for use in a computer.
b. A punch card.
A compass card.
Informal An eccentrically amusing person.
a. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: “[He believed that] Soviet Russia … had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States” (Theodore Draper).
b. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: “His exposure as a racist … allowed the defense to play the race card” (New York Times).

transitive verb card·ed, card·ing, cards

To furnish with or attach to a card.
To list (something) on a card; catalog.
To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age.
Sports To warn or eject (a soccer player who has committed a flagrant foul) by showing a yellow card or a red card.

Phrasal Verbs: card in To sign in, as at a place of business, by use of a magnetic card. card out To sign out, as from a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English carde

Origin: , from Old French carte

Origin: , from Latin charta, paper made from papyrus

Origin: , from Greek khartēs

noun

A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to disentangle fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning.
A device used to raise the nap on a fabric.

transitive verb card·ed, card·ing, cards

To comb out or brush with a card.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English carde

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cardus

Origin: , from Latin carduus, thistle

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