card Hear it!

Jump To: synonymsSynonyms · examplesUsage Examples · quotesQuotes · linkLink/Cite
Also found in: idiomsAH Idiom Dictionary
card1 definition

card (kärd)

noun

  1. 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 )
  2. ☆ a series of contests making up a program, esp. in boxing
  3. an event or attraction as described in a printed program drawing card
  4. 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
  5. Informal a witty, comical, or clowning person
  6. Informal a diplomatic maneuver or a force or resource that can be used to help achieve a goal

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

transitive verb

  1. to provide with a card
  2. to put on a card
  3. to list on cards for filing, cataloging, etc.
  4. to make as a score in golf
  5. 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
card Idioms

card up one's sleeve

a plan or resource kept secret or held in reserve

in the cards

☆
likely or seemingly destined to happen: from the use of cards in fortunetelling
also Brit.on the cards

put one's cards on the table

or lay one's cards on the table
to reveal frankly one's intentions, schemes, resources, etc.
card2 definition

card (kärd)

noun

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

Etymology: 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:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

idioms card idiom

card Synonyms

card

n.

ticket, sheet, square, postcard, badge, slip, voucher, pass, label, tag, placard, plaque, board, paper, cardboard, pasteboard, Bristol board, fiberboard. see also paper 1, 5.

Varieties of cards include: poster, window card, show card, ticket, fortune-telling cards, tarot cards, tally, check, billet, calling, business, playing, bridge, poker, pinochle, address, visiting, credit, charge, greeting, registration, filing, recipe, index, check-cashing, automated teller machine, ATM, bank, police, social security, membership, insurance, identification, I.D.*;

in the cards<strong>

probable, predicted, fated, impending; see destined 1, likely 1.

put<strong> or </strong>lay one's cards on the table<strong>

reveal, tell the truth, be open; see admit 2, reveal 1, tell 1.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

card Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • greet: From greeting cards, to customisable chocolate, there are loads of personalized gifts there somewhere.

Adjective modifier

  • id: Using an ID card dropped in the tunnel the four men go in search of their quarry.

Modifies a noun

  • issuer: Your card issuer will then raise the issue with the ATM owner on your behalf.

Noun used with modifier

  • credit: Also compare online UK credit cards by their interest rates.
card usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

card quotes

Estou farto do lirismo comedido Do lirismo bem comportado Do lirismo funciona¤  rio p u¤ blico com livro de ponto expediente protocolo e manifesta c° o‹  es de apre c° o ao Sr Diretor. Estou farto do lirismo que pa¤  ra e vai averiguar no diciona¤  rio o cunho verna¤  culo de um voca¤  bulo. Abaixo os puristas I'm sick of cautious lyricism of well-behaved lyricism of a civil servant lyricism complete with time card office hours set procedures and expressions of esteem for Mr Boss, Sir. I'm sick of the lyricism that has to stop in midstream to look up the precise meaning of a word. Down with purists!

-Bandeira, Manuel

The world isaglobal campus,Hilary, you'd betterbelieve it. The American Express card has replaced the library pass.

-Lodge, David John

'Good-morning; good-morning!'the General said When we met him last weekon our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. 'He's a cheery old card,'grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.

-Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain

card quotes (more)

Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"card." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 4 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/card>

APA Style

card. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 4th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/card

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment