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Meaning of 'card' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Card [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
- A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.
- An indicator card. See under Indicator.
- 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.
- A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
2 . Card [ v. i.]
- To play at cards; to game.
3 . Card [ v. t.]
- To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.
- To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
- To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Meaning of 'card' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . card [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Example in sentence:
  • a poster advertised the coming attractions
Meaning (2):
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
Example in sentence:
  • he collected cards and traded them with the other boys
Meaning (3):
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
Example in sentence:
  • he had to show his card to get in
Meaning (4):
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
Example in sentence:
  • the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate
Meaning (5):
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
Example in sentence:
  • the menu was in French
Meaning (6):
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
Example in sentence:
  • they sent us a card from Miami
Meaning (7):
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
Example in sentence:
  • you have to turn in your card to get a handicap
8 . card [ v]
Meaning (8):
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
Example in sentence:
  • I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!
Meaning (9):
- separate the fibers of
Example in sentence:
  • tease wool

Nearby Words:

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