card

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

   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. 3noun

   A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

4. 4noun

   A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

5. 5noun

   An indicator card. See under Indicator.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To play at cards; to game.

7. 7noun

   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.

8. 8noun

   A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

9. 9transitive verb

   To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

10. 10transitive verb

    To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

11. 11transitive verb

    To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

12. 12noun

    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"

13. 13noun

    a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

    Synonyms

    board
14. 14noun

    a card certifying the identity of the bearer

    "he had to show his card to get in"

15. 15noun

    (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

    "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"

    Synonyms

    lineup
16. 16noun

    a list of dishes available at a restaurant

    "the menu was in French"

    Synonyms

    cartemenu
17. 17noun

    (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

    "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"

    Synonyms

    scorecard
18. 18noun

    a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

    "they sent us a card from Miami"

19. 19noun

    a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

20. 20noun

    a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

    "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

    Synonyms

    billnoticeplacardposterposting
21. 21noun

    a witty amusing person who makes jokes

    Synonyms

    wagwit
22. 22noun

    thin cardboard, usually rectangular

23. 23verb

    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!"

24. 24verb

    separate the fibers of

    "tease wool"

    Synonyms

    tease