1. card(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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"
is a kind of paper
has particulars: playing card, hollerith card, punch card, punched card, tarot, tarot card, trading card
2. card(n = noun.communication) identity card - a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"
is a kind of positive identification
has particulars: business card, donor card, keycard, membership card, borrower's card, library card, ration card
Derived form verb card2
3. card(n = noun.communication) Array - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"
is a kind of correspondence
has particulars: get-well card, greeting card, mailing-card, post card, postal card, postcard, sympathy card
4. card(n = noun.substance) Array - thin cardboard, usually rectangular; Array
is a kind of cardboard, composition board
has particulars: timecard
5. card(n = noun.person) wag, wit - a witty amusing person who makes jokes; Array
is a kind of humorist, humourist
6. card(n = noun.communication) bill, notice, placard, poster, posting - a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"
is a kind of sign
has particulars: show bill, show card, theatrical poster, flash card, flashcard
7. card(n = noun.communication) calling card, visiting card - a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited; Array
is a kind of greeting, salutation
8. card(n = noun.communication) scorecard - (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"
is a kind of book, record, record book
9. card(n = noun.communication) bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu - a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"
is a kind of bill
has particulars: a la carte, prix fixe, table d'hote
10. card(n = noun.communication) batting order, 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"
is a kind of roll, roster
has parts: cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot
11. card(n = noun.artifact) add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities; Array
is a kind of printed circuit
has particulars: cpu board, mother board, pc board
1. card(v = verb.contact) tease - separate the fibers of; "tease wool"
is one way to separate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. card(v = verb.cognition) Array - 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!"
is one way to ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it
Derived form noun card2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation;
"Our first cards were to Carabas House." [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. [1913 Webster]
"All the quartere that they know
I' the shipman's card." [1913 Webster]
4. A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard. [1913 Webster]
5. An indicator card. See under Indicator. [1913 Webster]
To play at cards; to game. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
2. A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. [1913 Webster]
1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse. [1913 Webster]
"These card the short comb the longer flakes." [1913 Webster]
2. To clean or clear, as if by using a card. [1913 Webster]
"This book [must] be carded and purged." [1913 Webster]
3. To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. [1913 Webster]
" In the manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., the process of carding disentangles and collects together all the fibers, of whatever length, and thus differs from combing, in which the longer fibers only are collected, while the short straple is combed away. See
"You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. -- half small, half strong." [1913 Webster]
card, n. & v.
--n.
1 thick stiff paper or thin pasteboard.
2 a a flat piece of this, esp. for writing or printing on. b = POSTCARD. c a card used to send greetings, issue an invitation, etc. (birthday card). d = visiting-card. e = business card. f a ticket of admission or membership.
3 a = PLAYING-CARD. b a similar card in a set designed for particular games, e.g. happy families. c (in pl.) card-playing; a card-game.
4 (in pl.) colloq. an employee's documents, esp. for tax and national insurance, held by the employer.
5 a a programme of events at a race-meeting etc. b Cricket a score-card. c a list of holes on a golf course, on which a player's scores are entered.
6 colloq. a person, esp. an odd or amusing one (what a card!; a knowing card).
7 a plan or expedient (sure card).
8 a printed or written notice, set of rules, etc., for display.
9 a small rectangular piece of plastic issued by a bank, building society, etc., with personal (often machine-readable) data on it, chiefly to obtain cash or credit (cheque card; credit card; do you have a card?).
--v.tr.
1 fix to a card.
2 write on a card, esp. for indexing.
Idiom:
ask for (or get) one's cards ask (or be told) to leave one's employment. card-carrying being a registered member of an organization, esp. a political party or trade union. card-game a game in which playing-cards are used. card index an index in which each item is entered on a separate card. card-index v.tr. make a card index of. card-playing the playing of card-games. card-sharp (or -sharper) a swindler at card-games. card-table a table for card-playing, esp. a folding one. card up one's sleeve a plan in reserve. card vote US a block vote, esp. in trade-union meetings. on (US in) the cards possible or likely. put (or lay) one's cards on the table reveal one's resources, intentions, etc.
card, n. & v.
--n. a toothed instrument, wire brush, etc., for raising a nap on cloth or for disentangling fibres before spinning.
--v.tr. brush, comb, cleanse, or scratch with a card.
Idiom:
carding-wool short-stapled wool.
Derivative:
carder n.
Etymology:
ME f. OF carde f. Prov. carda f. cardar tease, comb, ult. f. L carere card
N correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux, chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card, postal, card, despatch, dispatch, bulletin, these presents, rescript, rescription, post, epistolary, furor scribendi.
N plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.
VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.
N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.
bank card, baseball card, birthday card, boarding card, borrower's card, business card, calling card, card carrier, card carrying, card catalog, card catalogue, card game, card index, card player, card shark, card sharp, card sharper, card table, card trick, cash card, charge card, christmas card, circuit card, compass card, court card, credit card, debit card, donor card, drawing card, easter card, face card, filing card, flash card, gaming card, get-well card, green card, greeting card, hole card, hollerith card, id card, identity card, library card, mass card, membership card, phone card, picture card, playing card, post card, postal card, punch card, punched card, ration card, report card, sea card, show card, smart card, sympathy card, tarot card, trading card, trump card, union card, visiting card, wild card