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card
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noun (n)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes(noun.artifact)Example:
He collected cards and traded them with the other boys.
source: wordnet30 - a card certifying the identity of the bearer(noun.communication)Example:
He had to show his card to get in.
source: wordnet30 - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)(noun.communication)Example:
They sent us a card from Miami.
source: wordnet30 - thin cardboard, usually rectangular(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)(noun.communication)Example:
You have to turn in your card to get a handicap.
source: wordnet30 - a list of dishes available at a restaurant(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat(noun.communication)Example:
The managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate.
source: wordnet30 - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor(verb.cognition)Example:
I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!.
source: wordnet30 - To play at cards; to game.(verb)source: webster1913
- To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.(verb)source: webster1913