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CARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
Example:
he collected cards and traded them with the other boys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Hollerith card; punch card; punched card (a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes)
tarot; tarot card (any of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used for playing card games and for divination by fortunetellers)
trading card (a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Synonyms:
add-in; board; card; circuit board; circuit card; plug-in
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
printed circuit (computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
CPU board; mother board (the main circuit board for a computer)
PC board (a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A card certifying the identity of the bearer
Example:
he had to show his card to get in
Synonyms:
card; identity card
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
positive identification (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
ration card (a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods)
borrower's card; library card (a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library)
membership card (a card certifying membership in an organization)
keycard (a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism)
donor card (a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death)
business card (a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation)
Derivation:
card (ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
Example:
the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate
Synonyms:
batting order; card; lineup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
roll; roster (a list of names)
Meronyms (parts of "card"):
cleanup; cleanup position; cleanup spot ((baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team))
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A list of dishes available at a restaurant
Example:
the menu was in French
Synonyms:
bill of fare; card; carte; carte du jour; menu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
bill (a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
a la carte (a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices)
prix fixe (a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices)
table d'hote (a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price)
Sense 6
Meaning:
(golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
Example:
you have to turn in your card to get a handicap
Synonyms:
card; scorecard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
book; record; record book (a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
Example:
they sent us a card from Miami
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
correspondence (communication by the exchange of letters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
get-well card (a card expressing get-well wishes)
greeting card (a card sent to express personal greetings)
mailing-card; post card; postal card; postcard (a card for sending messages by post without an envelope)
sympathy card (a card expressing sympathy)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
Synonyms:
calling card; card; visiting card
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))
Sense 9
Meaning:
A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Example:
a poster advertised the coming attractions
Synonyms:
bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
sign (a public display of a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)
flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A witty amusing person who makes jokes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Thin cardboard, usually rectangular
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):
cardboard; composition board (a stiff moderately thick paper)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "card"):
timecard (a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they card ... he / she / it cards
Past simple: carded
Past participle: carded
-ing form: carding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
Example:
I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "card" is one way to...):
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
card (a card certifying the identity of the bearer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Separate the fibers of
Example:
tease wool
Synonyms:
card; tease
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "card" is one way to...):
separate (divide into components or constituents)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples:
I was so surprised, for I shouldn't have known them but for the cards.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It is at 0 degree on a compass card.
(North, NCI Thesaurus)
There was a card on the table, on which was written:— "I have to be absent for a while. Do not wait for me. D."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge, suggests that our cards may be marked even before we are born.
(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)
A circuit board with connectors into which other cards are plugged.
(Backplane Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
East is at 90 degree on a compass card.
(East, NCI Thesaurus)
A two-sided card that measures pain intensity and the patient's mood on one side, and has a modified version of the Tursky Pain Description Scale on the other.
(Memorial Pain Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
Uranus is currently in your house of credit cards, loans, and other sources of money.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Do you know, he skins his words as a professional poker-player skins the cards that are dealt out to him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his chambers in Downing Street, and on Holmes sending in his card we were instantly shown up.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
