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Card

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Meaning

Noun

A
card.
Any
using
; a
.
A
or
, used to
a
. (See
the something card.)
A
or chart.
An
or
person, often
eccentric.
A
of
or of
or
;
used in
wrestling.
In Cricket:
A
of the key
of an
or
: batsmen’s
they were
,
, total
and
figures.
In Computing:
A
that may be
into a
to provide
capability.
In Computing:
Any of a set of
or
that the
can
between, and
with
, in certain
interfaces.
A
card.
A business card.
In Television:
A test card.
A
programme.
An
or inducement.
A
on which the
of the
are
; the
or
of the mariner's
.
In Weaving:
A
or
for
, making part of the Jacquard
of a loom.
An
card.
Material with
bristles.
In Textiles:
A
- or brush-like
or
to
the
on a fabric.
In Textiles:
A
to a
but with
of
or other
. It is used
with
,
,
, or other
to
these
for
into
or
on a
, with a
or other
. The
to
,
,
from, and
the
straight.
In Textiles:
A
for
the
of
spinning.
A
or
of
(
)
from a
machine.
Abbreviation of
(“songbird”).
Obsolete form of chard.

Verb

In American English:
To
IDs, especially against a
requirement.
To
cards.
In Golf:
To make (a
), as
on a
card.
In Textiles:
To use a
to
the
of
spinning.
To
or
someone’s
using a
, as a form of torture.
To
with a
; to
or
by
ing.
To
or
,
by using a card.
To
or
,
an
or
article.

Name

A
as an
for a
of wool.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

card
English
arrow
carde
Middle English (1100-1500)
arrow
carte
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
charta
Latin
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χάρτης
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
arrow
χαράσσω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
carde
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
carda
Old Provençal (to 1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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