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card 1 C0105500 (kärd)n.1. A flat, usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic, especially:a. One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.b. A greeting card.c. A postcard.d. One bearing a person's name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.e. One bearing the image and often the statistics of a sports figure.f. A business card.g. A credit card.h. A magnetic card.i. One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.2. cards(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Games a. A game played with cards.b. The playing of games with cards.3. A program, especially for a sports event.4. a. A menu, as in a restaurant.b. A wine list.5. Computers a. A printed circuit board that plugs into a slot on a computer's motherboard or into a port on the outside of a device, and performs a particular function, such as data storage or converting and processing signals for communication with other devices.b. A punch card.6. A compass card.7. Informal An eccentrically amusing person.8. a. Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective. Often used with play: "[He believed that] Soviet Russia ... had far more Iranian cards to play than the United States" (Theodore Draper).b. An appeal to a specified issue or argument, usually one involving strong emotions. Often used with play: "His exposure as a racist ... allowed the defense to play the race card" (New York Times).tr.v. card·ed, card·ing, cards 1. To furnish with or attach to a card.2. To list (something) on a card; catalog.3. To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age.4. Sports To warn or eject (a soccer player who has committed a flagrant foul) by showing a yellow card or a red card.Phrasal Verbs: card in To sign in, as at a place of business, by use of a magnetic card. card out To sign out, as from a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.Idioms: card up (one's) sleeve A secret resource or plan held in reserve: a tough negotiator who had a number of cards up his sleeve. in the cards Likely or certain to happen: My promotion to a higher position just isn't in the cards. put/lay (one's) cards on the table To make frank and clear revelation, as of one's motives or intentions. [Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, paper made from papyrus, from Greek khartēs.]
card 2 C0105500 (kärd)n.1. A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to straighten and separate fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning.2. A device used to raise the nap on a fabric.tr.v. card·ed, card·ing, cards To comb out or brush with a card. [Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, from Latin carduus, thistle.] card′er n.carding (ˈkɑːdɪŋ) n (Textiles) the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinningcarding
cardingA type of fraud in which credit card, bank account, and other personal information is stolen and then sold, usually online. I'm worried that my bank information was stolen in a carding scheme.See also: cardcarding verbSee spoofingSee also: cardcarding
carding, process by which fibers are opened, cleaned, and straightened in preparation for spinning. The fingers were first used, then a tool of wood or bone shaped like a hand, then two flat pieces of wood (cards) covered with skin set with thorns or teeth. Primitive cards, rubber-covered and toothed with bent wires, are still employed by Navajo women. Modern carding dates from the use of revolving cylinders patented in 1748 by Lewis Paul. A mechanical apron feed was devised in 1772, and Richard Arkwright added a funnel that contracted the carded fiber into a continuous sliver. See combingcombing, process that follows carding in the preparation of fibers for spinning, lays the fibers parallel, and removes noils (short fibers). The modern combing machine is a specialized carding machine. ..... Click the link for more information. .carding[′kärd·iŋ] (textiles) Straightening or smoothing of raw fibers in a parallel fashion, with a carding machine. carding
card·ing (kard'ing), The procedure of placing individual sets of anterior or posterior teeth in trays lined with a wax strip.card·ing (kahrding) Procedure of placing individual sets of anterior or posterior teeth in trays lined with a wax strip. |