card

Plural: cards

Noun

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"
a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- "he had to show his card to get in"
a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- "they sent us a card from Miami"
thin cardboard, usually rectangular
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
(golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"
a list of dishes available at a restaurant
(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
- "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
A playing card.
Any game using playing cards; a card game.
A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
A map or chart.
An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
A greeting card.
A business card.
A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
A test card.
In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
A printed programme.
An attraction or inducement.
Ellipsis of compass card.
A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
An indicator card.
Ellipsis of report card.
Material with embedded short wire bristles.
A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.
A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
A machine for disentangling the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
Obsolete form of chard.

Verb

Verb Forms: carded, carding, cards

To provide with a card; to verify age or identity with a card.
separate the fibers of
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!"
To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
To play cards.
To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Examples

Do you have any card? I want to make a poster.
He accused them of playing the race card.
He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.
He played cards with his friends.
He tried to card his opponent into thinking he had no good plays, a classic bluff.
I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store.
McIlroy carded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round.
She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.
The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.
The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.
They have to card anybody who looks 21 or younger.
This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
to card a horse
to put a card in the newspapers
What's on the card for tonight?
Where's your card? I want to see your grades.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of chart.

Synonyms

add-in, batting order, bill, bill of fare, board, calling card, carte, carte du jour, circuit board, circuit card, identity card, lineup, menu, notice, placard, plug-in, poster, posting, scorecard, tease, visiting card, wag, wit, expansion card

Scrabble Score: 7

card: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
card: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
card: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

card: valid Words With Friends Word