CARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does card mean? 

• CARD (noun)
  The noun CARD has 11 senses:

1. one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes

2. a card certifying the identity of the bearer

3. a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

4. thin cardboard, usually rectangular

5. a witty amusing person who makes jokes

6. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

7. a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

8. (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

9. a list of dishes available at a restaurant

10. (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

11. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

  Familiarity information: CARD used as a noun is familiar.

• CARD (verb)
  The verb CARD has 2 senses:

1. separate the fibers of

2. ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

  Familiarity information: CARD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARD (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he collected cards and traded them with the other boys

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"):

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)

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A card certifying the identity of the bearer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

card; identity card

Context example:

he had to show his card to get in

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 3

Meaning:

A rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they sent us a card from Miami

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 4

Meaning:

Thin cardboard, usually rectangular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A witty amusing person who makes jokes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

card; wag; wit

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 6

Meaning:

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting

Context example:

a poster advertised the coming attractions

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 7

Meaning:

A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calling card; card; visiting card

Hypernyms ("card" is a kind of...):

greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

Sense 8

Meaning:

(golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

card; scorecard

Context example:

you have to turn in your card to get a handicap

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 9

Meaning:

A list of dishes available at a restaurant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill of fare; card; carte; carte du jour; menu

Context example:

the menu was in French

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 10

Meaning:

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

batting order; card; lineup

Context example:

the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate

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 11

Meaning:

A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

add-in; board; card; circuit board; circuit card; plug-in

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)

• CARD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they card    ... he / she / it cards   
Past simple: carded   
Past participle: carded   
-ing form: carding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate the fibers of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

card; tease

Context example:

tease wool

Hypernyms (to "card" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!

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)

 Context examples 

"It is the last turn, but the cards are not yet turned. In the picture they will never be turned. Nobody will ever know who wins nor who loses."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

After a short time, when they had warmed themselves, they said: “Comrade, shall we have a game of cards?” “Why not?” he replied, “but just show me your paws.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Pray what steps did you take when you found the card upon the door?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Due to their use as a means of payment, mobile phones are equipped with another short-range communication link for reading credit cards and RFID tags, more properly known as near-field communication, or NFC.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

He grew maudlin, familiar, could hardly see the cards or sit upright.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Ronald Adair was fond of cards—playing continually, but never for such stakes as would hurt him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Being much flushed and excited, I tumbled my half-guinea out of my pocket in pulling the card out.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If you are 18 or older you can show you want to be a donor by signing a donor card.

(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)

You're his last card, and by the living thunder, John, he's yours!

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Mr. Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk, met us at the office and received us with that respect which my companion’s card always commanded.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)