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ALL meanings of card

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  • countable noun card A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed. 3
  • countable noun card A card is a piece of cardboard or plastic, or a small document, which shows information about you and which you carry with you, for example to prove your identity. 3
  • countable noun card A card is a rectangular piece of plastic, issued by a bank, company, or shop, which you can use to buy things or obtain money. 3
  • countable noun card A card is a folded piece of stiff paper with a picture and sometimes a message printed on it, which you send to someone on a special occasion. 3
  • countable noun card A card is the same as a postcard. 3
  • countable noun card A card is a piece of thin cardboard carried by someone such as a business person in order to give to other people. A card shows the name, address, telephone number, and other details of the person who carries it. 3
  • countable noun card Cards are thin pieces of cardboard with numbers or pictures printed on them which are used to play various games. 3
  • uncountable noun card If you are playing cards, you are playing a game using cards. 3
  • countable noun card You can use card to refer to something that gives you an advantage in a particular situation. If you play a particular card, you use that advantage. 3
  • uncountable noun card Card is strong, stiff paper or thin cardboard. 3
  • countable noun card In computing, a card is a circuit board that can be put into a computer to provide additional memory or functions. 3
  • countable noun card You can use card to refer to a series of races or matches at a particular sporting event. 3
  • verb card If you are carded, someone in authority asks you to show a document to prove that you are old enough to do something, for example, to buy or drink alcohol. 3
  • noun card a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard, usually rectangular, with varied uses, as for filing information in an index, bearing a written notice for display, entering scores in a game, etc 3
  • noun card such a card used for identification, reference, proof of membership, etc 3
  • noun card such a card used for sending greetings, messages, or invitations, often bearing an illustration, printed greetings, etc 3
  • noun card one of a set of small pieces of cardboard, variously marked with significant figures, symbols, etc, used for playing games or for fortune-telling 3
  • noun card (as modifier) 3
  • noun card (in combination) 3
  • noun card a witty, entertaining, or eccentric person 3
  • noun card a daily programme of all the races at a meeting, listing the runners, riders, weights to be carried, distances to be run, and conditions of each race 3
  • noun card a thing or action used in order to gain an advantage, esp one that is concealed and kept in reserve until needed (esp in the phrase a card up one's sleeve) 3
  • noun card short for printed circuit card 3
  • verb card to comb out and clean fibres of wool or cotton before spinning 3
  • noun card (formerly) a machine or comblike tool for carding fabrics or for raising the nap on cloth 3
  • abbreviation CARD Cardinal 3
  • noun card a flat, stiff piece of thick paper or thin pasteboard, usually rectangular 3
  • noun card any of a pack of small, specially marked cards used in playing various games; specif., any of a pack of playing cards 3
  • noun card compass card 3
  • noun card a pasteboard with a number of small articles attached for sale 3
  • noun card postcard 3
  • noun card calling card 3
  • noun card a card identifying a person as an agent, member, patron, etc. 3
  • noun card an illustrated or decorated card bearing a message or greeting for some occasion 3
  • noun card a card to advertise or announce an event, product, etc. 3
  • noun card any of a series of cards on which information is recorded 3
  • noun card score card (sense 1) 3
  • noun card a series of contests making up a program, esp. in boxing 3
  • noun card an event or attraction as described in a printed program 3
  • noun card a punch card or a card with a strip encoded magnetically 3
  • noun card a printed circuit board that plugs into a main circuit board 3
  • noun card a witty, comical, or clowning person 3
  • noun card a diplomatic maneuver or a force or resource that can be used to help achieve a goal 3
  • verb transitive card to provide with a card 3
  • verb transitive card to put on a card 3
  • verb transitive card to list on cards for filing, cataloging, etc. 3
  • verb transitive card to make as a score in golf 3
  • verb transitive card to ask (a young person) for identification, as an ID card, as to establish proof of legal age to drink alcohol 3
  • adjective card of or involving playing cards 3
  • noun card a wire brush for raising the nap on cloth 3
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