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card 1
(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
Phrasal Verbs: 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.
card in
To sign in, as at a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.
card out
Idioms: To sign out, as from a place of business, by use of a magnetic card.
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
(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.
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card
(kɑːd)n
1. 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
2. such a card used for identification, reference, proof of membership, etc: library card; identity card; visiting card.
3. such a card used for sending greetings, messages, or invitations, often bearing an illustration, printed greetings, etc: Christmas card; birthday card.
4. one of a set of small pieces of cardboard, variously marked with significant figures, symbols, etc, used for playing games or for fortune-telling
5. (Card Games)
a. short for playing card
b. (as modifier): a card game.
c. (in combination): cardsharp.
6. informal a witty, entertaining, or eccentric person
7. (Banking & Finance) short for cheque card, credit card
8. (Navigation) See compass card
9. (Horse Racing) horse racing Also called: race 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
10. 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)
11. (Electronics) short for printed circuit card. See printed circuit board
[C15: from Old French carte, from Latin charta leaf of papyrus, from Greek khartēs, probably of Egyptian origin]
card
(kɑːd)vb
(Textiles) (tr) to comb out and clean fibres of wool or cotton before spinning
n
(Tools) (formerly) a machine or comblike tool for carding fabrics or for raising the nap on cloth
[C15: from Old French carde card, teasel, from Latin carduus thistle]
ˈcarder n
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card1
(kɑrd)n.
1. a usu. rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to record information or, when preprinted, to identify the holder.
2. one of a set of cards with spots, figures, etc., used in playing various games.
3. cards, (usu. with a sing. v.)
a. a game or games played with such a set.
b. the playing of such a game: to win at cards.
4. something useful in attaining an objective, comparable to a high card held in a game.
6. postcard.
8. credit card.
9. a card with a picture of a sports or other figure on one side and information about the figure on the other.
10. a program of the events at races, etc.
11. compass card.
12.
a. punch card.
13. an amusing, witty, or prankish person.
v.t. 14. to provide with a card.
15. to fasten on a card.
16. to write, list, etc., on cards.
17. to ask (a youth) to produce identification, esp. to check whether the person is of legal drinking age.
Idioms: 1. in the cards, destined to occur.
2. put or lay one's cards on the table, to be completely straightforward.
[1350–1400; Old English: paper, document, letter < Latin c(h)arta sheet of paper]
card2
(kɑrd)n.
1. a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning in order to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
2. a similar implement for raising the nap on cloth.
v.t. 3. to dress (wool or the like) with a card.
[1325–75; Middle English carde < Middle French: literally, teasel head < Late Latin cardus thistle, variant of Latin carduus]
card′er, n.
Card.
Cardinal.
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card
Past participle: carded
Gerund: carding
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| Noun | 1. |  card - 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"playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games 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 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers trading card - a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses |
| 2. |  card - a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"business card - a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation donor card - a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death keycard - a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism membership card - a card certifying membership in an organization borrower's card, library card - a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library ration card - a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods 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; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people" | |
| 3. | card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami" correspondence - communication by the exchange of letters 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 | |
| 4. | card - thin cardboard, usually rectangular timecard - a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day cardboard, composition board - a stiff moderately thick paper | |
| 5. |  card - a witty amusing person who makes jokescolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 6. |  card - a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"sign - a public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows" flash card, flashcard - a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher | |
| 7. |  card - a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visitedgreeting, salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting) | |
| 8. |  card - (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"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 record book, book, record - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" | |
| 9. |  card - a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"bill - a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) 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 | |
| 10. | card - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" 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; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" cleanup position, cleanup spot, cleanup - (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team) | |
| 11. |  card - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilitiesCPU 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 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | card - separate the fibers of; "tease wool" separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| 2. | card - 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!" |
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card
Cards
Card games auction bridge, baccarat, beggar-my-neighbour, bezique, blackjack, boston, bridge, canasta, canfield, casino, chemin-de-fer or chemmy, cinch, contract bridge, cooncan or conquian, cribbage, duplicate bridge, écarté, euchre, faro, five hundred, gin rummy, happy families, hearts, loo, monte, nap or napoleon, old maid, ombre, patience, pinochle, penuchle, penuckle or pinocle, piquet, poker, pontoon, quinze, rouge et noir, rubber bridge, rummy, seven up, skat, slapjack, snap, solo, solo whist, spoilfive, stops, strip poker, stud poker, switch, trente et quarante, whist
Bridge terms contract, double, dummy, east, finesse, grand slam, little slam or small slam, north, no-trump, redouble, rubber, ruff, singleton, slam, south, trick, trump, vulnerable, west, yarborough
Poker terms ante, flush, full house, pair, raise, royal flush, see, showdown, shy, stand pat, straddle, straight, straight flush
Other card terms ace, clubs, court card or (U.S. & Canad.) face card, cut, deal, deck, deuce, diamonds, hand, hearts, jack, joker, king, knave, queen, revoke, spades, suit, trey, wild
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card
noun1. Informal. A person who is appealingly odd or curious:
Informal: oddball.
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Translations
kartakartonnavštívenkapřáníprůkazka
kortpap=-kortkarton
kortti
kartakartekarton
kártya
kortkort, spjaldspil
カードトランプ
두꺼운 종이카드
atvirukasbilietaskartonaskortakortelė
atklātnekartekartonskārtsspēļu kārts
čestitkaizkaznicakartakarticakartoteka
kort
ไพ่การ์ด บัตรบัตรอวยพร
lá bàithẻthiếp
card
1 [kɑːd]A. N
1. (= greetings card, visiting card etc) → tarjeta f; (= membership card, press card) → carnet m, carné m
2. (= index card) → ficha f
3. (= playing card) → carta f, naipe m
a pack of cards → una baraja
to play cards → jugar a las cartas or los naipes
to lose money at cards → perder el dinero jugando a las cartas
a pack of cards → una baraja
to play cards → jugar a las cartas or los naipes
to lose money at cards → perder el dinero jugando a las cartas
4. (at dance, race) → programa m
5. (= thin cardboard) → cartulina f
7. to ask for one's cards (Brit) → dejar su puesto, renunciar
to get one's cards (Brit) → ser despedido
to have a card up one's sleeve → guardarse una carta bajo la manga
to hold all the cards → tener los triunfos en la mano
to lay one's cards on the table → poner las cartas sobre la mesa or boca arriba
it's on or > in the cards (US) → es probable
it's quite on or > in the cards that (US) → es perfectamente posible que ... + subjun
to play or keep one's cards close to one's chest or > close to the vest (US) → no soltar prenda
to play one's cards right → jugar bien sus cartas
see also Christmas, house A1
to get one's cards (Brit) → ser despedido
to have a card up one's sleeve → guardarse una carta bajo la manga
to hold all the cards → tener los triunfos en la mano
to lay one's cards on the table → poner las cartas sobre la mesa or boca arriba
it's on or > in the cards (US) → es probable
it's quite on or > in the cards that (US) → es perfectamente posible que ... + subjun
to play or keep one's cards close to one's chest or > close to the vest (US) → no soltar prenda
to play one's cards right → jugar bien sus cartas
see also Christmas, house A1
C. CPD card catalogue N → fichero m, catálogo m de fichas
card game N → juego m de naipes or cartas
card index N → fichero m
see also card-index card reader N → lector m de fichas
card stacker N → depósito m de descarga de fichas
card table N → mesa f de juego
card trick N → truco m de cartas
card vote N → voto m por delegación
card game N → juego m de naipes or cartas
card index N → fichero m
see also card-index card reader N → lector m de fichas
card stacker N → depósito m de descarga de fichas
card table N → mesa f de juego
card trick N → truco m de cartas
card vote N → voto m por delegación
card
2 [kɑːd] (Tech)A. N → carda f
B. VT → cardar
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card
[ˈkɑːrd] n (= playing card) → carte f
to play cards → jouer aux cartes
to play one's cards right → bien mener sa barque
to put one's cards on the table, to lay one's cards on the table → jouer cartes sur table
to play cards → jouer aux cartes
to play one's cards right → bien mener sa barque
to put one's cards on the table, to lay one's cards on the table → jouer cartes sur table
(recording information) → fiche f
(also membership card) → carte f d'adhérent
(also cardboard) → carton m
to be on the cards (= likely) → être prévisible
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card
:cardboard
attr → Papp-; (fig) character → stereotyp, klischeehaft, schablonenhaft
cardboard box
n → (Papp)karton m, → Pappschachtel f
card-carrying
adj a card member → ein eingetragenes Mitglied; card communist → Mitglied nt → der Kommunistischen Partei
card game
n → Kartenspiel nt
card holder
n (of credit card) → Karteninhaber(in) m(f)
card
:cardphone
n → Kartentelefon nt
card player
n → Kartenspieler(in) m(f)
card punch
n → Lochkartenmaschine f
card reader
n → Lesemaschine f
cardsharp(er)
n → Falschspieler(in) m(f), → Zinker(in) m(f) (inf)
card table
n → Spieltisch m
card trick
n → Kartenkunststück nt
card vote
n (Brit) → ˜ Abstimmung f → durch Wahlmänner
card
1n
no pl (= cardboard) → Pappe f
(= greetings, business card etc) → Karte f (also Comput); (= cheque/credit card) → (Scheck-/Kredit)karte f
cards pl (= employment cards) → Papiere pl; he asked for his cards (inf) → er wollte sich (dat) → seine Papiere geben lassen (inf)
(= playing card) → (Spiel)karte f; to play cards → Karten spielen; to lose money at cards → Geld beim Kartenspiel verlieren; pack of cards → Karten pl, → Kartenspiel nt; game of cards → Kartenspiel nt; house of cards (lit, fig) → Kartenhaus nt
(Sport, = programme) → Programm nt
(fig) to put or lay one’s cards on the table → seine Karten aufdecken or (offen) auf den Tisch legen; to play one’s cards right/badly → geschickt/ungeschickt taktieren, taktisch geschickt/unklug vorgehen; to hold all the cards → alle Trümpfe in der Hand haben; to play one’s last/trump card → seinen letzten/höchsten Trumpf ausspielen; to play or keep one’s cards close to one’s chest or (US) close to the vest → sich (dat) → nicht in die Karten sehen lassen; it’s on the cards → das ist zu erwarten
vt (US inf) to card somebody → jds Identität kontrollieren; Jack got carded → sie haben Jacks Ausweis kontrolliert
card
2 (Tex)Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
card
[kɑːd] n (greetings card, visiting card) → biglietto; (membership card) → tessera; (index card) → scheda; (playing card) → carta (da gioco); (thin cardboard) → cartoncinoto play cards → giocare a carte
it's on the cards (fig) → è probabile
to lay one's cards on the table (also) (fig) → mettere le carte in tavola
to play one's cards right (fig) → giocare bene le proprie carte
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
card
(kaːd) noun1. thick paper or thin board. shapes cut out from card.
2. (also ˈplaying card) a small piece of such paper etc with designs, used in playing certain games. a pack of cards.
3. a similar object used for eg sending greetings, showing membership of an organization, storing information etc. a birthday card; a membership card; a business card.
cards noun singular the game(s) played with playing-cards. He cheats at cards.
ˈcardboard noun, adjective (of) a stiff kind of paper often made up of several layers. a cardboard box.
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card
→ بِطَاقَة, كارْت, وَرَقَةُ لَعِب blahopřání, karta, karton kort, pap Karte, Karton, Spielkarte κάρτα, τραπουλόχαρτο carta, cartulina, tarjeta kortti carte, carton karta, karte, karton biglietto di auguri, carte, cartoncino カード, トランプ 두꺼운 종이, 카드 kaart, karton kartong, kort, spillekort karta, karta do gry carta, cartão, cartas игральная карта, картон, открытка kort ไพ่, การ์ด บัตร, บัตรอวยพร kart, karton, oyun kartı lá bài, thẻ, thiếp 卡片, 扑克牌Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Where can I buy a bus card?
- Here is my boarding card
- A memory card for this digital camera, please
- Where can I buy a phone card? (US)
Where can I buy a phonecard? (UK) - A phone card, please (US)
A phonecard, please (UK) - An international phone card, please
- I'd like a twenty-five euro phone card
- Where can I buy a top-up card?
- Can I use my card with this ATM? (US)
Can I use my card with this cash machine? (UK) - The ATM swallowed my card (US)
The cash machine swallowed my card (UK) - I need to cancel my card
- My card has been stolen
- Can I get a cash advance with my credit card?
- Can I use my card to get cash?
- Can I pay by credit card?
- Here's my card (US)
Here is my card (UK) - May I have your card? (US)
Can I have your card? (UK) - Do you have a business card?
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card
n (business, insurance, etc.) tarjetaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.