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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: card

1	n v	thin cardboard, usually rectangular ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
2	v	separate the fibers of
3	n	a witty amusing person who makes jokes

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: card

n thin cardboard, usually rectangular

Types:: timecard
a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day

Type of:: cardboard, composition board
a stiff moderately thick paper

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

“they sent us a card from Miami”

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; 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; birthday card
a card expressing a birthday greeting; Christmas card
a card expressing a Christmas greeting; Easter card
a card expressing an Easter greeting; Valentine
a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day; lettercard
a postcard that folds so the message is inside; picture postcard
a postcard with a picture on one side; Mass card
(Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased; spiritual bouquet
(Roman Catholic Church) a card indicating that the sender will perform certain devotional acts on behalf of another

Type of:: correspondence
communication by the exchange of letters

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

Synonyms:: calling card, visiting card

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

n 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”

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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; crib
the cards discarded by players at cribbage; ace
one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face; baseball card
a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record; club
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; deuce, two
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots; diamond
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; draw
a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; court card, face card, picture card
one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face; gaming card
one of a set of cards used in gambling games; heart
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; hole card
(poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown; joker
a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester; singleton
the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt; spade
a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; spot
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; stopper
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; suit
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; three, trey
one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips; trump, trump card
a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; wild card
a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it

Type of:: paper
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

n a card certifying the identity of the bearer

“he had to show his card to get in”

Synonyms:: identity card

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; 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; union card
a card certifying membership in a labor union

Type 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

n a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

Synonyms:: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting

Types:: 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

Type of:: sign
a public display of a message

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

“you have to turn in your card to get a handicap”

Synonyms:: scorecard

Type of:: book, record, record book
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

n a list of dishes available at a restaurant

Synonyms:: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu

Types:: 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

Type of:: bill
a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

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

“the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate”

Synonyms:: batting order, lineup

Type of:: roll, roster
a list of names

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

Synonyms:: add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in

Types:: 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

Type 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

v 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!”

Type of:: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

v separate the fibers of

Synonyms:: tease

Type of:: separate
divide into components or constituents

n a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Synonyms:: wag, wit

Type of:: humorist, humourist
someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

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