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say it: kahrd
card is a noun and verb meaning "one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes". It carries 13 recorded senses.
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”
a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
a list of dishes available at a restaurant
“the menu was in French”
(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
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
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!”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for card come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.