card

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   I collected cards and traded them with my friends.

2. 2
   noun

   a card certifying the identity of the bearer

   We had to show our cards to get in.

3. 3
   noun

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

   the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate

4. 4
   noun

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

   you have to turn in your card to get a handicap

5. 5
   noun

   a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages, which may have printed greetings or pictures

   They sent us a card from Miami.

6. 6
   verb

   to 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!

7. 7
   verb

   to separate the fibers of

   They washed and carded the wool before spinning it into yarn.

8. 8
   noun

   A playing card.

   As each card is played in blackjack, it changes the possibilities for both player and dealer by diminishing the number and the variety of cards that may be dealt.

Etymology

From Middle English carde, Old French carde, from Old Occitan carda, deverbal from cardar, from Late Latin *carito, from Latin carō (“to comb with a card”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).