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Cards

noun

1.

A game played with playing cards. Synonym: card game.

Card

noun

1.

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

2.

A card certifying the identity of the bearer. Synonym: identity card.

3.

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

4.

Thin cardboard, usually rectangular.

5.

A witty amusing person who makes jokes. Synonyms: wag, wit.

6.

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. Synonyms: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting.

7.

A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited. Synonyms: calling card, visiting card.

8.

(golf) a record of scores (as in golf). Synonym: scorecard.

9.

A list of dishes available at a restaurant. Synonyms: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu.

10.

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. Synonyms: batting order, lineup.

11.

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.

verb

(past & past part. carded; pres. part. carding)

1.

Separate the fibers of. Synonym: tease.

2.

Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.

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"Cards" Quotes from Famous Books

... two Rogrons thought constantly of their dear Provins. While Jerome sold his thread he saw the Upper town; as he piled up the cards on which were buttons he contemplated the valley; when he rolled and unrolled his ribbons he followed the shining rivers. Looking up at his shelves he saw the ravines where he had often escaped his father's anger and gone a-nutting or gathering blackberries. But the little square in ...

— Pierrette • Honore de Balzac

... men in shanty dress, some sitting with chairs tipped back against the wall, smoking the black French "twist" tobacco; others drinking at the bar; and others still at the tables that stood in one corner of the room playing cards with loud exclamations and oaths of delight or disgust, according to their fortune. The lieutenant pushed his way through the crowd, followed ...

— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor

... that she felt as if she were living in a house of cards, although the Bolton household had no idea of the number of perils that hovered over them, any more than thousands of families in America have of the business risks and contingences upon which their ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... other, gossiping about the various affairs of her various employers; and when absolute knowledge failed she took to inventing details which did no small credit to her imagination. Also, she could tell fortunes by reading tea-leaves and shuffling cards, and was not above aiding the maid servants ...

— The Silent House • Fergus Hume

... if only you hold him in the hand and wish. But the impossible premise defeats the conclusion. You never do hold him long enough, simply because you can't catch him in the first place. Yet the fascinating possibility is like a taste for drink, or the glamour of cards. Does the committee-man drive past to Sudleigh market, suggesting the prospect of a leisurely return that afternoon, and consequent dropping in to hear the geography class? Then do the laziest and most optimistic boys betake them hastily from their dinner-pails to the river, ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown

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