card

Definitions of card in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a card certifying the identity of the bearer

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

noun - thin cardboard, usually rectangular

noun - a witty amusing person who makes jokes

noun - a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

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

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

noun - a list of dishes available at a restaurant

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

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

verb - separate the fibers of

verb - ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

One of a set or pack bearing significant numbers, symbols, or figures, used in games and in divination.

A greeting card.

A post card.

One bearing a person’s name and other information, used for purposes of identification or classification.

A business card.

A credit card.

A magnetic card.

One used for recording information in a file: an index card; a recipe card.

A game played with cards.

The playing of games with cards.

A program, especially for a sports event.

A menu, as in a restaurant.

A wine list.

Computer Science.

A circuit board, especially for use in a microcomputer.

A punch card.

A compass card.

An eccentrically amusing person.

Something, such as an advantageous circumstance or tactical maneuver, that can be used to help gain an objective: “[He believed that] Soviet Russia... had far more Iranian cards to play than had the United States” (Theodore Draper).

To furnish with or attach to a card.

To list (something) on a card; catalogue.

To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age.

A wire-toothed brush or a machine fitted with rows of wire teeth, used to disentangle fibers, as of wool, prior to spinning.

A device used to raise the nap on a fabric.

verb - to provide with a card (a stiff piece of paper)