Card vs. Thaumatrope

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Cardnoun

A playing card.

Cardnoun

(in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.

Cardnoun

A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.

Cardnoun

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.

Cardnoun

(obsolete) A map or chart.

Cardnoun

(informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.

Cardnoun

A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.

Cardnoun

(cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.

Cardnoun

(computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.

Cardnoun

A greeting card.

Cardnoun

A business card.

Cardnoun

(television) Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.

Cardnoun

A test card.

Cardnoun

(dated) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.

Cardnoun

(dated) A printed programme.

Cardnoun

An attraction or inducement.

Cardnoun

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Cardnoun

(weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.

Cardnoun

An indicator card.

Cardnoun

Material with embedded short wire bristles.

Cardnoun

A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.

Cardnoun

(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.

Cardnoun

A machine for disentangling the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

Cardnoun

A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Cardnoun

abbreviation of cardinal(songbird)

Cardverb

(US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.

Cardverb

(dated) To play cards.

Cardverb

(golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.

Cardverb

(textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

Cardverb

To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.

Cardverb

(transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.

Cardverb

To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

Cardverb

To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Cardnoun

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

Cardnoun

A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

Cardnoun

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Cardnoun

A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

Cardnoun

An indicator card. See under Indicator.

Cardnoun

An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; - usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

Cardnoun

A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Cardverb

To play at cards; to game.

Cardverb

To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

Cardverb

To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

Cardverb

To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Cardnoun

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

Cardnoun

a card certifying the identity of the bearer;

Cardnoun

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

Cardnoun

thin cardboard, usually rectangular

Cardnoun

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Cardnoun

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

Cardnoun

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

Cardnoun

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

Cardnoun

a list of dishes available at a restaurant;

Cardnoun

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

Cardnoun

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

Cardverb

separate the fibers of;

Cardverb

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

Cardnoun

a piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular one used for writing or printing on

Cardnoun

a card printed with a picture and used to send a message or greeting

Cardnoun

a card with a person's name and other details printed on it for purposes of identification, for example a business card

Cardnoun

(in soccer and some other games) a yellow or red card shown by the referee to a player who is being cautioned or sent off

Cardnoun

a small rectangular piece of plastic containing personal data in a machine-readable form and used to obtain cash or credit or to pay for a telephone call, gain entry to a room or building, etc.

Cardnoun

a playing card

Cardnoun

a game played with playing cards

Cardnoun

short for expansion card

Cardnoun

documents relating to an employee, especially for tax and national insurance, held by the employer.

Cardnoun

a programme of events at a race meeting

Cardnoun

a record of scores in a sporting event; a scorecard.

Cardnoun

a person regarded as odd or amusing

Cardnoun

a toothed implement or machine for carding wool.

Cardverb

write (something) on a card, especially for indexing.

Cardverb

(in golf and other sports) score (a certain number of points on a scorecard)

Cardverb

(of the referee in soccer and some other games) show a yellow or red card to (a player who is being cautioned or sent off)

Cardverb

check the identity card of (someone), in particular as evidence of legal drinking age

Cardverb

(of an amateur athlete) be in receipt of government funding to pursue training

Cardverb

comb and clean (raw wool, hemp fibres, or similar material) with a sharp-toothed instrument in order to disentangle the fibres before spinning

Thaumatropenoun

A toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images combine.

Thaumatropenoun

A zoetrope.

Thaumatropenoun

An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Thaumatrope

A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was popular in the 19th century. A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string.

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