(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
(n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.
(n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator.
(v. i.) To play at cards; to game.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
(v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.
(v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
(v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
Example Sentences:
(1) We are the generation who saw the war,, who ate bread received with ration cards.
(2) For this purpose a test consisting of 135 picture cards was devised.
(3) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
(4) Some parents are blessed with a soul that lights up every time their little precious brings them a carefully crafted portrait or home-made greetings card.
(5) This defeat, though, is hardly a good calling card for the main job.
(6) Subgingival plaque was sampled and the presence or absence of the above mentioned bacteria assessed with BANA reagent cards (Perio Scan).
(7) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
(8) We don't have ID cards; we should not be stopped by officialdom and have to prove who we are."
(9) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(10) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(11) Unless you are part of some Unite-esque scheme to join up as part of a grand revolutionary plan, why would you bother shelling out for a membership card?
(12) But he lost much of his earnings betting on cards and horses, and he has readily admitted that it was losses of up to £750,000 a night that compelled him to make some of his worst films.
(13) On Friday, Sollecito had his passport taken away and his ID card stamped to show he must not leave Italy, according to police.
(14) The addition of the lower dose of nifedipine to atenolol did not significantly alter the weekly consumption of glyceryl trinitrate or the mean number of anginal attacks as assessed by diary cards.
(15) He wants a weaker "red card" system when a number of states object to a Brussels measure.
(16) In a sample of families of nonschizophrenic outpatient adolescents, a manual for scoring such deviance on stories told for seven TAT cards was developed.
(17) Jeremain Lens, signed from Dynamo Kyiv, was fortunate to escape dismissal for a second yellow card, while Yann M’Vila, on loan from Rubin Kazan, followed his headbutt in the reserves by raising arms to Graham Dorrans during an unpunished, but unwise, bout of push ’n’ shove.
(18) He'd later carry this over into Netflix's House Of Cards but before that, TV had already begun to emulate this new, bleak, antiheroic maturity with a cycle of dark, longform, acclaimed dramas, commencing with The Sopranos and culminating in Breaking Bad .
(19) The debit card doubles as a Clubcard, and customers will be able to earn points wherever they use it.
(20) A film sequel to 2013’s Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is also on the cards.
Lineup
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Brief encounters: Undressed at the V&A Read more But photography’s not the only no-no in this lineup of lingerie.
(2) Big musical acts (such as BB King, Keith Urban and Queens of the Stone Age) appear during the summer concert lineup but there are also drop-in yoga sessions, and hiking and biking trails wind through sculpted rocks and wildflowers.
(3) Their lineup proved to be stacked, with breakouts from AL home run leader Chris Davis and doubles machine Manny Machado, who powered the O's through starting-pitching issues to hang in a tight division.
(4) Coleman, in his efforts to sustain the national team's momentum, will be particularly eager to keep Craig Bellamy in the lineup, although it was the persuasiveness of Speed that brought his return.
(5) Twitter has hired the former Pearson chief executive Dame Marjorie Scardino to be the first woman on its board, after critics rounded on its all-male lineup.
(6) In December, reports suggested motoring journalist Chris Harris would be joining the presenting lineup.
(7) At the Forum Rodgers and Chic will be part of a lineup that includes DJs past and present, from Studio 54 legend Nicky Siano to Chicago house star Derrick Carter.
(8) The group disbanded temporarily in 1985, the Wembley Live Aid appearance being the last performance by this lineup.
(9) Rafael Benítez must contrive a way of picking this team up, as well as a starting lineup who are relatively fresh for Elland Road and a cup tie that once would have stirred the senses.
(10) The I Predict a Riot singer completes the lineup of four coaches for the new series, which returns in January, and will join returning stars will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones.
(11) Those new methods paid off against Seattle, with Wondolowski summoning the spirit of Andrea Pirlo late in Saturday’s first half: Facebook Twitter Pinterest It was a goal the team wouldn’t have been able to pull off with Steven Lenhart or Alan Gordon in the lineup, and one Seattle found difficult to pull back.
(12) Zuley didn’t have any success with two lineups, nor a murder weapon.
(13) The lineup of former and current executives will be unprecedented.
(14) CPAC performance: Cruz was the keynote speaker at CPAC 2013, a prime spot in the lineup, and he came out and gave a special introduction to Sarah Palin.
(15) One of the hottest outings is the Unplugged Backyard Hangout (UBH) sessions: a nomadic all-night gathering, from 6pm to 6am, with a long lineup of the city’s musicians, live art, spoken word, and performances in the Kwazakhele neighbourhood.
(16) • Alan Shearer is part of the BBC's World Cup lineup.
(17) The usual Monday lineup of Australian Story, Four Corners, Media Watch and Q&A were either shunted to ABC2 or bumped to next week as Canberra’s broadcasting team took over.
(18) If this is so, the lineup of grandees he manages to assemble to speak for his character is all the more impressive.
(19) A. Wainwright, P The Washington Nationals have their standard lineup as well.
(20) We needed to create more.” Vincent Kompany was restored to the City lineup after missing the last game against Leicester, but there was no place for Wilfried Bony with Edin Dzeko starting alongside Sergio Agüero.