Cord
[kɔːd] or [kɔrd]
Definition
(noun.) a line made of twisted fibers or threads; 'the bundle was tied with a cord'.
(noun.) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton.
(noun.) a light insulated conductor for household use.
(noun.) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet.
(verb.) bind or tie with a cord.
(verb.) stack in cords; 'cord firewood'.
Editor: Segre--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
(n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
(n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
(n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
(n.) See Chord.
(v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
(v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
(imp. & p. p.) of Core
Edited by Charlene
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. String, line, small rope.
Checker: Lowell
Definition
n. a small rope or thick kind of string: something resembling a cord as 'spinal cord ' 'umbilical cord ' &c.: (fig.) anything that binds or restrains: a measure of firewood originally determined by the use of a cord or string.—v.t. to supply with a cord: to bind with a cord.—n. Cord′age a quantity of cords or ropes as the rigging of a ship &c.—adj. Cord′ed fastened with cords: furrowed as with cords: (her.) wound about with cords: piled in 'cords.'—ns. Cord′-grass a genus of grasses of which one species found in muddy salt-marshes is used for making ropes; Cord′ing the act of binding: cordage; Cord′ite an approved smokeless gunpowder so called from its cord-like appearance; Cord′-wood wood put up in 'cords.'
Typed by Harrison
Unserious Contents or Definition
See Rope.
Checker: Natalia
Examples
- This shutter was wound up by a spring operated by a pull cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An ordinary optic nerve is about the thickness of a thread, but his is like a cord. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By another ingenious device the cord was tied and cut, when the sewing was completed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If nothing else could be done I would load a cord of wood on a wagon and take it to the city for sale. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Inventors accordingly concentrated their attention on the use of twine or cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The sounds produced by the vocal cords are transformed into speech by the help of the tongue and lips, which modify the shape of the mouth cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The cords of the tents were of the same colour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In very early times men must have used some kinds of cords or lines for fishing, for tying animals, at times for tying men. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Ropes, cords, coarse bands of leather were the common provisions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A piano gives out sound whenever a player strikes the keys and sets in motion the various wires within the piano; speech and song are caused by the motion of chest, vocal cords, and lips. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No cords or chains can keep him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Tribes of savages still have in use cords made of various materials and some of them very well made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In ordinary breathing, the cords are loose and are separated by a wide opening through which air enters and leaves the lungs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I must go this morning: I must go directly; my trunk is packed and corded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Aunt Chloe shut and corded the box, and, getting up, looked gruffly on the trader, her tears seeming suddenly turned to sparks of fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The box was corded, the card nailed on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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