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cord
English
Etymology
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Doric Ancient Greek ????? (khordá, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”) (compare Ionic ????? (khord?), from Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“bowel”)). More at yarn and hernia.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophones: chord, cored (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger), cawed (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
cord (countable and uncountable, plural cords)
- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
- A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
- A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
- (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
- Dated form of chord: musical sense.
- Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
Synonyms
- (length of twisted strands): cable, twine
- (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity): cable, flex
- See also Thesaurus:string
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cord (third-person singular simple present cords, present participle cording, simple past and past participle corded)
- To furnish with cords
- To tie or fasten with cords
- To flatten a book during binding
- To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Middle English
Noun
cord
- Alternative form of corde
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cor, cordis.
Noun
cord n (plural corduri)
- (anatomy) heart
- Synonym: inim?
Declension
Related terms
- cordial
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cond
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nd
Etymology 1
Clipping.
Adjective
cond (not comparable)
- Clipping of conditional.
Etymology 2
From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.
Verb
cond (third-person singular simple present conds, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)
- Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”)
- 1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society:
- Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]
- 1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society:
Further reading
- cond in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- no-CD
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