cord

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: electric cordcorduroy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. a line made of twisted fibers or threads“the bundle was tied with a cord”
  2. a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
  3. a light insulated conductor for household useSynonyms: electric cord
  4. a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cottonSynonyms: corduroy

Verb (2)

  1. stack in cords“cord firewood”
  2. bind or tie with a cord
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cord \Cord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g["o]rn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]

1.A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. [1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

3.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. [1913 Webster]

The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

4.(Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal. [1913 Webster]

5.(Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure). [1913 Webster]

Cord \Cord\ (k[^o]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

2.To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. [1913 Webster]

Core \Core\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]

1.To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. [1913 Webster]

He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out.— Marston.[1913 Webster]

2.To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting. [1913 Webster]

3.To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring device. See core[8]. [PJC]

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