to card
1
8.6
- verb
- /kɑrd/
- Specialized
- After she sheared the sheep, she began to card the fresh wool for spinning.
- card wool
- card and spin
- card and weave
Examples
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She washed, cooked, cleaned, and carded wool.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was enough to card, spin, and weave the plain wadmal cloth we needed.
Fiction book (1993) -
If you are willing to learn how to card, spin, and weave with your hands, you will have all that you need and want.
Academic text (1998) -
She sat in the shade of the tent, carding wool and sent Bathsheba off with the sheep.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was shearing time; they'd clipped half the flock that morning, which meant Julia would spend the coming days carding and tolling the wool.
Fiction book (2000) -
The artisan will card the cotton fibers to prepare them for fabric making.
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In the workshop, they learned how to card the wool effectively before dyeing it.
Synonyms
19
6.8
To pull apart and loosen fibers by brushing or combing them
Idioms
- Offensive
3
8.5
To pretend to be treated unfairly to get sympathy or avoid blame
- Literature
1
8.0
To mention someone's gender to gain an advantage in a discussion
- Literature
To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy
Compounds
84
1.0
A small printed card showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
- US
67
3.4
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
51
1.4
A card with money on it that you can use to buy things at one store or group of stores
40
1.8
A small card with a baseball player's photo and game numbers that people collect
40
1.1
A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck
21
7.6
A card with pictures and symbols used to tell the future or play special card games
- Archaic
14
2.1
A small card you buy to pay for phone calls from public phones or when traveling
13
1.4
A plastic card from a bank used to pay without cash and get money from cash machines
7
2.6
A punishment in sports like football that sends a player off the field for a serious foul
- Specialized
5
3.2
A small part inside a computer that makes images and video look better
- Archaic
4
3.7
A set of paper cards in drawers that lists library books and where to find them
3
4.0
A government card that lets you buy limited goods like food or fuel during shortages
- Archaic
1
4.4
A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books
- Archaic
1
6.4
A small card with a person's name and sometimes address left to announce their visit
- Specialized
1
4.4
A board with electronic parts that you insert into a computer to add functions like graphics or wireless
- Archaic
1
9.9
A stiff paper card with holes used to record information for early computers
- Specialized
1
6.7
A round disc on a compass that turns so its north mark points to magnetic north
1
3.0
A card that lets you take books and other items out of a library for a short time
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Card as a verb in textiles (to separate and straighten fibers) comes from the old idea of using a comb with many small teeth, like a 'thistle', to pull the fibers apart. So to card wool or cotton is to clean and smooth the threads before spinning.