Cord

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1. Noun

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

5. Noun

See Chord.

6. Verb

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.

7. Verb

To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

8. Verb form

of Core

9. Noun

a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
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