card
To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirementTo check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
» Can I pay by credit card?
Kann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL
Могу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin
Могу я расплатиться карточкой? — odexed
Могу я заплатить кредитной картой? — soniamiku
Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak
Можна заплатити кредитною карткою? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(US, transitive)To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
They have to card anybody who looks 21 or younger.
I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store.
(dated)To play cards.
(transitive)To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
McIlroy carded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round.
To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
kämmen, krempeln, kardätschen
кардуватиkarduvaty
To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
(transitive)To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
to card a horse
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
(obsolete, transitive)To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
Examples
1491 sentencesCan I pay by credit card?
Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak
ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin
deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL
We killed time by playing cards.
Ми вбили час, граючи в карти. — deniko
deWir schlugen die Zeit mit Kartenspielen tot. — Esperantostern
We often play cards on Sunday.
Ми часто граємо в карти по неділях. — ChickenKiev
ruМы часто играем в карты в воскресенье. — Balamax
deWir spielen sonntags oft Karten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We accept all major credit cards.
Ми приймаємо всі основні кредитни картки. — deniko
deWir akzeptieren alle geläufigen Kreditkarten. — Yorwba
Can I use my credit card?
Чи я можу скористатися своєю кредитною карткою? — deniko
ruМогу я воспользоваться кредитной карточкой? — Hellerick
deKann ich meine Kreditkarte benutzen? — al_ex_an_der
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, fromFrom Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of carte and chart.
From Middle English carden, from Old French carder, from carde (“cotton card”); see Etymology 2 for more.
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Forms
cards, carding, carded, cardedSynonyms
1 synonyms- separate the fibers of:tease
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Shopping and money — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- credit card
- playing cards
- a credit card
- my credit card
- play cards
- christmas card
- a birthday card
- a christmas card
- playing cards with
- by credit card
- card tricks
- to play cards
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.