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(kôrd) pronunciation
n.
  1. A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.
  2. An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
  3. A hangman's rope.
  4. An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
  5. also chord (also kōrd) Anatomy. A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.
    1. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
    2. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
  6. cords Trousers made of corduroy.
  7. (Abbr. cd.) A unit of quantity for cut fuel wood, equal to a stack measuring 4 × 4 × 8 feet or 128 cubic feet (3.62 cubic meters).
tr.v., cord·ed, cord·ing, cords.
  1. To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
  2. To furnish with a cord.
  3. To pile (wood) in cords.

[Middle English, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Greek khordē.]

corder cord'er n.

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n. a basketball net.  They cut the cords down after the game.

Sometimes restriction, but, alternatively, the bonds we have with others. The umbilical cord indicates dependency, and in those kinds of situations we talk about "cutting the cord."



n

A long, rounded organ or body.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snor, line, bånd, marv, jernbanefløjl, fløjlsbukser, kordel, ledning, favn
v. tr. - binde, snøre

Nederlands (Dutch)
koord, snoer, (emotionele) band, corduroy, vadem (inhoudsmaat), (mv) ribbroek, met koord vastmaken, vademen

Français (French)
n. - cordon, (Élec) fil, cordon (ombilical), velours, pantalon en velours côtelé (npl)
v. tr. - corder, attacher

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kordel, Schnur, Cordhose
v. - (ver)schnüren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κορδόνι, σπάγκος, (ανατ.) χορδή, (νωτιαίος) μυελός, (ομφάλιος) λώρος, (για υφάσματα) κοτλέ, (πληθ.) (καθομ.) παντελόνι κοτλέ
v. - δένω με σπάγκο ή σχοινί, δεματιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
corde vocali, corda, fune, cordone, cavo, velluto a coste

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordão (m), fio (m) (Eletr.)
v. - encordoar

idioms:

  • spinal cord    medula (f) espinhal (Anat.)
  • umbilical cord    cordão (m) umbilical (Anat.)
  • vocal cords    cordas (f pl) vocais (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
веревка, канат, связующая нить, вельвет, (множ.) вельветовые брюки

idioms:

  • spinal cord    спинной мозг
  • umbilical cord    пуповина
  • vocal cords    голосовые связки

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuerda, cordón, pana, canutillo, pantalones de pana
v. tr. - acordonar, atar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rep, lina, snöre, sladd (am.), sträng (anat.), upphöjd rand på tyg, tyg m upphöjda ränder, cord (i bl a bildäck)
v. - binda om m rep/snöre, binda fast

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
绳索, 束缚, 用绳子捆绑

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 繩索, 束縛
v. tr. - 用繩子捆綁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 끈, 코드, 골덴 천
v. tr. - 밧줄로 묶다, 장식끈으로 꾸미다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 紐, コード, 索, 脊髄, うね, うね織り布
v. - ひもで縛る, …にひもを付ける, 紐で縛る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حبل, سلك (فعل) شد بحبال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוט, מיתר, פתיל, אריג קורדורוי, כמות עצי-הסקה, מכנסי קורדורוי, קשר מוסרי או רגשי, תיל חשמלי, חבל דק‬
v. tr. - ‮קשר בחוט, סיפק חבלים‬


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