cord en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈkoɹd/ (General-American)
- /ˈkɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈkʰɔɹd] early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
- (US) audio
- [ˈkʰɔɾd] (Scotland)
- [ˈkʰoːd] (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈkɔɹd/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
- [ˈkʰɔːd] ~ [ˈkʰo̞ːd] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɔɾd/ (Scotland)
- [ˈkʰoɹd] (General-American)
- /ˈkoːd/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”). Displaced native Old English sīma (“cord, rope”), sāl (“rope, cord, rein”), and sāda (“cord, halter, snare”). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
Meanings
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(countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
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(uncountable) Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
cord of spittle
He looped some cord around his fingers.
- (countable, uncountable) A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
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(countable, uncountable) A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Battering-ram”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 376:'If they buy three cords of birch logs,' said the witch, 'but they must be exact measure—and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the one cord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the other cord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the third cord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us.'
1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “Mackerel Trolling”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 187:
- (broadly, collective, countable, uncountable) A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. ▸ A quantity of firewood or cut logs.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.
1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “To—”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 15:
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(countable, uncountable) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
Since spinal cord injury is associated with edema and changes in AQP4 expression, Ge and coworkers investigated the potential antiedema effect of epigallocatechin gallate and its underlying mechanism on a rat model of acute spinal cord injury.
2015 August 4, Diana Fiorentini et al., “Polyphenols as Modulators of Aquaporin Family in Health and Disease”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
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(alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable) Dated form of chord.
alt of chord
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(alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable) Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
alt of chord
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cords | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cordset · cordite · vocal cord · suicide cord · spinal cord · cordgrass · power cord · trip cord · tailcord · citation cord · spermatic cord · russel cord · cord-cutting · central cord syndrome · cordel · detcord · bait-cord · cord factor · aux cord · communication cord · cord-cutter · detonation cord · pull cord · body cord · emergency cord · corduroy · detonating cord · kill cord · cut the umbilical cord · rheocord · cordopexy · cordy · vocal cord nodule · cordlike · cordless · cordwood · sex cord · primer cord · pullcord · needlecord · cordocentesis · male-to-male cord · extension cord · bungy cord · oblique cord · uncord · cord lacing · kook cord · cord colitis syndrome · bedcord · true vocal cord · hemicord · ventriculocordectomy · cordectomy · nuchal cord · cordotomy · whipcord · paracord · umbilical cord · cordmaker · cord-lacing · ripcord · genital cord · cordmaking · nerve cord · bungee cord · neurocord · corder · vocal cords · cord set · cut the cord · Bedford cord · drawcord · ventral nerve cord · sash cord
Synonyms
cable (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity) · cordage · flex (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity) · twine (length of twisted strands) · cable (length of twisted strands)
Translations (183)
ota ایپ (length of twisted strands) · de Faden (figurative influence) · uk шво́рка (length of twisted strands) · bg шнур (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ota خلاط (length of twisted strands) · ca corda (length of twisted strands) · nb tau (length of twisted strands) · hu zsineg (length of twisted strands) · enm rop (length of twisted strands) · izh šnurkka (length of twisted strands) · es cuerda (length of twisted strands) · mk шнур (length of twisted strands) · kea bulina (length of twisted strands) · crh şnur (length of twisted strands) · zu intambo (length of twisted strands) · enm teye (length of twisted strands) · ang sīma (length of twisted strands) · ro cablu (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · egy n:U19-nw-w-H-V1 (length of twisted strands) · es cabuya (length of twisted strands) · ar حَبْل (length of twisted strands) · hy լար (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · pl sznur (length of twisted strands) · pt corda (length of twisted strands) · de Klafter (unit of measurement for firewood) · hi तार (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · pl sąg (unit of measurement for firewood) · da elledning (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · uk дріт (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · cmn 線 /线 (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · da kabel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · it cordone (length of twisted strands) · hu ín (anatomy) · bg шнур (length of twisted strands) · fr corde (unit of measurement for firewood) · gl corda (anatomy) · hu madzag (length of twisted strands) · ko 코드 (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · uk шнур (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ca cordill (length of twisted strands) · th เชือก (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · uk ка́бель (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · pl rdzeń (anatomy) · hu zsinór (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · es cordón (length of twisted strands) · ru ка́бель (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · hu vezeték (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · qu anku (length of twisted strands) · pdt Baunt (length of twisted strands) · mk шнур (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · gl cable (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · grc σειρά (length of twisted strands) · hu szál (anatomy) · pdt Klauft (unit of measurement for firewood) · cmn 繩 /绳 (length of twisted strands) · enm corde (length of twisted strands) · nl koord (length of twisted strands) · mk ка́бел (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · cs šňůra (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · as জৰী (length of twisted strands) · pt cabo (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · de Litze (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · mi kopu (length of twisted strands) · es laja (length of twisted strands) · mk га́јтан (length of twisted strands) · dlm canapial (length of twisted strands) · ga ruóg (length of twisted strands) · de Band (anatomy) · sv famn (unit of measurement for firewood) · txb śerkw (length of twisted strands) · km ខ្សែ (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · mi kārure (length of twisted strands) · ru шнур (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · es libán (length of twisted strands) · de Cord (unit of measurement for firewood) · ko 밧줄 (length of twisted strands) · uk моту́зка (length of twisted strands) · mi taihere (length of twisted strands) · nb ledning (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · mk вр́вка (length of twisted strands) · fi piuha (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ko 선 (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · es mecate (length of twisted strands) · ro cordon (length of twisted strands) · hu szál (figurative influence) · be про́вад (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · nl touw (length of twisted strands) · cop ⲛⲟϩ (length of twisted strands) · hu spárga (length of twisted strands) · ja コード (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · de Band (figurative influence) · hu huzal (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ota ریسمان (length of twisted strands) · az qaytaq (length of twisted strands) · uk шнур (length of twisted strands) · grc θῶμιγξ (length of twisted strands) · hu zsinór (anatomy) · wyi woodol-woodol (length of twisted strands) · fi naru (length of twisted strands) · gl corda (length of twisted strands) · bg връв (length of twisted strands) · hu kábel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · la fūnis (length of twisted strands) · pl sznur (figurative influence) · az ip (length of twisted strands) · hu zsinór (length of twisted strands) · ro coardă (length of twisted strands) · nl zeel (length of twisted strands) · sv kabel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · pl przewód (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · sv tråd (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · be шнур (length of twisted strands) · be вяро́ўка (length of twisted strands) · ru верёвка (length of twisted strands) · hu vezeték (anatomy) · hi तार (length of twisted strands) · qu watu (length of twisted strands) · lv virve (length of twisted strands) · rup coardã (length of twisted strands) · ja 線 (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · mk вр́вца (length of twisted strands) · bg кана́п (length of twisted strands) · uga 𐎈𐎁𐎍 (length of twisted strands) · pt barbante (length of twisted strands) · be шво́рка (length of twisted strands) · cs šňůra (length of twisted strands) · hu drót (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · fi syli (unit of measurement for firewood) · ru про́вод (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · de Sehne (anatomy) · grc σχοινίον (length of twisted strands) · de Strick (length of twisted strands) · de Strippe (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · mi kōri (unit of measurement for firewood) · es cordería (length of twisted strands) · be шнур (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ca cable (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ota طنب (length of twisted strands) · gl cabo (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · gd teud (length of twisted strands) · is leiðsla (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · eo ŝnurkonduktilo (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · pl lina (figurative influence) · uk вірьо́вка (length of twisted strands) · eo ŝnuro (length of twisted strands) · fi johto (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ja 縄 (length of twisted strands) · fo leidningur (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · la restis (length of twisted strands) · pl kabel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · uk про́від (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ro cordon (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · cmn 繩子 /绳子 (length of twisted strands) · de Kordel (length of twisted strands) · cic shtalakchi' (length of twisted strands) · fr corde (length of twisted strands) · da ledning (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · fr cordon (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ar خَيْط (length of twisted strands) · gl bramante (length of twisted strands) · mk га́јтан (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · be дрот (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · be ка́бель (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · el σχοινί (length of twisted strands) · hu öl (unit of measurement for firewood) · sv sladd (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · ru шнур (length of twisted strands) · gd teud-dealain (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · bg ка́бел (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · fi johdin (anatomy) · mi taura hiko (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · nl kabel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · bg въже́ (length of twisted strands) · de Schnur (length of twisted strands) · de Kabel (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · es cordel (length of twisted strands) · ka თოკი (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · sv ledning (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity) · cs provaz (length of twisted strands) · cic ishtalakchi' (length of twisted strands) · hu kötelék (figurative influence) · hu szalag (anatomy) · de Strang (anatomy)