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Definition of Cord

Cord A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. 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. 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. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal. See Chord. 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. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. of Core Related Definitions: An, And, Any, Appearance, Are, Arrange, As, Bind, Broad, By, Caught, Chord, Coarse, Composed, Connect, Cord, Core, Cubic, Drawn, Eight, Enticement, Equivalent, Fasten, Feet, Fig, Finish, For, Four, Garment, Having, Held, High, If, In, Influence, Line, Long, Material, Measure, Measured, Measurement, Moral, Nerve, Of, Or, Originally, Ornament, Other, Pile, Rope, See, Several, Sin, Small, Solid, Spermatic, Spinal, String, Structure, Tendon, The, To, Together, Twisted, Umbilical, Under, Vanity, Vocal, Which, Wicked, With, Wood

Cord Quotations He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. Albert Einstein He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. Albert Einstein Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was a fun movie for young people at the time in the 80s; but it struck a cord with people and it has lasted so I'm very proud of being a part of that. Blair Underwood I invented the cordless extension cord. Steven Wright

Cord Translations cord in Danish is reb, snor cord in Dutch is snaar, koorde, stemband cord in French is corde, cordon cord in German is Schnur, Strick cord in Italian is cordicella, spago cord in Latin is funis -is, funiculus, funis cord in Portuguese is cabo, corda

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