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card

/kaːd/

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noun

A playing card.
(in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
"He played cards with his friends."
A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.
"He accused them of playing the race card."
Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.
A map or chart.
An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.
A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.
"What’s on the card for tonight?"
A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
"He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet."
A greeting card.
"She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby."
A business card.
"The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house."
Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
A test card.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
"to put a card in the newspapers"
A printed programme.
(by extension) An attraction or inducement.
"This will be a good card for the last day of the fair."
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
An indicator card.

verb

To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
"I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store."
To play cards.
To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
"McIlroy carded a stellar nine-under-par 61 in the final round."