cord

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.
2. n. An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
3. n. A hangman's rope.
4. n. An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
5. n. Anatomy A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.
6. n. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
7. n. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
8. n. Trousers made of corduroy.
9. n. 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).
10. v. To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
11. v. To furnish with a cord.
12. v. To pile (wood) in cords.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A string or small rope composed of several strands of thread or vegetable fiber, twisted or woven together.
2. n. Something resembling a cord in form or function. Specifically— A string of a stringed musical instrument.
3. n. A quantity of firewood or other material, originally measured with a cord or line; a pile containing 128 cubic feet, or a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet broad. There have been some local variations in England: thus, in Sussex it was 3 by 3 by 14 feet, coming substantially to the same solid contents; in Derbyshire there were cords of 128, 155, and 162½ cubic feet. Similar measures are in use in other countries. In France, before the adoption of the metric system, it was likewise called a corde; there were three kinds, containing respectively 64, 56, and 112 French cubic feet. In Germany the similar measure is called a klafter; in Gotha and Brunswick it is 6 by 6 by 3 local feet.
4. n. A measure of length in several countries. In Spain the cuerda is 8¼ varas, or equal to 23⅝ English feet. At Botzen, Tyrol, the corda is 8 feet 10 inches English measure.
5. n. A measure of land. In Brittany it was 73.6 English square yards.
6. n. Figuratively, any influence which binds, restrains, draws, etc.: a frequent use of the term in Scripture: as, the cords of the wicked (Ps. cxxix. 4); the cords of his sins (Prov. v. 22); cords of vanity (Isa. v. 18); the cords of a man —that is, the bands or influence of love (Hos. xi. 4).
7. n. A strong ribbed fustian; corduroy.
8. n. In fancy weaving, the interval between two vertical lines of the design.
9. To bind with cord or rope; fasten with cords: as, to cord a trunk.
10. To pile up, as wood or other material, for measurement and sale by the cord.
11. In bookbinding, to tie (a book) firmly between two boards until it is dry, so as to insure perfect smoothness in the cover.
12. To accord; harmonize; agree.
13. n. An imperfection on the surface of glass. See cordy.
14. To become hard and cord-like: noting a condition occasionally encountered in the blood-vessels.

Wiktionary

1. n. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 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.
4. n. See cords.
5. n. common misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
6. v. To furnish with cords
7. v. To tie or fasten with cords
8. v. To flatten a book during binding
9. v. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
2. n. 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.
3. n. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement.
4. n. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
5. n. (Mus.), obsolete See Chord.
6. v. 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.
7. v. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a light insulated conductor for household use
2. n. a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
3. v. bind or tie with a cord
4. n. a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton
5. v. stack in cords
6. n. a line made of twisted fibers or threads