# cards

Pronunciation: US say "KARDZ" /kɑɹdz/; UK say "KAHDZ" /kɑːdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of card. — plural of card
   - Simple: Plural of card. Use this form when you mean more than one card.
   - _The dealer slid the cards across the felt to each player._
   - _He keeps his old baseball cards in plastic sleeves._
2. Games played using a standard deck of cards, such as poker, bridge, or rummy.
   - Simple: Games that people play using a deck of small, stiff paper pieces marked with numbers or pictures.
   - _The old sailors passed the long voyage playing cards below deck._
   - _She taught her grandchildren cards on rainy afternoons._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of card. — third-person singular simple present indicative of card
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of card. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The doorman cards each guest at the entrance to the club._
   - _The mill worker cards the raw wool before it is spun into yarn._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cards (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).