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chord 1    Audio Help   (kôrd, kōrd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Music A combination of three or more pitches sounded simultaneously.
  2. Harmony, as of color.

v.   chord·ed, chord·ing, chords

v.   intr.
  1. To be in accord; agree.
  2. Music To play chords on an instrument.

v.   tr.
  1. Music To play chords on.
  2. To harmonize.


[Alteration (influenced by chord, musical instrument string) of Middle English cord, from accord, agreement, from Old French acorde, from acorder, to agree; see accord.]

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chord 2    Audio Help   (kôrd, kōrd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A line segment that joins two points on a curve.
  2. A straight line connecting the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil.
  3. Anatomy Variant of cord.
  4. An emotional feeling or response: Her words struck a sympathetic chord in her audience.
  5. Archaic The string of a musical instrument.


[Alteration of cord.]

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cord    Audio Help   (kôrd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A slender length of flexible material usually made of twisted strands or fibers and used to bind, tie, connect, or support.
  2. An insulated flexible electric wire fitted with a plug or plugs.
  3. A hangman's rope.
  4. An influence, feeling, or force that binds or restrains; a bond or tie.
  5. also chord also (kōrd) Anatomy A long ropelike structure, such as a nerve or tendon: a spinal cord.
    1. A raised rib on the surface of cloth.
    2. A fabric or cloth with such ribs.
  6. cords Trousers made of corduroy.
  7. Abbr. cd. 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).

tr.v.   cord·ed, cord·ing, cords
  1. To fasten or bind with a cord: corded the stack of old newspapers and placed them in the recycling bin.
  2. To furnish with a cord.
  3. To pile (wood) in cords.


[Middle English, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Greek khordē; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.]

cord'er n.
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