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cord·ed

   [kawr-did]
adjective
1.
furnished with, made of, or in the form of cords.
2.
ribbed, as a fabric.
3.
bound with cords.
4.
(of wood) stacked up in cords.
5.
stringy, or ribbed, in appearance, especially from the prominence of the muscles, veins, etc.: a corded throat.
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6.
(of pottery) decorated with the imprint of twisted cords.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see cord, -ed3

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cord

   [kawrd]
noun
1.
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
2.
Electricity. a small, flexible, insulated cable.
3.
a ribbed fabric, especially corduroy.
4.
a cordlike rib on the surface of cloth.
5.
any influence that binds or restrains: cord of marriage.
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6.
Anatomy. a cordlike structure: the spinal cord; umbilical cord.
7.
a unit of volume used chiefly for fuel wood, now generally equal to 128 cu. ft. (3.6 cu. m), usually specified as 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high (2.4 m × 1.2 m × 1.2 meters). Abbreviation: cd, cd.
8.
a hangman's rope.
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verb (used with object)
9.
to bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
10.
to pile or stack up (wood) in cords.
11.
to furnish with a cord.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English coord(e) < Anglo-French, Old French corde < Latin chorda < Greek chordḗ gut; confused in part of its history with chord1

Related forms
cord·er, noun
cord·like, adjective

Can be confused: chord, cord.
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corded (ˈkɔːdɪd)
 
—adj
1.  bound or fastened with cord
2.  (of a fabric) ribbed
3.  (of muscles) standing out like cords

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Word Origin & History

cord
c.1300, from O.Fr. corde, from L. chorda "string, gut," from Gk. khorde "string, catgut, chord, cord," from PIE base *gher- "intestine." As a measure of wood (eight feet long, four feet high and wide) first recorded 1610s, so called because it was measured with a cord of rope.
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Medical Dictionary

cord or chord (kôrd)
n.
A long ropelike bodily structure, such as a nerve or tendon.

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