cord
/ˈkoɹd/ verb C2- To furnish with cords.
- To tie or fasten with cords.
- To flatten a book during binding.
- To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
He/she/it cords · Past corded · Past participle corded · -ing form cording
Verb forms
- Base form
- cord
- He/she/it
- cords
- Past
- corded
- Past participle
- corded
- -ing form
- cording
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It is one of those little blue velvet ones that are all the rage, with gold cord and tassels.
Holmes took a swift glance round, and then pounced upon a sodden bundle tied together with cord which lay where it had been thrust under the writing table.
Sherlock Holmes put the sopping bundle upon the table beside the lamp and undid the cord which bound it.
A ventilator is made, a cord is hung, and a lady who sleeps in the bed dies.
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