Definition of cord

• n. - A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
• 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.
• n. - Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
• n. - Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
• n. - See Chord.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
• imp. & p. p. - of Core