noun ·see chord.
2. cord ·impf & ·p.p. of core.
3. cord ·vt to arrange (wood, ·etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
4. cord ·noun a string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
5. cord ·noun any structure having the appearance of a cord, ·esp. a tendon or a nerve. ·see under spermatic, spinal, umbilical, vocal.
6. cord ·vt 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.
7. cord ·noun 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.
8. cord ·noun 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.